Gubernatorial elections in 2001 took place in 17 regions of the

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. 16 regular and one extraordinary campaigns took place that year. In two regions the second rounds were held in January 2002. With some delay, elections were held for the governors of

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and Taymyr Autonomous Okrugs, whose terms of office expired back in December 2000. Early elections were held in

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after resignation of Yevgeny Nazdratenko. On 1 December 2001

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party (OVR), founded and supported by a number of influential governors, officially merged with pro-

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into

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. For the some time after it was known as "Unity and Fatherland — United Russia". Previously that year members of these two center-right parties had occasionally met each other in different gubernatorial races.

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