2025 Chuvash head election

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2025 Chuvash head election
← 2020 12–14 September 2025 2030 →
Turnout58.42%
Increase2.99 pp
  Oleg Nikolayev Konstantin Stepanov
Candidate Oleg Nikolayev Konstantin Stepanov
Party Independent LDPR
Popular vote 355,975 75,566
Percentage 67.06% 14.23%
 
NL
RPPSS
Candidate Maksim Morozov Vladimir Ilyin
Party New People Party of Pensioners
Popular vote 44,430 29,517
Percentage 8.37% 5.56%
Head before election

Oleg Nikolayev
A Just Russia – For Truth

Head-elect

Oleg Nikolayev
SRZP

The 2025 Head of the Chuvash Republic election were held on 12–14 September 2025, on common election day. Incumbent Head Oleg Nikolayev was re-elected to a second full term in office.

Background

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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

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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

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Candidate name,
political party 		Occupation Status Ref.
Vladimir Ilyin
Party of Pensioners 		Businessman Registered [12][13]
Maksim Morozov
New People 		Businessman Registered [14]
Oleg Nikolayev
Independent 		Oleg Nikolayev Incumbent Head of the Chuvash Republic (2020–present) Registered [8][15]
Vladimir Savinov
The Greens 		Forensic professional Registered [16]
Konstantin Stepanov
Liberal Democratic Party 		Konstantin Stepanov Member of State Council of the Chuvash Republic (2017–present)
2020 head candidate 		Registered [12][17]
Viktor Fedorov
Independent 		Former Member of Cheboksary City Assembly of Deputies (2005–2015)
Nonprofit president 		Did not file [18]

Declined

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Polls

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Fieldwork date Polling firm Nikolayev Stepanov Morozov Ilyin Savinov Lead
14 September 2025 2025 election 67.1 14.2 8.4 5.6 3.2 52.9
9–22 August 2025 FOM 72.2 11.0 7.6 4.7 3.5 61.2

Results

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Summary of the 12–14 September 2025 Chuvash head election results
Candidate Party Votes %
Oleg Nikolayev (incumbent) Independent 355,975 67.06
Konstantin Stepanov Liberal Democratic Party 75,566 14.23
Maksim Morozov New People 44,430 8.37
Vladimir Ilyin Party of Pensioners 29,517 5.56
Vladimir Savinov The Greens 16,704 3.15
Valid votes 522,192 98.37
Blank ballots 8,660 1.63
Total 530,852 100.00
Turnout 530,852 58.42
Registered voters 908,705 100.00
Source: [21]

Head Nikolayev re-appointed incumbent Senator Nikolay Fyodorov (United Russia) to the Federation Council.[22]

See also

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References

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  2. ^ "Глава Чувашии отправлен в отставку после двух публичных скандалов". rbc.ru. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
  3. ^ "Умер бывший глава Чувашии Михаил Игнатьев". tass.ru. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
  4. ^ "Врио главы Чувашии Игнатьев победил на выборах главы республики". interfax-russia.ru. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
  5. ^ "«Единая Россия» поддержит Олега Николаева на губернаторских выборах в Чувашии". er.ru. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
  6. ^ "Олег Николаев выдвинул свою кандидатуру на пост главы Чувашии". ria.ru. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
  7. ^ "Олег Николаев победил на выборах главы Чувашии, набрав 75,63% голосов". tass.ru. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
  8. ^ a b "Встреча с главой Чувашии Олегом Николаевым". kremlin.ru. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
  9. ^ "Глава Чувашии Олег Николаев намерен баллотироваться на второй срок". pravdapfo.ru. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
  10. ^ "Не время первых". kommersant.ru. Retrieved 2025-07-01.
  11. ^ "Закон "О выборах Главы Чувашской Республики" от 5 июня 2012 года N 38 (с изменениями на 3 декабря 2024 года)". docs.cntd.ru. Retrieved 2025-06-15.
  12. ^ a b c "На выборах главы Чувашии политтехнологов ждут сюрпризы". pravdapfo.ru. Retrieved 2025-06-15.
  13. ^ "Ильин Владимир Дмитриевич". izbirkom.ru. Retrieved 2025-07-01.
  14. ^ "Морозов Максим Викторович". izbirkom.ru. Retrieved 2025-07-01.
  15. ^ "Николаев Олег Алексеевич". izbirkom.ru. Retrieved 2025-06-25.
  16. ^ "Савинов Владимир Сергеевич". izbirkom.ru. Retrieved 2025-07-01.
  17. ^ "Степанов Константин Олегович". izbirkom.ru. Retrieved 2025-07-01.
  18. ^ "Федоров Виктор Васильевич". izbirkom.ru. Retrieved 2025-07-02.
  19. ^ "Партии проявляют интерес к губернаторским кампаниям". ng.ru. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
  20. ^ "Экс-глава Чувашии Федоров обещал подумать о возможном участии в выборах: есть ли риски для Николаева?". regcomment.ru. Retrieved 2025-03-23.
  21. ^ "Выборы Главы Чувашской Республики". izbirkom.ru. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
  22. ^ "Федоров продолжит работу на посту сенатора от Чувашии". interfax-russia.ru. Retrieved 2025-09-26.