[1] Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Dmitry Mironov was appointed acting Governor of Yaroslavl Oblast in July 2016, replacing first term incumbent Sergey Yastrebov.

[2] Mironov won election for a full term as United Russia candidate in 2017 with 79.32% of the vote.

The same day, former Deputy Head of the Federal Antimonopoly Service Mikhail Yevrayev was appointed acting Governor of Yaroslavl Oblast.

[6] Due to the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and subsequent economic sanctions, the cancellation and postponement of direct gubernatorial elections was proposed.

Yaroslavl State University Rector Aleksandr Rusakov (United Russia) was appointed to the Federation Council, replacing incumbent senator Sergey Beryozkin (Independent).