Election Name: | 2017 Kaliningrad Oblast gubernatorial election |
Country: | Kaliningrad Oblast |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2015 Kaliningrad Oblast gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 2015 |
Next Election: | 2022 Kaliningrad Oblast gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 2022 |
Election Date: | 10 September 2017 |
Turnout: | 39,35% |
Nominee1: | Anton Alikhanov |
Party1: | United Russia |
Popular Vote1: | 255,491 |
Percentage1: | 81.06% |
Nominee2: | Igor Revin |
Party2: | Communist Party of the Russian Federation |
Popular Vote2: | 28,007 |
Percentage2: | 8.89% |
Acting Governor | |
Posttitle: | Elected Governor |
Before Election: | Anton Alikhanov |
Before Party: | Independent politician |
After Party: | Independent politician |
After Election: | Anton Alikhanov |
A gubernatorial election in Kaliningrad Oblast was held on 10 September 2017.
28 July 2016 the Governor Nikolay Tsukanov resigned. The acting Governor was Yevgeny Zinichev. 6 October 2016 Yevgeny Zinichev resigned from the post of the acting Governor, in connection with family circumstances, the new acting Governor was appointed Anton Alikhanov.
Candidates on the ballot:[2]
Candidate | Party | Office | ||||
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bgcolor= | Anton Alikhanov Born 1986 (age 30) | Independent (nominated by United Russia) | Incumbent acting Governor | |||
bgcolor= | Yevgeny Mishin Born 1984 (age 33) | Liberal Democratic Party | Member of Kaliningrad Oblast Duma | |||
bgcolor= | Igor Revin Born 1955 (age 58) | Communist Party | Member of Kaliningrad Oblast Duma | |||
bgcolor=Green | Yekaterina Timofeeva Born 1982 (age 35) | Greens | Environmental activist |
style=width:200px; rowspan=2 | Date | style=width:150px; rowspan=2 | Poll source | style=width:60px | Anton Alikhanov | style=width:60px | Igor Revin | style=width:60px | Yevgeny Mishin | style=width:60px | Yekaterina Timofeeva | Other | Undecided | Abstention | Spoil the Ballot |
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bgcolor= | bgcolor= | bgcolor= | bgcolor=Green | ||||||||||||
10-20 August | WCIOM | 66% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 18% | 8% | 1% |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
bgcolor= | Anton Alikhanov | United Russia | 255,491 | 81.06% | |
bgcolor= | Igor Revin | Communist Party | 28,007 | 8.89% | |
bgcolor= | Yevgeny Mishin | Liberal Democratic Party | 17,256 | 5.47% | |
bgcolor=Green | Yekaterina Timofeeva | Greens | 7,966 | 2.53% | |
Valid ballots | 308,720 | 97.95% | |||
Invalid ballots | 6,467 | 2.05% | |||
Total | 315,187 | 100% | |||
Turnout | 315,187 | 39.35% | |||
Sources:[3] [4] |