2025 Kamchatka Krai gubernatorial election

Vladimir Solodov, then-Chairman of the Government of Yakutia, was appointed acting governor of Kamchatka Krai in April 2020, replacing two-term incumbent Vladimir Ilyukhin.^[1] Ilyukhin left after poor handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, for which he was criticised by Rospotrebnadzor head Anna Popova and State Duma member Yevgeny Revenko.^[2] Solodov ran for a full term as an Independent with United Russia support^[3] and won the election with 80.51% of the vote.^[4]

In November 2023 during a live translation Solodov publicly announced his intention to seek a second term in office.^[5] In November 2024 Governor Solodov joined United Russia party.^[6] In February 2025 during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin Governor Solodov announced his intention to run for a second term and received Putin's endorsement.^[7]

In Kamchatka Krai candidates for Governor of Kamchatka Krai can be nominated by registered political parties or by self-nomination. Candidate for Governor of Kamchatka Krai should be a Russian citizen and at least 30 years old. Candidates for Governor of Kamchatka Krai 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.^[8] In addition, self-nominated candidates should collect 2% of signatures of Kamchatka Krai residents. Also gubernatorial candidates present 3 candidacies to the Federation Council and election winner later appoints one of the presented candidates.

Candidate name, political party			Occupation	Status	Ref.
Vasilina Kuliyeva Liberal Democratic Party			Member of State Duma (2011–2012, 2016–2021, 2023–present) 2013 Zabaykalsky Krai gubernatorial candidate	Registered	[9]
Roman Litvinov Communist Party			Member of Legislative Assembly of Kamchatka Krai (2016–present)	Registered	[10][11]
Vladimir Solodov United Russia			Incumbent Governor of Kamchatka Krai (2020–present)	Registered	[5][7] [12]
Dmitry Tyurin Communists of Russia			Lawyer	Registered	[13]
Yegor Bukhanov Independent			Housing and utility services executive	Failed to qualify	[14]
Alyona Didenko Independent			Water utilities employee	Failed to qualify	[15]
Aleksey Nikolayev Independent			Activist 2015 Communists of Russia gubernatorial candidate 2020 gubernatorial candidate	Failed to qualify	[16]
Dmitry Avdeyev Independent			Cultural director	Did not file	[17]
Leonid Kalyayev Independent			Middle school deputy principal	Did not file	[18]
Natalya Kolgina Independent			Lyceum principal	Did not file	[19]
Yevgeny Miroshnichenko Independent			Dentist	Did not file	[20]
Dmitry Pirozhnikov Independent			Water utility executive	Did not file	[21]
Natalya Teterevkova Party of Pensioners			Member of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky City Duma (2022–present) Russian Red Cross Society regional director	Did not file	[22]

• Valery Kalashnikov (LDPR), Member of Legislative Assembly of Kamchatka Krai (2016–present), 2015 and 2020 gubernatorial candidate^[23]
• Aleksandra Novikova (SR–ZP), Member of Legislative Assembly of Kamchatka Krai (2021–present)^[24][25]

All sums are in rubles.