| Election Name: | 2017 Kirov Oblast gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Kirov Oblast |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 Kirov Oblast gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2022 Kirov Oblast gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 2022 |
| Election Date: | 10 September 2017 |
| Turnout: | 30.37% |
| Nominee1: | Igor Vasilyev |
| Party1: | United Russia |
| Popular Vote1: | 209,402 |
| Percentage1: | 64.03% |
| Nominee2: | Sergey Mamayev |
| Party2: | Communist Party of the Russian Federation |
| Popular Vote2: | 62,132 |
| Percentage2: | 18.99% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| Acting Governor | |
| Posttitle: | Elected Governor |
| Before Election: | Igor Vasilyev |
| Before Party: | United Russia |
| After Party: | United Russia |
| After Election: | Igor Vasilyev |
Gubernatorial Election in Kirov Oblast were held on 10 September 2017.
In the previous elections in 2014 won a Nikita Belykh, who led the region since 2009. The term was due to expire in September 2019.
24 Jun 2016 Nikita Belykh was arrested in Moscow at reception of a bribe.[1] On 25 June Investigative Committee of Russia has charged White with receiving a bribe in especially large size. On the same day, the Basmanny District Court of Moscow, he was arrested for two months.[2] After his arrest, the duties of the Governor of the Kirov region was performed by his Deputy Alexey Kuznetsov.
July 28, 2016, Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed Nikita Belykh from the post of Governor of the Kirov region with the formulation "in connection with loss of trust".[3] Acting Governor until the election appointed Igor Vasilyev.
Candidates on the ballot:[4]
| Candidate | Party | Office | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikolay Barsukov Born 1975 (age 42) | Communists of Russia | Member of Yuryansky District Duma | ||||
| bgcolor= | Igor Vasilyev Born 1961 (age 56) | United Russia | Incumbent acting Governor | |||
| bgcolor= | Sergey Mamayev Born 1958 (age 59) | Communist Party | Assistant to the Member of the State Duma | |||
| bgcolor= | Kirill Cherkasov Born 1967 (age 50) | Liberal Democratic Party | Member of the State Duma | |||
| style=width:200px; rowspan=2 | Date | style=width:150px; rowspan=2 | Poll source | style=width:60px | Vasilyev | style=width:60px | Mamayev | style=width:60px | Cherkasov | style=width:60px | Barsukov | Undecided | Abstention | Spoil the Ballot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor= | bgcolor= | bgcolor= | ||||||||||||
| 10-20 August 2017 | WCIOM | 49% | 6% | 5% | 2% | 27% | 9% | 1% | ||||||
| 14 September 2014 | election result | — | 15.99% | 9.92% | — | — | — | 1.56% |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor= | Igor Vasilyev | United Russia | 209,402 | 64.03% | |
| bgcolor= | Sergey Mamayev | Communist Party | 62,132 | 18.99% | |
| bgcolor= | Kirill Cherkasov | Liberal Democratic Party | 32,814 | 10.03% | |
| Nikolay Barsukov | Communists of Russia | 13,956 | 4.27% | ||
| Invalid ballots | 8,711 | 2.66% | |||
| Total | 327,015 | 100% | |||
| Source:[5] | |||||