2024 Stavropol Krai gubernatorial election

2024 Stavropol Krai gubernatorial election
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Turnout57.38%
  Vladimir Vladimirov Viktor Goncharov
Candidate Vladimir Vladimirov Viktor Goncharov
Party United Russia CPRF
Popular vote 869,599 103,998
Percentage 79.61% 9.52%
Governor before election

Vladimir Vladimirov
United Russia

Governor-elect

Vladimir Vladimirov
United Russia

The 2024 Stavropol Krai gubernatorial election took place on 6–8 September 2024, on common election day. Incumbent Governor Vladimir Vladimirov was re-elected to a third term in office.

Background

Then-First Deputy Governor of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug Vladimir Vladimirov was appointed acting Governor of Stavropol Krai in September 2013, replacing Valery Zerenkov, who resigned just a little over a year in office.[1] Vladimirov easily won the election for a full term in September 2014 against three opponents with 84.22% of the vote.[2] Vladimirov ran for a second full term in 2019 and won again with 79.65%.[3]

Initially the Governor of Stavropol was limited for just two consecutive terms so Vladimirov would have been term-limited in 2024. However, in December 2021 "On Common Principles of Organisation of Public Authority in the Subjects of the Russian Federation" law was enacted, which lifted term limits for Russian governors.[4] Stavropol Krai followed suit and lifted the restrictions, which allowed Vladimirov to seek another term in 2024.

Candidates

In Stavropol Krai candidates for Governor can be nominated only by registered political parties. Candidate for Governor of Stavropol Krai 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 6% of signatures of members and heads of municipalities.[5] 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.
Viktor Goncharov
Communist Party 		Viktor Goncharov First Deputy Chairman of the Duma of Stavropol Krai (2021–present)
Member of the Duma (2007–2011, 2016–present)
Former Member of State Duma (2011–2016)
2014 gubernatorial candidate 		Registered [6][7]
[8]
Aleksandr Kuzmin
SR–ZP 		Deputy Chairman of the Duma of Stavropol Krai (2003–present)
2014 and 2019 gubernatorial candidate 		Registered [6][9]
Aleksandr Lyushin
Liberal Democratic Party 		Former Member of Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia (2011–2016) Registered [10]
Boris Obolenets
New People 		Former Member of Duma of Stavropol Krai (2007–2011)
President of Stavropol Krai Chamber of Commerce 		Registered [11]
Vladimir Vladimirov
United Russia 		Vladimir Vladimirov Incumbent Governor of Stavropol Krai (2013–present) Registered [12][13]
[14]

Candidates for Federation Council

Gubernatorial candidate,
political party 		Candidates for Federation Council Status
Viktor Goncharov
Communist Party 		* Vasily Belchenko, pensioner
* Andrey Serdyukov, Member of Duma of Predgorny District (2020–present)
* Vasily Smolyakov, pensioner 		Registered
Aleksandr Kuzmin
SR–ZP 		* Pavel Samarin, Member of Petrovsky District Council of Deputies (2022–present)
* Nikolay Shchipachev, Member of Stavropol City Duma (2021–present), sales manager
* Oleg Shpunt, Member of Duma of Pyatigorsk (2016–present), financial director 		Registered
Aleksandr Lyushin
Liberal Democratic Party 		* Vladimir Chekhursky, Member of Duma of Pyatigorsk (2021–present), businessman
* Aleksandr Kovalev, Member of Duma of Trunovsky District (2020–present)
* Aleksandr Zemtsev, Member of Duma of Izobilnensky District (2012–present), businessman 		Registered
Boris Obolenets
New People 		* Viktor Mazurov, pensioner
* Lyubov Valovaya, Vice President of Stavropol Krai Chamber of Commerce
* Sergey Vladimirov, individual entrepreneur 		Registered
Vladimir Vladimirov
United Russia 		* Mikhail Afanasov, incumbent Senator (2012–2019, 2020–present)
* Vladimir Sitnikov, Rector of Stavropol State Agrarian University (2022–present)
* Nikolay Velikdan, Chairman of the Duma of Stavropol Krai (2021–present) 		Registered

Finances

All sums are in rubles.

Financial Report Source Goncharov Kuzmin Lyushin Obolenets Vladimirov
First [15] 830,000 516,600 515,000 16,000 20,500,000
Final TBD TBD TBD TBD 44,000,000

Results

Summary of the 6–8 September 2024 Stavropol Krai gubernatorial election results
Candidate Party Votes %
Vladimir Vladimirov (incumbent) United Russia 869,599 79.61
Viktor Goncharov Communist Party 103,998 9.52
Aleksandr Kuzmin A Just Russia – For Truth 50,993 4.67
Boris Obolenets New People 29,441 2.70
Aleksandr Lyushin Liberal Democratic Party 26,679 2.44
Valid votes 1,080,710 98.94
Blank ballots 11,558 1.06
Total 1,092,268 100.00
Turnout 1,092,268 57.38
Registered voters 1,903,514 100.00
Source: [16]

Governor Vladimirov re-appointed incumbent Senator Mikhail Afanasov (United Russia) to the Federation Council.[17]

See also

References

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