2016 Russian gubernatorial elections

Gubernatorial elections were held on 18 September 2016 in nine federal subjects of Russia. All elections passed in one round.

2016 Russian gubernatorial election

18 September 2016
9 Heads of Federal Subjects from 85
Turnout	50.1%[A 1]
Party United Russia Independent Seats before 74 8 Seats won 6 3 Seats after 74 8 Popular vote 1,199,591 958,975 Percentage 42.5% 33.9% Vote in Parliaments 105 0 Percentage 97.2% 0%

In seven federal subjects, there were direct elections of governors, and in two, the governor was be elected by the regional parliaments.

None of the incumbent governors had lost the elections.

Race summary

Federal Subject	Incumbent	Party	Incumbent status	Losing candidates	Governor-elect
Komi[1]	Sergey Gaplikov	Independent	Acting	Ivan Filipchenko (LDPR) Leonid Musinov (CPRF) Vyacheslav Popov (JR) Andrey Pyatkov (PR)	Sergey Gaplikov (I)
Tula Oblast[2]	Alexey Dyumin	Independent	Acting	Oleg Lebedev (CP) Oleg Veselov (CR) Nikolay Ogoltsov (RPPJ)	Alexey Dyumin (I)[A 2]
Zabaykalsky Krai[3]	Natalia Zhdanova	United Russia	Acting	Nikolay Merzlikin (CPRF) Anatoly Vershinsky (AP) Tagir Aglyamov (PR)	Natalia Zhdanova (UR)
Tver Oblast[4]	Igor Rudenya	Independent	Acting	Anton Morozov (LDPR) Ilya Kleimenov (CR)	Igor Rudenya (I)
Chechnya[5]	Ramzan Kadyrov	United Russia	Term-limited	Idris Usmanov (PG) Gairsolt Batayev (CPRF) Sultan Denilkhanov (JR)	Ramzan Kadyrov (UR)
Ulyanovsk Oblast[6]	Sergey Morozov	United Russia	Term-limited	Alexey Kurinny (CPRF) Sergey Marinin (LDPR) Oleg Goryachev (Y) Oleg Kalmykov (JR) Maxim Suraikin (CR) Lev Levitas (G)	Sergey Morozov (UR)
Tuva[7]	Sholban Kara-ool	United Russia	Term-limited	Sergey Salchak (CPRF) Valery Bichi-ool (JR) Igor Frente (LDPR)	Sholban Kara-ool (UR)
North Ossetia–Alania[8]	Vyacheslav Bitarov	United Russia	Acting	Yelena Knyazeva (CPRF) Gary Kuchiev (JR)	Vyacheslav Bitarov (UR)
Karachay-Cherkessia[9]	Rashid Temrezov	United Russia	Term-limited	Ismel Bidjiev (CPRF) Viktor Borodavkin (PR)	Rashid Temrezov (UR)

Result

Direct elections

The total number of votes in seven federal subjects.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Party		Votes	%	Seats won	All seats
	United Russia	1,199,591	42.5%	4	74
	Independent	958,975	33.9%	3	8
	Communist Party	168,926	5.9%	0	2
	Liberal Democratic Party	134,709	4.8%	0	1
	A Just Russia	80,320	2.8%	0	0
	Communists of Russia	75,033	2.7%	0	0
	Agrarian Party	29,694	1.1%	0	0
	Yabloko	29,256	1.0%	0	0
	Patriots of Russia	17,269	0.6%	0	0
	Russian Party of Pensioners for Justice	16,023	0.6%	0	0
	Party of Growth	5,367	0.2%	0	0
	The Greens	4,626	0.2%	0	0
Invalid/blank votes		65,252	2.3%	—	—
Total		2,824,591	100%	7	85
Registered voters/turnout		5,635,256	50.1%	—	—

Vote in Parliament

The total number of votes in two federal subjects.[8][9]

Party		Votes	%	Seats won	All seats
	United Russia	105	97.2%	2	74
	A Just Russia	3	2.8%	0	0
	Communist Party	0	0.0%	0	2
	Patriots of Russia	0	0.0%	0	0
Total		108	100%	2	85
Registered voters/turnout		110	98.2%	—	—

Notes

1. Average turnout in the regions where direct elections were held
2. Supported by United Russia and Liberal Democratic Party

References

1. Результаты досрочных выборов Главы Республики Коми. Данные ГАС «Выборы»
2. Результаты выборов Губернатора Тульской области. Данные ГАС «Выборы»
3. Результаты выборов Губернатора Забайкальского края. Данные ГАС «Выборы»
4. Результаты выборов Губернатора Тверской области. Данные ГАС «Выборы»
5. Результаты выборов Главы Чеченской Республики. Данные ГАС «Выборы»
6. Результаты выборов Губернатора Ульяновской области. Данные ГАС «Выборы»
7. Результаты досрочных выборов Главы — Председателя Правительства Республики Тыва. Данные ГАС «Выборы»
8. Вячеслав Битаров избран главой Северной Осетии
9. Избранный главой Карачаево-Черкесии Рашид Темрезов вступил в должность