2023 Sakha head election
election
The 2023 Sakha head election took place on 8–10 September 2023, on common election day, coinciding with the State Assembly of the Sakha Republic election. Incumbent Head Aysen Nikolayev was elected to a second term in office.
Background
Then–Mayor of Yakutsk Aysen Nikolayev was appointed acting Head of the Sakha Republic in May 2018, replacing second-term incumbent Yegor Borisov, who resigned early at his own request. Nikolayev overwhelmingly won his first full term in September 2018 with 71.4% of the vote. Newly elected head Nikolayev also appointed Borisov, his predecessor, to the Federation Council.
The head election in the Sakha Republic is anticipated to be competitive as the region has moved sharply against ruling United Russia party in the prior years. One of the reasons of Borisov's resignation in 2018 allegedly were poor results of President Vladimir Putin in the 2018 presidential election: he won 64.4% of the vote in the region – his lowest result in the country, while CPRF candidate Pavel Grudinin received his best result with 27.3%. The Sakha Republic further defied national political landscape in 2018 as the Yakutsk mayoral election was won by Sardana Avksentyeva, a former deputy mayor nominated by Party of Russia's Rebirth, who defeated Yakutsk City Duma Speaker Aleksandr Savvinov of United Russia. In the 2021 Russian legislative election the Sakha Republic was among four Russian regions (alongside Mari El, Khabarovsk Krai and Nenets Autonomous Okrug) where CPRF bypassed United Russia in the party-list contest, on top of that Communist Petr Ammosov was elected in Yakutsk constituency in an upset, defeating United Russia candidate Pyotr Cherkashin and A Just Russia incumbent Fedot Tumusov (the actual candidate supported by regional authorities) 21.6%–20.1%–19.6%.
In December 2022, Aysen Nikolayev publicly announced his plans to run for re-election.
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