Gubernatorial elections in 2001 took place in 17 regions of the Russian Federation on various dates, including one snap election. In two regions the second rounds were held in January 2002.
With some delay, elections were held for the governors of Nenets and Taymyr Autonomous Okrugs, whose terms of office expired back in December 2000. Early elections were held in Primorsky Krai after resignation of Yevgeny Nazdratenko.
On 1 December 2001 Fatherland – All Russia party (OVR), founded and supported by a number of influential governors, officially merged with pro-Putin Unity into United Russia. For the some time after it was known as "Unity and Fatherland — United Russia". Previously that year members of these two center-right parties had occasionally met each other in different gubernatorial races.
Race summary Federal subjectGubernatorial Elections — 2001, politika.su Incumbent Incumbentsince Election day Candidates Result Tyumen Oblast Leonid Roketsky 1993 14 January Incumbent lost re-election.New governor elected. Nenets AO Vladimir Butov 1996 14 January Incumbent re-elected. Taymyr AO Gennady Nedelin 1991 28 January Incumbent lost re-election.New governor elected. Tatarstan Mintimer Shaymiyev 1991 25 March Incumbent re-elected. Amur Oblast Anatoly Belonogov 1997 25 March (first round)Incumbent lost re-election.New governor elected.8 April (runoff) Tula Oblast Vasily Starodubtsev 1997 8 April (first round)Incumbent re-elected.22 April (runoff) Evenk AO Aleksandr Bokovikov 1997 8 April Incumbent did not stand for re-election.New governor elected. Kemerovo Oblast (snap election) Aman Tuleyev (resigned)Valentin Mazikin (acting) 1997 22 April Former governor re-elected. Primorsky Krai (snap election) Yevgeny Nazdratenko (resigned)Konstantin Tolstoshein (acting) 1993 27 May (first round)New governor elected to a vacant position.17 June (runoff) Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Ivan Sklyarov 1997 15 July (first round)Incumbent lost re-election.New governor elected.29 July (runoff)Irkutsk Oblast Boris Govorin 1997 29 July (first round) Incumbent re-elected. 19 August (runoff) Rostov Oblast Vladimir Chub 1991 23 September Incumbent re-elected. Oryol Oblast Yegor Stroyev 1993 28 October Incumbent re-elected. Altai Republic Semyon Zubakin 1997 16 December (first round)Incumbent lost re-election.New head elected.6 January 2002 (runoff) Komi Yury Spiridonov 1994 16 December Incumbent lost re-election.New head elected. Chuvashia Nikolay Fyodorov 1993 16 December Incumbent re-elected. Yakutia Mikhail Nikolayev 1991 23 December (first round)Incumbent term-limited.New president elected. (runoff)
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