2025 Chuvash head election
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The 2025 Chuvash Republic head election will take place on 12–14 September 2025, on common election day. Incumbent head Oleg Nikolayev is running for a second full term in office.
Background
Oleg Nikolayev, then–State Duma member and chairman of the Duma Committee on Nationalities, was appointed acting head of the Chuvash Republic in January 2020.[1] His predecessor, Mikhail Ignatyev was dismissed by President Vladimir Putin for the "loss of trust" in January 2020[2] and died in July 2020 after contracting COVID-19.[3] Nikolayev previously ran for Head of Chuvashia in 2015 as an A Just Russia candidate and finished in second place with 14.73% of the vote.[4]
Oleg Nikolayev, an A Just Russia – For Truth member and chairman of the Chuvash regional party council since 2018, ran for a full term as Head of Chuvashia as an Independent with the support from A Just Russia and United Russia.[5][6] Nikolayev won the election with 75.61% of the vote, defeating State Council of the Chuvash Republic member Aleksandr Andreyev (CPRF) by 65 points.[7] Since the resignation of Alexander Burkov as Governor of Omsk Oblast in March 2023 Nikolayev has remained the only A Just Russia – For Truth governor in Russia.
In March 2025 during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin Head Nikolayev announced his intention to run for a second term and received Putin's endorsement.[8] On May 23, 2025, Nikolayev announced that he would seek re-election as an Independent.[9] Nikolayev subsequently received support from A Just Russia, United Russia and CPRF.[10]
Candidates
In Chuvashia candidates for head can be nominated by registered political parties or by self-nomination. Candidate for Head of the Chuvash Republic should be a Russian citizen and at least 30 years old. Candidates for head should not have a foreign citizenship or residence permit. Each candidate in order to be registered is required to collect at least 7% of signatures of members and heads of municipalities.[11] In addition, self-nominated candidates should collect 0.5% of signatures of Chuvashia residents. Also head candidates present 3 candidacies to the Federation Council and election winner later appoints one of the presented candidates.
Declared
| Candidate name, political party |
Occupation | Status | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viktor Fedorov Independent |
Former Member of Cheboksary City Assembly of Deputies (2005–2015) Nonprofit president |
Nominated | [12] | ||
| Vladimir Ilyin Party of Pensioners |
Businessman | Nominated | [13][14] | ||
| Maksim Morozov New People |
Businessman | Nominated | [15] | ||
| Oleg Nikolayev Independent |
Incumbent Head of the Chuvash Republic (2020–present) | Nominated | [8][16] | ||
| Vladimir Savinov The Greens |
Forensic professional | Nominated | [17] | ||
| Konstantin Stepanov Liberal Democratic Party |
Member of State Council of the Chuvash Republic (2017–present) 2020 head candidate |
Nominated | [13][18] | ||
Declined
- Aleksandr Andreyev (CPRF), Member of State Council of the Chuvash Republic (2016–present), 2020 head candidate[19]
- Grigory Danilov (New People), Member of State Council of the Chuvash Republic (2016–present)[13]
- Nikolay Fyodorov (United Russia), Senator from Chuvashia (2010–2012, 2015–present), former President of the Chuvash Republic (1994–2010)[20]
See also
References
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