Kadyrov received 99.85% of the vote in the Chechen head election

Besides Kadyrov, the 2026 Chechen head election also included the chairman of the Chechen Public Chamber, Ismail Denilkhanov, from A Just Russia, and Chechen parliament deputy Khalid Nakaev from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. According to data from the Central Election Commission cited by TASS, both received 0.05% of the vote.

This is higher than Kadyrov’s result in the 2016 election, when, according to official data, he won 94.8% of the vote. In the 2021 election, his result was 99.7%.

Head elections were also held in seven other regions, and the incumbent governors are leading there. In Mordovia, Artem Zdunov is getting 78.74% of the vote; in Tuva, Vladislav Khovalyg — 90.95%; in Belgorod Oblast, Alexander Shuvaev — 65.97%; in Bryansk Oblast, Yegor Kovalchuk — 68.03%; in Tver Oblast, Vitaly Korolev — 69.8%; in Penza Oblast, Oleg Melnichenko — 70.92%; and in Ulyanovsk Oblast, Alexey Russkikh — 76.65%.

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