2024 Kemerovo Oblast gubernatorial election
Election
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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.
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6–8 September 2024
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| Turnout | 63.86% | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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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
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]