2008 Russian elections

2008 Russian elections
2 March 2008 (2008-03-02)
12 October 2008
16 regional parliaments
  Regions where a legislative election took place

The 2008 Russian elections took place on 2 March and 12 October 2008 (both known as "single voting day"), including presidential election and 16 regional legislative elections.

Presidential election

Presidential election was held on 2 March 2008. Dmitry Medvedev was elected president for a four-year term with 70.3% of the vote. Incumbent president Vladimir Putin was term-limited.

Legislative elections

March

LegislatureVoting systemParty-list resultsDistrict seatsMajority
URCPRFLDPRSROther[a]
Bashkortostan, State Assembly[1]60 PR + 60 FPTP) 85.77% (55)7.24% (5)2.18%3.53%—UR 55, Ind 4, CPRF 1
Ingushetia, People's Assembly[2]27 PR[b] 74.09% (20)7.34% (2)11.06% (4)7.39% (2)—none
Kalmykia, People's Khural[3]27 PR 54.58% (17)22.63% (7)3.66%4.97%APR 7.69% (3)none
Sakha (Yakutia), State Assembly[4][5]35 PR + 35 FPTP 51.80% (20)15.97% (6)6.40%14.93% (6)APR 8.53% (3)UR 16, Ind 13, APR 3, CPRF 1, vacant 2
Altai Krai Legislative Assembly[6]34 PR + 34 FPTP 53.44% (18)19.60% (7)16.45% (6)7.72% (3)—UR 20, Ind 7, SR 6, APR 1
Amur Oblast, Legislative Assembly[7]36 PR 62.43% (25)17.54% (7)11.01% (4)5.48%—none
Ivanovo Oblast Duma[8]24 PR + 24 FPTP 60.30% (15)15.34% (4)8.61% (2)10.27% (3)—UR 16, Ind 6, CPRF 1
Rostov Oblast, Legislative Assembly[9]25 PR + 25 FPTP 71.88% (20)15.81% (5)5.77%5.06%—UR 25
Sverdlovsk Oblast, Legislative Assembly[10][11]14 PR[c] + 21 FPTP[d] 58.43% (10)12.20% (2)16.07% (2)6.26%—UR 21
Ulyanovsk Oblast, Legislative Assembly[12]15 PR + 15 FPTP 66.36% (10)15.95% (3)7.39% (1)7.77% (1)—UR 14, SR 1
Yaroslavl Oblast, State Duma[13]25 PR + 25 FPTP 50.02% (15)14.60% (4)12.58% (4)did not standPoR 5.92% (2)UR 16, Ind 9
Total (incl. district seats)561 seats40855232253 —

October

LegislatureVoting systemParty-list resultsDistrict seatsMajority
URCPRFLDPRSROther[a]
Chechnya, Parliament[14]41 PR[e] 88.40% (37)0.33%0.18%9.20% (4)—none
Zabaykalsky Krai, Legislative Assembly[15]25 PR + 20 FPTP + 5 MNTV[f] 54.81% (14)13.41% (4)10.81% (3)9.30% (2)APR 6.90% (2)UR 19, Ind 4, CPRF 1, APR 1
Irkutsk Oblast, Legislative Assembly[16]25 PR + 21 FPTP + 4 MNTV[g] 49.45% (15)13.25% (4)15.07% (4)8.11% (2)—UR 16, Ind 6, APR 2, SR 1
Kemerovo Oblast, Council of People's Deputies[17]18 PR + 18 FPTP[h] 84.79% (17)3.47%4.66%5.51% (1)—UR 18
Sakhalin Oblast Duma[18]14 PR + 14 FPTP 55.27% (9)23.11% (3)9.85% (1)8.46% (1)—UR 12, CPRF 1, SR 1
Total (incl. district seats)205 seats1571381215 —

Mayoral elections

Elections for mayor were held in 18 capital cities of federal subjects of Russia.

CityDateIncumbentIncumbent
since		CandidatesResult
Abakan, Khakassia[19]2 MarchNikolay Bulakin1995
  • Green tickY Nikolay Bulakin (Ind) 82.65%
  • Valery Starostin (LDPR) 7.31%
 Incumbent re-elected.
Barnaul, Altai Krai[20]Vladimir Kolganov2003
  • Green tickY Vladimir Kolganov (UR) 61.91%
  • Sergey Mamayev (Ind) 19.58%
  • Pavel Chesnov (Ind) 6.47%
  • Vasily Vyalykh (Ind) 5.54%
 Incumbent re-elected.
Gorno-Altaysk, Altai Republic[21]Viktor Oblogin1992
  • Green tickY Viktor Oblogin (Ind) 68.95%
  • Oleg Pyankov (Ind) 22.50%
 Incumbent re-elected.
Kemerovo, Kemerovo Oblast[22]Vladimir Mikhailov1991
  • Green tickY Vladimir Mikhailov (UR) 85.34%
  • Vladimir Poleshchuk (Ind) 13.17%
 Incumbent re-elected.
Khanty-Mansiysk, Khanty-Mansi AO[23]Valery Sudeykin (resigned)2001
  • Green tickY Andrey Bukarinov (UR) 82.53%
  • Aleksandr Pulinovich (Ind) 9.08%
 New mayor elected to a vacant position.
Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai[24]Pyotr Pimashkov1996
  • Green tickY Pyotr Pimashkov (UR) 70.43%
  • Valery Sergiyenko (CPRF) 14.94%
  • Yevgeny Malchikov (Ind) 6.31%
 Incumbent re-elected.
Maykop, Adygea[25]Mikhail Chernichenko1991
  • Green tickY Mikhail Chernichenko (UR) 65.60%
  • Lazar Afanasyev (Ind) 19.61%
  • Igor Didenko (Ind) 11.23%
 Incumbent re-elected.
Veliky Novgorod, Novgorod Oblast[26]Nikolay Grazhdankin[27] (resigned)
Yury Bobryshev (acting)		2002
  • Green tickY Yury Bobryshev (Ind) 75.54%
  • Dmitry Skoropisov (Ind) 8.95%
 Acting mayor elected for a full term.
Voronezh, Voronezh Oblast[28]Boris Skrynnikov2003
  • Green tickY Sergey Koliukh (UR) 31.08%
  • Galina Kudryavtseva (Ind) 16.14%
  • Viktor Vitinik (Ind) 12.83%
  • Yury Matveyev (Ind) 10.52%
  • Andrey Pomerantsev (CPRF) 6.76%
  • Boris Skrynnikov (Ind) 5.86%
 Incumbent lost re-election. New mayor elected.
Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Oblast[29]Viktor Volonchunas1991
  • Green tickY Viktor Volonchunas (UR) 72.03%
  • Vera Nikolskaya (Ind) 9.99%
  • Aleksandr Simon (Ind) 7.61%
  • Nikolay Postnikov (Ind) 5.64%
 Incumbent re-elected.
Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast[30]Arkady Chernetsky1992
  • Green tickY Arkady Chernetsky (UR) 54.01%
  • Oleg Khabibullin (Ind) 23.70%
  • Aleksey Yesaulkov (Ind) 9.62%
  • Viktor Ufimtsev (LDPR) 6.82%
 Incumbent re-elected.
Naryan-Mar, Nenets AO[31]18 MayLeonid Sablin (resigned)2005
  • Green tickY Yury Rodionovsky (Ind) 36.49%
  • Olga Starostina (Ind) 27.78%
  • Tatyana Fyodorova (Ind) 18.26%
  • Aleksandr Bebenin (Ind) 10.41%
 Former mayor re-elected.
Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai[32]Vladimir Nikolayev (removed)2004
  • Green tickY Igor Pushkaryov (UR) 57.03%
  • Gennady Turmov (CPRF) 32.84%
  • Vladimir Gilgenberg (Ind) 5.85%
 New mayor elected to a vacant position.
Arkhangelsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast[33]25 MayAlexander Donskoy (removed)
Viktor Pavlenko (acting)		2005
  • Green tickY Viktor Pavlenko (Ind) 37.40%
  • Larisa Bazanova (Ind) 37.25%
  • Mikhail Kachanov (LDPR) 8.81%
 Acting mayor elected for a full term.
Khabarovsk, Khabarovsk Krai[34]12 OctoberAleksandr Sokolov2000
  • Green tickY Aleksandr Sokolov (UR) 79.89%
  • Boris Serebryakov (Ind) 18.02%
 Incumbent re-elected.
Magadan, Magadan Oblast[35]Vladimir Pechyony2004
Incumbent re-elected.
Stavropol, Stavropol Krai[36]Dmitry Kuzmin2003
Incumbent did not stand for re-election. New mayor elected.
Vologda, Vologda Oblast[37]Aleksey Yakunichev (resigned)1995
New mayor elected to a vacant position.

Notes

  1. 1 2 Only parties that crossed the threshold are included.
  2. ↑ Down from 34 seats in previous election.
  3. ↑ Half of the seats in the Oblast Duma.
  4. ↑ All seats in the House of Representatives.
  5. ↑ Bicameral parliament (40 + 18 seats) was replaced with unicameral one following a referendum.
  6. ↑ Five-member district covering the former Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug.
  7. ↑ Four-member district covering the former Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug.
  8. ↑ Total 36 seats, up from 35 in previous election.

References

  1. ↑ Кынев 2009, p. 79-81.
  2. ↑ Кынев 2009, p. 97-99.
  3. ↑ Кынев 2009, p. 108-112.
  4. ↑ "Выборы депутатов Государственного Собрания (Ил Тумэн) Республики Саха (Якутия) четвертого созыва". izbirkom.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  5. ↑ Кынев 2009, p. 137-142.
  6. ↑ Кынев 2009, p. 182-184.
  7. ↑ Кынев 2009, p. 240-242.
  8. ↑ Кынев 2009, p. 290-293.
  9. ↑ Кынев 2009, p. 387-389.
  10. ↑ "На выборах в облдуму Свердловской области "Единая Россия" набрала почти 60%" [United Russia gains almost 60% in the Sverdlovsk Oblast Duma election]. Interfax (in Russian). 3 March 2008. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  11. ↑ Кынев 2009, p. 421-423.
  12. ↑ Кынев 2009, p. 453-455.
  13. ↑ Кынев 2009, p. 464-467.
  14. ↑ Кынев 2009, p. 173-175.
  15. ↑ Кынев 2009, p. 188-191.
  16. ↑ Кынев 2009, p. 299-304.
  17. ↑ Кынев 2009, p. 312-314.
  18. ↑ Кынев 2009, p. 409-411.
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  22. ↑ "Выборы Главы города Кемерово". izbirkom.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 22 December 2025.
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  27. ↑ "Мэр Великого Новгорода ушел в отставку". RBC (in Russian). 23 November 2007. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
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  30. ↑ "Выборы Главы Екатеринбурга". izbirkom.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  31. ↑ "Досрочные выборы главы городского округа "Город Нарьян-Мар"". izbirkom.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  32. ↑ "Досрочные выборы главы города Владивостока". izbirkom.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  33. ↑ "Досрочные выборы главы муниципального образования "Город Архангельск" - мэра города Архангельска". izbirkom.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 22 December 2025.
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  35. ↑ "Выборы главы городского округа - мэра города Магадана". izbirkom.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 22 December 2025.
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