2024 Vologda Oblast gubernatorial election

2024 Russian local election
2024 Vologda Oblast gubernatorial election
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Turnout49.15%
  Georgy Filimonov
CPRF
LDPR
Candidate Georgy Filimonov Aleksandr Morozov Anton Grimov
Party United Russia CPRF LDPR
Popular vote 273,380 84,813 36,324
Percentage 62.30% 19.33% 8.28%
Governor before election

Georgy Filimonov (acting)
United Russia

Governor-elect

Georgy Filimonov
United Russia

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

Background

Then-Cherepovets mayor Oleg Kuvshinnikov was appointed acting Governor of Vologda Oblast and was later elected by the Legislative Assembly of Vologda Oblast in December 2011, replacing four-term incumbent Governor Vyacheslav Pozgalyov.[1] Kuvshinnikov resigned early in May 2014 and ran in the special gubernatorial election in September 2014 winning it with 62.98% of the vote.[2] Kuvshinnikov ran for a third term in 2019 and won with 60.79% of the vote.[3]

On 31 October 2023 Oleg Kuvshinnikov unexpectedly announced his resignation nearly a year ahead of the gubernatorial election. Deputy Chairman of the Moscow Oblast Government Georgy Filimonov was appointed acting Governor of Vologda Oblast the same day.[4] In November 2023 Filimonov appointed his predecessor, Oleg Kuvshinnikov, to the Federation Council after incumbent Senator Olga Danilova, whom Kuvshinnikov himself appointed just 44 days ago, stepped down.[5]

In January 2024 Legislative Assembly of Vologda Oblast changed the electoral law, allowing gubernatorial candidates run as a self-nominated.[6] Later acting Governor Filimonov announced that he was not planning to join any political party and would run in the upcoming gubernatorial election as an Independent.[7] However, on May 24, 2024 Senator Andrey Turchak, the secretary general of United Russia, visited Vologda and personally handed over a party card to Governor Filimonov, who joined the party and announced his intention to run under its ticket.[8]

Candidates

In Vologda Oblast candidates for Governor can be nominated by registered political parties or by self-nomination. Candidate for Governor of Vologda 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 7% of signatures of members and heads of municipalities.[9] In addition, self-nominated candidates should collect 1% of signatures of Vologda Oblast residents. 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.
Georgy Filimonov
United Russia 		Georgy Filimonov Acting Governor of Vologda Oblast (2023–present)
Former Deputy Chairman of the Government of Moscow Oblast (2021–2023) 		Registered [7][10]
Anton Grimov
Liberal Democratic Party 		Member of Legislative Assembly of Vologda Oblast (2011–present)
Aide to State Duma member Sergey Karginov (2019–present) 		Registered [11]
Igor Katukhin
Party of Pensioners 		Member of Legislative Assembly of Vologda Oblast (2022–present) Registered [12]
Denis Khripel
SR–ZP 		Businessman
Son of former Federation Council member Gennady Khripel 		Registered [13]
Aleksandr Morozov
Communist Party 		Member of Legislative Assembly of Vologda Oblast (2011–present)
2014 and 2019 gubernatorial candidate 		Registered [14][15]
Mikhail Dorofeyev
Independent 		Chairman of Yabloko party Vologda city office (2016–present) Withdrew [16]
Nikolay Tolchanov
Independent 		Former first secretary of Communists of Russia regional committee in Tambov Oblast (2021–2023) Did not file [17]

Declined

Candidates for Federation Council

Gubernatorial candidate,
political party 		Candidates for Federation Council Status
Georgy Filimonov
United Russia 		* Yevgeny Artemov, former Deputy Governor of Vologda Oblast (2012)
* Oleg Kuvshinnikov, incumbent Senator (2023–present)
* Andrey Lutsenko, former Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of Vologda Oblast (2016–2024) 		Registered

Finances

All sums are in rubles.

Financial Report Source Filimonov Grimov Katukhin Khripel Morozov
First [19] 10,100,000 185,000 1,030,000 30,000 30,000
Final TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD

Results

Summary of the 6–8 September 2024 Vologda Oblast gubernatorial election results
Candidate Party Votes %
Georgy Filimonov (incumbent) United Russia 273,380 62.30
Aleksandr Morozov Communist Party 84,813 19.33
Anton Grimov Liberal Democratic Party 36,324 8.28
Denis Khripel A Just Russia – For Truth 19,385 4.42
Igor Katukhin Party of Pensioners 17,662 4.02
Valid votes 431,564 98.34
Blank ballots 7,279 1.66
Total 438,843 100.00
Turnout 438,843 49.15
Registered voters 892,898 100.00
Source: [20]

See also

References

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