1998 Russian gubernatorial elections

18 January – 21 June 1998
10 Heads of Federal Subjects from 89

Gubernatorial elections in 1998 took place in ten regions of the Russian Federation.

Overview

1998 saw the re-election of the heads of administrations of the "first wave" elected in April 1993 in Lipetsk, Penza and Smolensk Oblasts and Krasnoyarsk Krai, as well as the presidents of Bashkortostan, Buryatia, Ingushetia and North Ossetia and the chairman of the government of Karelia. For the first time, direct elections were held in Mordovia. The transition to a presidential system was discussed in the last two parliamentary republics, Dagestan and Udmurtia. In Dagestan, on June 25, the Chairman of the State Council Magomedali Magomedov was re-elected for a new term by the Constitutional Assembly, same as in 1994. In Udmurtia, members of the State Council constantly rejected bills on direct elections introduction, proposed by the Council's speaker.^[1]

Race summary

Federal Subject[1]	Date	Incumbent		First elected	Candidates	Governor-elect
North Ossetia	18 January		Akhsarbek Galazov	1994	Y Alexander Dzasokhov 77% Akhsarbek Galazov (NDR) 10%		Alexander Dzasokhov
Mordovia	15 February		Nikolay Merkushkin	1995	Y Nikolay Merkushkin 90.78%		Nikolay Merkushkin
Ingushetia[2]	1 March		Ruslan Aushev	1993	Y Ruslan Aushev 66.5% Issa Kostoyev 13.3% Mukharbek Aushev 9.1%		Ruslan Aushev
Lipetsk Oblast[3]	12 April		Mikhail Narolin	1993	Y Oleg Korolyov 79.52% Mikhail Narolin (NDR) 13.81%		Oleg Korolyov
Penza Oblast	12 April		Anatoly Kovlyagin	1993	Y Vasily Bochkaryov 60.03% Yury Lyzhin (CPRF) 16% Anatoly Kovlyagin (NDR) 12.7% Aleksandr Kalashnikov 8.62%		Vasily Bochkaryov
Karelia[4][5]	26 April, 17 May		Viktor Stepanov	1994	Y Sergey Katanandov 37.78% / 49.48% Viktor Stepanov 35.07% / 43.16% Aleksandr Chazhengin 8.62%		Sergey Katanandov
Krasnoyarsk Krai	26 April, 17 May		Valery Zubov	1993	Y Alexander Lebed 46% / 57.22% Valery Zubov (NDR) 35% / 38.27% Pyotr Romanov (CPRF) 13%		Alexander Lebed (KRO~NRPR)
Smolensk Oblast[6]	26 April, 17 May		Anatoly Glushenkov	1993	Y Aleksandr Prokhorov 46.5% / 67.39% Anatoly Glushenkov (NDR) 26.9% / 26.49% Boris Reva 10%		Aleksandr Prokhorov
Bashkortostan	14 June		Murtaza Rakhimov	1993	Y Murtaza Rakhimov 70.2% Rif Kazakkulov 9%		Murtaza Rakhimov (NDR)
Buryatia	21 June		Leonid Potapov	1994	Y Leonid Potapov (CPRF) 63.25% Vladimir Saganov 6.5% Bato Ochirov 5.7% Valery Shapovalov 5.5%		Leonid Potapov (CPRF)

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