In 83 regions, elections were held at almost all levels, from the regional head to local municipalities. And, apparently, there are no surprises: the current leaders (governors who served another term or acting governors appointed during the past year) retained their posts.
So who will now lead our regions and republics? Here are the preliminary figures announced by the electoral commissions.
Data on results and participation as of 22:00 Moscow time on September 8.
According to the Central Election Commission of Russia, the highest voter turnout was recorded in the Republic of Bashkortostan (over 69%) and the Kemerovo region (over 63%). In the Kabardino-Balkarian and Karachay-Cherkess republics – 65% each. Municipal elections in Birobidzhan (55%) and Vladikavkaz (almost 52%).
Altai Republic
Andrei Turchak.
Andrei Turchak (ER)
Since June he has been acting head of the republic. Prior to that, he headed the Pskov region, was a senator, deputy chairman and first deputy chairman of the Federation Council.
Since 2017 – Secretary of the General Council of United Russia.
The result is 75.4%. Participation: 35.6%.
Bashkiria
Radiy Khabirov.
Radiy Khabirov (ER)
Head of the republic since October 2018 (elected with 82% of the votes). Previously, in 2017, he was mayor of Krasnogorsk near Moscow, where he came from the Russian Presidential Administration for Domestic Policy (deputy head since 2009).
The result is 74.2%. Participation: 69.2%.
Kalmykia
Batu Khasikov (ER)
Head of the republic since 2019 (elected with 82.54% of the votes). Six-time world champion and multiple Russian and European champion in kickboxing. He was a deputy of the People’s Khural of Kalmykia, senator and advisor to the director of the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs.
The result is 79.6%. Participation: 59.4%.
Saint Petersburg
Alexander Beglov.
Alexander Beglov (ER)
Acting Governor since October 2018. In September 2019 he was elected with 64.43% of the votes. Previously, since 2012, he served as Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative in the Central Federal District, and since 2017, in the Northwest District.
The result is 64%. Participation: 34.8%.
Transbaikalia region
Alexander Osipov.
Alexander Osipov (self-nominated)
Governor since October 2019 (elected with 89.61% of the votes).
Prior to this position, he served as Assistant Minister for Far East Development and was First Deputy Minister for Far East Development.
The result is 82.3%. Participation: 41.2%.
Khabarovsk region
Dmitri Demeshin.
Dmitri Demeshin (ER)
Acting Governor since May 2024. Previously, since 2019, he held the position of Deputy Prosecutor General of Russia.
Supervised broadcasts from the regions of Siberia and the Far East. Graduated from the “School of Governors”, a program for training the personnel reserve.
The result is 81%. Participation: 31.1%.
Stavropol region
Vladimir Vladimirov.
Vladimir Vladimirov (ER)
He has been in charge of the region since September 2013 (in office). In 2014 he was elected governor and re-elected in 2019.
The result is 81.5%. Participation: 55%.
Astrakhan region
Igor Babushkin.
Igor Babushkin (ER)
Acting Governor since June 2019 (elected on 8 September 2019 with 75.63% of the votes).
The result is 78.1%. Participation: 42.2%.
Volgograd region
Andrei Bocharov.
Andrei Bocharov (ER)
Governor since 2014 (elected with 88.49% of the votes. Re-elected on September 8, 2019). He served in the Airborne Forces. For the battles in the area of the Chechen village of Komsomolskoye in 1995 he was awarded the star of the Hero of Russia.
The result is 76.6%. Participation: 57.4%.
Vologda region
Georgy Filimonov.
Georgy Filimonov (ER)
Acting Governor since October 2023. He came to the region from the Moscow Region, where he had been Deputy Prime Minister since November 2021, overseeing agriculture and forestry issues.
The result is 64.6%. Participation: 47.1%.
Kaliningrad region
Alexey Besprozvannykh.
Alexey Besprozvannykh (EP)
Interim Governor since May 2024. Appointed to this position from the position of Vice Minister of Industry and Commerce, which he held since 2017.
The result is 80.4%. Participation: 36%.
Kemerovo region
Ilya Seredyuk (ER)
Interim Governor since May 2024.
Previously, he was First Deputy Governor and Chairman of the Regional Government for two years. And from 2016 to 2022, Mayor of Kemerovo.
The result is 78.4%. Participation: 63.5%.
Kurgan region
Vadim Shumkov (ER)
Interim governor since 2018. In 2019 he was elected head of the region with 80.86% of the votes.
Prior to that, he worked in the Tyumen region and was deputy governor since 2012.
The result is 86.2%. Participation: 36.3%.
Kursk region
Alexei Smirnov.
Alexey Smirnov (ER)
Acting Governor since May 2024. Since 2018, Deputy Governor and First Deputy Governor (since 2022, Chairman of the Regional Government). Prior to that, in Moscow and the Moscow Region, since 2012, Deputy Minister of the Construction Complex of the Moscow Region, First Deputy Minister, and since 2016, First Deputy Director of the Moscow Reform Fund.
The result is 66.3%. Participation: 57.2%.
Lipetsk region
Igor Artamonov.
Igor Artamonov (ER)
Interim Governor since 2018. In 2019 he was elected to the position with 67.28% of the votes.
The result is 76.6%. Participation: 51.5%.
Murmansk region
Andrey Chibis (ER)
Governor since 2019. Elected with 60% of the vote. Prior to that, since 2013, he was Deputy Minister of Construction, Housing and Communal Services and Chief State Housing Inspector of Russia. In April 2024, he was wounded with a knife in an attack following a meeting with residents of the city of Apatity.
The result is 78.8%. Participation: 34.9%.
Orenburg region
Denis Pasler (EP)
Governor since March 2019. Elected with 66% of the votes. Previously, since 2012, he was the Chairman of the Government of the Sverdlovsk Region. But in 2016 he left his post and moved into a commercial structure.
The result is 77.5%. Participation: 48.4%.
samara region
Vyacheslav Fedorishchev.
Vyacheslav Fedorishchev (ER)
Acting Governor since May 2024. He came from the Tula region, where since 2016 he was deputy governor, first deputy governor and head of the regional government in the cabinet of Alexei Dyumin.
The result is 81.1%. Participation: 52%.
Sakhalin region
Valery Limarenko.
Valery Limarenko (ER)
Acting Governor since 2018.
Elected in 2019 with 56% of the votes. Prior to that, he held various positions in Rosatom structures for 11 years.
The result is 80.7%. Participation: 39.9%.
tula region
Dmitri Milyaev.
Dmitri Milyaev (ER)
Acting Governor since May 2024. Born in the Tula region, he received his education and began his career there. In the regional government since 2011, he was involved in agriculture and the agro-industrial complex. Since 2022 – First Deputy Governor of the Tula region. He oversaw the social sphere, education, healthcare, culture, youth policy and agriculture.
The result is 68.8%. Participation: 47.3%.
Chelyabinsk region
Alexey Teksler.
Alexey Teksler (ER)
Governor since 2019. Elected with 69.3% of the vote. Previously worked at the Russian Ministry of Energy. President of the Traktor hockey club.
The result is 82.9%. Participation: 41.9%.
WHAT DID THE PARLIAMENTS DECIDE?
Four more regional heads were elected by local parliaments. This is called “indirect elections” – when a candidate for the post of leader is nominated by the president and the deputies of the Legislative Assembly approve (or not) him in office. This was the case in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug and Ingushetia.
KHMAO
Ruslan Kukharuk was elected by a majority of the deputies as Acting Head of Ugra since May 2024. Prior to that, he worked in the Tyumen Region Government and the Tyumen Administration. He rose from department head to mayor of the city in 2018.
Ingushetia
Mahmud-Ali Kalimatov was re-elected as the head of the republic. 25 out of 32 MPs voted for him. He has already taken office. This is the politician’s second term.
Crimea and Kabardino-Balkaria
Indirect presidential elections will also be held here, but at a later date. On the day of the single vote, the people here elect a parliament, which must decide on the head of the region within 45 days.
FROM MINISTERS TO DEPUTIES
Familiar faces will appear in the State Duma. By-elections were held in three regions, with two former ministers taking part: Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin, Energy Minister Nikolai Shulginov, and former Deputy Prime Minister Victoria Abramchenko. There were 450 deputies and they will remain so: no new seats will be installed for senior officials. There are only three vacant seats in the Duma: Deputy Sergei Sokol resigned in 2023, and Nikolai Alekseenko and Vitaly Kushnarev resigned in May 2024.
In total, 17 people are competing for these three seats, but they will apparently be filled by former members of the government.
According to preliminary data as of September 8 at 21:55 Moscow time, Abramchenko is leading with 72.2% of the votes, Matytsin with 68% of the votes and Shulginov with 55.4% of the votes.
