Gubernatorial elections in 1993 took place in twelve regions of the Russian Federation.
Race summary Federal subject Leadership before election Election day Candidates Result Ingushetia Viktor Polyanichko, head of provisional administration 28 February Ruslan Aushev 99.9%(ran unopposed) New president elected. Kalmykia Ilya Bugdayev, chairman of the Supreme SovietMaksim Mukubenov, acting premier 11 April New president elected.Krasnoyarsk KraiValery Mikhailovich Zubov, "Federal Investigation Agency" Arkady Veprev (resigned)Valery Zubov (acting) 11 April (first round) Acting governor elected for a full term. 25 April (runoff)Amur Oblast Albert Krivchenko 11 April (first round) Incumbent lost election.New governor elected. 25 April (runoff)Bryansk Oblast Vladimir Barabanov 11 April (first round) Incumbent lost election.New governor elected. 25 April (runoff)Chelyabinsk Oblast Vadim Solovyov 11 April (first round) Incumbent did not stand for election.New governor elected.Disputed government. 25 April (runoff) Lipetsk Oblast Gennady Kuptsov (removed)Vladimir Zaytsev (acting) 11 April Acting governor lost election.New governor elected. Oryol Oblast Nikolay Yudin 11 April Incumbent lost election.New governor elected. Penza Oblast Aleksandr Kondratyev 11 April Incumbent lost election.New governor elected. Smolensk Oblast Valery Fateyev 25 April Incumbent lost election.New governor elected. Bashkortostan Murtaza Rakhimov, chairman of the Supreme SovietAnatoly Kopsov, premier 12 December New president elected.Chuvashia Eduard Kubarev, chairman of the Supreme SovietValeryan Viktorov, premier 12 December (first round) New president elected. 26 December (runoff)
Following the escalation of 1993 Russian constitutional crisis the governors had to choose whether to support the parliament or the president. Those who chose the losing side, were later removed from office by the president. Among them were governors of Amur and Bryansk Oblasts Aleksandr Surat and Yury Lodkin,Decree of the President of Russia of September 25, 1993 No. 1453 "On the Head of administration of Bryansk Oblast", kremlin.ru both serving only six months.
Bryansk Oblast
The 1993 Bryansk Oblast gubernatorial election was held on 11 April 1993. Incumbent head of administration Vladimir Barabanov ran to defend his seat against a field of 13 candidates. As none of them won the majority, a second round was held on 25 April 1993 between Barabanov and people's deputy of Russia, journalist Yury Lodkin, who won with 51.41% of the vote.
In January 1992, people's deputy of Russia Vladimir Barabanov was appointed governor by Russian president Boris Yeltsin in spite of Bryansk Oblast Council resolution proposing to appoint then-executive committee chairman Vasily Polskoy instead. As a result, Barabanov's legitimacy was dubious. The election was called by the Council in December 1992, after the end of a country-wide local election moratorium. In the first round, held on 11 April 1993, Barabanov was leading with 33.82% of the vote; among opposition candidates were two of his former deputies as well as some former potential candidates for appointment, including Vasily Polskoy, general Pyotr Shirshov and people's deputy Fyodor Gosporyan. In the second round, most of the losing candidates backed the runner-up, Itar-Tass reporter and people's deputy Yury Lodkin, who then went on to win by a relatively narrow margin.
Although many of newly elected governors tended to side with the anti-reformist left-wing forces, Lodkin was the only one of them to openly state his membership in the recently re-created Communist Party as well as his opposition to federal government and its policies. In late September 1993, Lodkin, who criticized president Yeltsin's decision to dissolve the Congress of People's Deputies of Russia, was removed from office by an executive order which was later declared illegal by court.
Results +1993 Bryansk Oblast gubernatorial electionCandidate First round Second round Votes % Votes %Yury Lodkin 29.30 51.41Vladimir Barabanov 33.82 44.89Pyotr Shirshov 9.35Anatoly Konovalov 4.01Vasily Polskoy 3.76Nikolay Rudenok 3.21Fyodor Gosporyan 2.57Viktor Leskov 1.95Nikolay Osipov 1.15Nikolay Novikov 1.00Nikolay Filippov 0.71Nikolay Isayev 0.62Aleksandr Nemets 0.48Vladimir Lavrenov 0.44Against all 3.04 1.42Invalid ballots 4.60 2.28Total 100 100Registered voters/turnout 55.99 68.09
Chelyabinsk Oblast
The 1993 Chelyabinsk Oblast gubernatorial election was held on 11 April 1993, after a no confidence motion in governor Vadim Solovyov was passed by the Chelyabinsk Oblast Council of People's Deputies. Solovyov was appointed by the president of Russia in October 1991, ignoring the Council's proposal to appoint its chairman Pyotr Sumin instead.
To win in the election, a candidate needed to obtain more than 50% of the votes cast and more than 25% of all registered voters. As none of the candidates met the requirements (partially due to low voter turnout), a second round was held on 25 April, concurrently with the 1993 Russian government referendum. Pyotr Sumin won in the second round with 48.19% of the vote over Miass mayor Vladimir Grigoriadi (35.38%) and was sworn in on 10 June 1993. Solovyov did not stand for election and unsuccessfully challenged the Council's decision to hold it in courts. After the election, Sumin received support and recognition from the Supreme Soviet of Russia and the Constitutional Court, while Solovyov administration was backed by president Boris Yeltsin. The dispute ended in October 1993, when Solovyov ordered to dissolve the Council of People's Deputies and Sumin lost his main source of support.
Results +1993 Chelyabinsk Oblast gubernatorial election Candidate First round Second round Votes % Votes %Pyotr Sumin 58.39 48.19Vladimir Grigoriadi 6.36 35.39Viktor Radionov 4.82Vladimir Golovlyov 4.76Valentin Buravlyov 3.32Oleg Knyazev 2.86Sergey Kostromin 2.57Pavel Moderau 2.15Vitaly Knyaginichev 1.52Against all 6.80 9.50Invalid ballots 6.45 6.92Total 100 100Registered voters/turnout 31.46 58.36
Chuvashia
Presidential election was held in the Chuvash Republic on 12 December 1993, two years after the unsuccessful 1991 election. Since none of the seven candidates received the required majority, a second round took place on 26 December. Former justice minister of Russia Nikolay Fyodorov was elected president with 55% of the vote, defeating university chief executive Lev Kurakov. Fyodorov was sworn in on 21 January 1994.
Candidates Nikolay Fyodorov, minister of justice of Russia (1990–93), DPR party-list candidate in the concurrent State Duma election (won seat, declined to take) Enver Ablyakimov, member of the Supreme Soviet of Chuvashia, construction executive Vladimir Fyodorov, director of Chuvash territorial branch of the State Anti-Monopoly Committee of Russia Yevgeny Yaransky, collective farm chairman Leonid Ivanov, head of department, Chuvash State University Nikolay Malchugin, prosecutor of Novocheboksarsk Atner Khuzangai, member of the Supreme Soviet of Chuvashia, leader of the Chuvash National Congress, nominal winner of the 1991 election Vasily Antonov, entrepreneur Eduard Kubarev, chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Chuvashia, 1991 candidate Vladimir Kirgizov, construction executive Lev Kurakov, rector of the Chuvash State University, member of the Supreme Soviet of Chuvashia, candidate in the concurrent Federation Council election (won seat) Boris Yakovlev, first deputy chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Chuvashia Valeryan Viktorov, chairman of the Council of Ministers of Chuvashia (1992–94), candidate in the concurrent Federation Council election (won seat) Leonid Prokopyev, chairman of the State Committee for Ethnic Affairs of Russia (1990–91), chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Chuvash ASSR (1975–89), 1991 election runner-up Withdrew Nadezhda Bikalova, economist (ran for State Duma, won seat)
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Results +1993 Chuvash presidential electionCandidate Running mate First round Second round Votes % Votes % Nikolay Fyodorov Enver Ablyakimov 24.90 55.06 Lev Kurakov Boris Yakovlev 21.86 38.80 Valeryan Viktorov Leonid Prokopyev 18.08 Vladimir Fyodorov Yevgeny Yaransky 10.38 Atner Khuzangai Vasily Antonov 6.27 Eduard Kubarev Vladimir Kirgizov 3.71 Leonid Ivanov Nikolay Malchugin 0.73 Against all 5.66 4.68 Invalid ballots 8.41 1.45 Total 100 100 Eligible voters/turnout 62.3 52.03
Ingushetia
On 28 February 1993, presidential elections were held in Ingushetia. Major General Ruslan Aushev, formerly head of provisional administration of Ingushetia, ran unopposed with the support of several Ingush nationalist organisations. He was sworn in as president on 7 March 1993. A snap election was held a year after, along with the constitutional referendum and election of the People's Assembly.
The primary political issue of the election was the 1992 East Prigorodny conflict and the subsequent ethnic cleansing of Ingush in Prigorodny District. All of the groups supporting Aushev urged for further attention towards Ingush refugees, but disagreed on the republic's future relationship towards Russia; the National Front of Ingushetia, a party comprising supporters of Aushev's campaign, supported a takeover of Prigorodny District by the Russian federal government, while Nijsxo and the Congress of the Ingush People urged for a reassessment of the relationship. The Congress of the Ingush People called for the withdrawal of all Russian troops from Ingushetia, and Nijsxo would go on to oppose the signing of the Treaty of Federation after Aushev took office.
Following the election, Aushev signed a decree on 7 March 1993 banning all political organisations in Ingushetia.
Kalmykia
Presidential election in the Republic of Kalmykia was held on Sunday, 11 April 1993, 17 months after the previous voting of 1991, which did not reveal the winner. People's deputy of Russia Kirsan Ilyumzhinov won the presidency with 65.37% of the vote, defeating deputy commander of Russia's army aviation General Valery Ochirov (29.22%) and president of the Farmers Association of Kalmykia Vladimir Bambayev (1.55%). Aged 31, Ilyumzhinov became the youngest holder of governor-level office in Russia.
After the power struggle between Supreme Soviet speaker Vladimir Basanov and premier Batyr Mikhailov ended with their simultaneous resignation in 1992, the government of Kalmykia was effectively paralysed. During the campaign Ilyumzhinov and Ochirov quickly emerged as frontrunners, both outsiders to local politics in contrast to unpopular career politicians. Ilyumzhinov's candidacy was supported by a coalition of Kalmyk nationalists, anti-communist reformists and Cossacks. Around 80% of eligible voters took part in the election, although as many as 80,000 Soviet-era settlers from Chechnya and Dagestan were disenfranchised from voting. Ilyumzhinov was sworn in as president on 23 April 1993.
+Results of the 1993 Kalmyk presidential election Candidate Running mate Votes % Kirsan Ilyumzhinov Valery Bogdanov 65.37 Valery Ochirov Nina Kalyuzhnaya 29.22 Vladimir Bambayev A. V. Lavrov 1.55Total 100Registered voters/turnout 81.97
Lipetsk Oblast
The 1993 Lipetsk Oblast gubernatorial election was held on 11 April 1993 to determine the Head of Administration of Lipetsk Oblast. First deputy head of administration Mikhail Narolin won the election with 49.83% of the vote.