1993 Russian gubernatorial elections

Gubernatorial elections in 1993 took place in twelve regions of the Russian Federation.

1993 Russian gubernatorial elections

28 February – 26 December 1993
12 Heads of Federal Subjects from 89

Race summary

Federal Subject	Date	Incumbent	Incumbent status	Candidates	Governor-elect
Ingushetia	28 February	Viktor Polyanichko	Head of interim administration	Y Ruslan Aushev 99.9% (ran unopposed)	Ruslan Aushev
Kalmykia	11 April	Ilya Bugdayev	Chairman of the Council of People′s Deputies	Y Kirsan Ilyumzhinov 65.37% Valery Ochirov 29.22%	Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
Lipetsk Oblast	11 April	Vladimir Zaytsev	Interim governor	Y Mikhail Narolin 49.8%	Mikhail Narolin
Oryol Oblast	11 April	Nikolay Yudin	Appointee	Y Yegor Stroyev 52.87% Nikolay Yudin 34.18%	Yegor Stroyev
Penza Oblast	11 April	Aleksandr Kondratyev	Appointee	Y Anatoly Kovlyagin 71%	Anatoly Kovlyagin
Krasnoyarsk Krai	11 & 25 April	Valery Zubov	Interim governor	Y Valery Zubov 24.19% / 73.12% Valery Sergiyenko 7.73% / 19%	Valery Zubov
Amur Oblast	11 April, 25 April	Albert Krivchenko	Appointee	Y Aleksandr Surat 34.76% / 52.91% Nikolay Kolyadinsky 30.42% / 44.56%... Albert Krivchenko 6.03%	Aleksandr Surat
Bryansk Oblast	11 April, 25 April	Vladimir Barabanov	Appointee	Y Yury Lodkin 29.3% / 51.4% Vladimir Barabanov 33.8% / 44.9%	Yury Lodkin
Chelyabinsk Oblast	11 April, 25 April	Vadim Solovyov	Appointee	Y Pyotr Sumin 58.4% / 48.2% Vladimir Grigoriadi 6.4% / 35.4%	Pyotr Sumin
Smolensk Oblast	25 April	Valery Fateyev	Appointee	Y Anatoly Glushenkov 41.2% Valery Fateyev 30.5%	Anatoly Glushenkov
Bashkortostan	12 December	Murtaza Rakhimov	Chairman of the Supreme Soviet	Y Murtaza Rakhimov 62.7% Rafis Kadyrov 28.5%	Murtaza Rakhimov
Chuvashia	12 December, 26 December	Eduard Kubarev	Chairman of the Supreme Soviet	Y Nikolay Fyodorov 24.9% / 55.1% Lev Kurakov 21.9% / 38.9%... Atner Khuzangai 6.3% Eduard Kubarev 3.7%	Nikolay Fyodorov

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, both serving only six months.

Ingushetia

1993 Ingush presidential election

28 February 1993

Candidate Ruslan Aushev Party Independent Alliance Union of National Accord Congress of the Ingush People National Front of Ingushetia Nijsxo Union for Orstkhoy Revival Union of Officers of Ingushetia Union of Women of Ingushetia Running mate Boris Agapov Percentage 99.94%

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

1993 Kalmyk presidential election

11 April 1993

Candidate Kirsan Ilyumzhinov Running mate Valery Bogdanov Percentage 65.37%

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, defeating 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.

Sources

• Ivanov, Vitaly (2019). Глава субъекта Российской Федерации. История губернаторов [Head of the subject of the Russian Federation. History of governors] (in Russian). ISBN 978-5-907250-14-7.
• Kynev, Alexander (2020). Губернаторы в России: между выборами и назначениями [Governors in Russia: Between Elections and Appointments] (in Russian). ISBN 978-5-903135-68-4.