2024 Kemerovo Oblast gubernatorial election

2024 Kemerovo Oblast gubernatorial election
← 2023 6–8 September 2024 2029 →
Turnout63.86%
  Ilya Seredyuk
LDPR
CPRF
Candidate Ilya Seredyuk Maria Gorodeshtyan Aleksandr Karpov
Party United Russia LDPR CPRF
Popular vote 949,185 86,971 71,770
Percentage 78.38% 7.18% 5.93%
Results by raions and cities
Governor before election

Ilya Seredyuk (acting)
United Russia

Governor-elect

Ilya Seredyuk
United Russia

The 2024 Kemerovo Oblast gubernatorial election took place on 6–8 September 2024, on common election day. Acting Governor Ilya Seredyuk was elected for a full term in office.

Background

Sergey Tsivilyov, then–Deputy Governor and former coal executive, was appointed acting Governor of Kemerovo Oblast in April 2018, replacing longtime Governor Aman Tuleyev.[1] Tsivilyov won election for a full term in September 2018 with 81.3% of the vote[2] and won reelection for a second term in 2023 with 85.2%.[3]

In May 2024 Governor Tsivilyov was mentioned as potential future Minister of Energy.[4] On May 11, 2024, re-appointed Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin nominated Governor Sergey Tsivilyov to serve in his second cabinet as Minister of Energy, replacing Nikolay Shulginov.[5] State Duma Committee on Energy unanimously supported Tsivilyov's nomination on May 12,[6] while the full chamber voted 375–0–57 to approve Tsivilyov as new Minister of Energy two days later.[7]

After his nomination, Governor Tsivilyov left Kemerovo on May 12, 2024, leaving First Deputy Governor – Chairman of the Kemerovo Oblast Government Ilya Seredyuk as acting Governor until the temporary replacement be appointed by the President.[8] Seredyuk and Tyumen Mayor Ruslan Kukharuk were mentioned as potential candidates for the appointment.[9] On May 15 President Vladimir Putin appointed Ilya Seredyuk as acting Governor of Kemerovo Oblast.[10]

Candidates

In Kemerovo Oblast candidates for Governor can be nominated only by registered political parties. Candidate for Governor of Kemerovo Oblast should be a Russian citizen and at least 30 years old. Candidates for Governor should not have a foreign citizenship or residence permit. Each candidate in order to be registered is required to collect at least 8% of signatures of members and heads of municipalities.[11] Also gubernatorial candidates present 3 candidacies to the Federation Council and election winner later appoints one of the presented candidates.

Declared

Candidate name,
political party 		Occupation Status Ref.
Maria Gorodeshtyan
Liberal Democratic Party 		Member of Legislative Assembly of Kemerovo Oblast (2023–present) Registered [12]
Aleksandr Karpov
Communist Party 		Member of Council of People's Deputies of Belovo (2023–present)
Businessman 		Registered [13]
Roman Kleyster
New People 		Member of Legislative Assembly of Kemerovo Oblast (2018–present) Registered [14]
Ilya Seredyuk
United Russia 		Ilya Seredyuk Acting Governor of Kemerovo Oblast (2024–present)
Former First Deputy Governor of Kemerovo Oblast – Chairman of the Government of Kemerovo Oblast (2022–2024) 		Registered [15][16]
Yury Skvortsov
SR–ZP 		Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of Kemerovo Oblast (2018–present)
2015, 2018 and 2023 gubernatorial candidate 		Registered [17]

Candidates for Federation Council

Gubernatorial candidate,
political party 		Candidates for Federation Council Status
Ilya Seredyuk
United Russia 		* Nikolay Senchurov, Member of Legislative Assembly of Kemerovo Oblast (2023–present)
* Aleksei Sinitsyn, incumbent Senator (2018–present)
* Aleksey Zelenin, Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of Kemerovo Oblast (2021–present), Member of the Legislative Assembly (2018–present) 		Registered

Finances

All sums are in rubles.

Financial Report Source Gorodeshtyan Karpov Kleyster Seredyuk Skvortsov
First [18] 8,000 30,000 8,000 30,000,000 TBA
Final TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD

Results

Summary of the 6–8 September 2024 Kemerovo Oblast gubernatorial election results
Candidate Party Votes %
Ilya Seredyuk (incumbent) United Russia 949,185 78.38
Maria Gorodeshtyan Liberal Democratic Party 86,971 7.18
Aleksandr Karpov Communist Party 71,770 5.93
Yury Skvortsov A Just Russia – For Truth 59,699 4.93
Roman Kleyster New People 36,034 2.98
Valid votes 1,203,659 99.40
Blank ballots 7,281 0.60
Total 1,210,940 100.00
Turnout 1,210,940 63.86
Registered voters 1,896,365 100.00
Source: [19]

Governor Seredyuk re-appointed incumbent Senator Aleksei Sinitsyn (United Russia) to the Federation Council.[20]

See also

References

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