2025 Perm Krai gubernatorial election

Then-Federal Antimonopoly Service department head Dmitry Makhonin was appointed acting Governor of Perm Krai in February 2020, replacing first-term incumbent Maxim Reshetnikov, who was appointed Minister of Economic Development of Russia.^[1] Makhonin ran for a full term as an Independent with the support from United Russia^[2] and won the election with 75.69% of the vote.^[3]

In 2021 Makhonin agreed to lead United Russia for the upcoming Russian legislative election in Perm Krai as well as Legislative Assembly of Perm Krai election, however, after the election Makhonin declined to take both seats and remained governor.^[4] In November 2023 Makhonin officially joined United Russia and became secretary of the party regional office.^[5]

In March 2025 Governor Makhonin had a meeting with President Vladimir Putin, however, the governor did not announce his intentions regarding next gubernatorial term in the publicly available part of the meeting. The next day Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov clarified that Makhonin intended to run for a second term in office and was endorsed by Putin.^[6]

In Perm Krai candidates for Governor of Perm Krai can be nominated by registered political parties or by self-nomination. Candidate for Governor of Perm Krai should be a Russian citizen and at least 30 years old. Candidates for Governor of Perm Krai 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.^[7] In addition, self-nominated candidates should collect 1% of signatures of Perm 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.
Ksenia Aytakova Communist Party			Deputy Chairwoman of the Legislative Assembly of Perm Krai (2021–present) Member of the Legislative Assembly (2011–present) 2020 gubernatorial candidate	Registered	[8][9] [10]
Lyudmila Karavayeva Party of Pensioners			Retired middle school principal	Registered	[11]
Dmitry Makhonin United Russia			Incumbent Governor of Perm Krai (2020–present)	Registered	[12][6] [13]
Oleg Postnikov Liberal Democratic Party			Member of Legislative Assembly of Perm Krai (2016–present) 2017 and 2020 gubernatorial candidate	Registered	[14][15] [16]
Denis Shitov New People			Member of Legislative Assembly of Perm Krai (2021–present) 2GIS executive	Registered	[17][18]
Mikhail Dyachkov Communists of Russia			First secretary of the party regional committee (2023–present)	Failed to qualify	[19]
Maksim Gashev Party for Fairness!			Sales manager	Failed to qualify	[20]
Yegor Gilyov Independent			Salesman	Failed to qualify	[21]
Vyacheslav Luchnikov SR–ZP			Nonprofit director	Failed to qualify	[22][23]
Aleksandr Zapivalov Independent			Unemployed	Failed to qualify	[24]
Aleksandr Zinin Independent			Businessman	Did not file	[25]

• Aleksandr Kozyukov (United Russia), Member of Legislative Assembly of Perm Krai (2021–present)^[26][27]

• Anna Baranova (CPRF), Member of Legislative Assembly of Perm Krai (2021–present)^[8][28]
• Maria Drobot (CPRF), Member of State Duma (2021–present)^[28]
• Veronika Kulikova (SR–ZP), Member of Legislative Assembly of Perm Krai (2021–present)^[29]

All sums are in rubles.