2024 Sakhalin Oblast gubernatorial election
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The 2024 Sakhalin Oblast gubernatorial election took place on 6–8 September 2024, on common election day. Incumbent Governor Valery Limarenko was reelected to a second term in office.
In September 2018 Governor of Sakhalin Oblast Oleg Kozhemyako was appointed acting Governor of Primorsky Krai after a political crisis that followed the 2018 gubernatorial election and the resignation of previous acting Governor Andrey Tarasenko.[1] Vera Shcherbina, Chairwoman of the Sakhalin Oblast Government, served as acting Governor until December 2018 when Atomstroyexport president Valery Limarenko was appointed instead by President Vladimir Putin.[2]
Limarenko, despite being a member of United Russia party, ran for a full term as an Independent and faced a spirited challenge from Communist State Duma member from Primorsky Krai Aleksey Korniyenko.[3] Former State Duma member and 2015 gubernatorial runner-up Svetlana Ivanova failed to secure support from CPRF and ran as an Independent but was unable to pass the municipal filter. Limarenko won September 2019 gubernatorial election with 56.14% of the vote with Korniyenko placing second with 24.21%.[4] It was the closest gubernatorial election that cycle.
In April 2024 during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin Governor Limarenko announced his intention to run for a second term and received Putin's endorsement.[5]
Candidates
In Sakhalin Oblast candidates for Governor can be nominated by registered political parties or by self-nomination. Candidate for Governor of Sakhalin 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 10% of signatures of members and heads of municipalities.[6] In addition, self-nominated candidates should collect 0.5% of signatures of Sakhalin 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pavel Ashikhmin Communist Party |
Member of Sakhalin Oblast Duma (2022–present) | Registered | [7][8] | ||
| Valery Limarenko United Russia |
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Incumbent Governor of Sakhalin Oblast (2018–present) | Registered | [5][9] | |
| Vadim Politsinsky SR–ZP |
Member of Sakhalin Oblast Duma (2022–present) | Registered | [10] | ||
| Roman Vedeneyev New People |
Member of Sakhalin Oblast Duma (2022–present) | Registered | [11] | ||
| Sergey Makarov Independent |
Publishing technician | Did not file | [12] | ||
| Ruslan Vakhitov Independent |
Community activist | Did not file | [13] | ||
| Yegor Zuyev Independent |
Businessman | Did not file | [14] | ||
Candidates for Federation Council
| Gubernatorial candidate, political party |
Candidates for Federation Council | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pavel Ashikhmin Communist Party |
* Yevgeny Anisimov, veteran of the Russian invasion of Ukraine * Mikhail Cherevik, Member of Sakhalin Oblast Duma (2022–present) * Sergey Ponomaryov, former Member of Sakhalin Oblast Duma (1996–2008) |
Registered | |
| Valery Limarenko United Russia |
* Yury Filipenko, Director of the Victory Museum and Memorial Complex (2016–present) * Vladimir Ikonnikov, Chairman of the Civic Chamber of Sakhalin Oblast (2014–present), Member of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights (2022–present) * Grigory Karasin, incumbent Senator (2019–present), Chairman of the Council Committee on Foreign Affairs (2021–present) |
Registered | |
| Vadim Politsinsky SR–ZP |
* Yevgeny Filileyev, energy specialist * Anna Mamot, Sakhalin State University employee * Feliks Mamot, military prosecutor |
Registered | |
| Roman Vedeneyev New People |
* Aleksandr Borovikov, Member of Duma of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (2022–present) * Ivan Butakov, Member of Duma of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (2019–present) * Vladislav Glukhov, Member of Duma of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (2019–present) |
Registered | |
