1996 Russian gubernatorial elections

1996 Russian gubernatorial elections

← 1995 24 March – 29 December 1996 1997 →
51 Heads of Federal Subjects from 89
Leader Gennady Zyuganov Sergey Filatov Alliance People's Patriotic Union of Russia All-Russian Coordination Council Seats won 23 17

Gubernatorial elections in 1996 took place in 51 regions of the Russian Federation. President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaymiyev as well as mayors of Moscow and Saint Petersburg Yury Luzhkov and Anatoly Sobchak (all three elected in 1991) went to the re-election, while other regions held their first gubernatorial elections that year. All these campaigns were held after the 1996 Russian presidential election.