Krasnodar Krai Head of Administration elections

Elections of governors in Krasnodar Krai.

First election of Krasnodar governor took place in 1996. This happened in the series of Russian regional elections that went in 1996 – 1997. For many Russian Oblasts and Krais elections of governors occurred for the first time, and Krasnodar Krai was such a region.

Election of 1996

First attempt

27 Oct 1996

Nikolai Yegorov and Nikolai Kondratenko were two main candidates. Yegorov represented Yeltsin’s administration and Kondratenko ran supported by anti-Yeltsin’s parties. The result of people’s voting was:

Electoral activity - 43.3%
Distribution of ballots:

Election of 2004

The election should take place in Dec 2004, but Tkachyov and the local parliament fixed it on 14 Mar 2004, on the day of the Presidential election. The official reason was to save money, but really Tkachyov wanted to use Vladimir Putin’s popularity to go in a “couple”: President and governor. The result was excellent for Tkachyov. Neither he himself nor Kondratenko had ever got such a popularity in absolute numbers.

Participation - 2 376 396 (63,08% activity)
Invalid ballots - 27 488 (1,16%)

This was the last election of Kuban governor, and soon electoral system was removed by another one, when the presidents presents a candidate for governor and local legislature accepts the candidate or rejects him (her).

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