| Election Name: | 2022 Tomsk Oblast gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Tomsk Oblast |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2017 Tomsk Oblast gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 2017 |
| Next Election: | 2027 Tomsk Oblast gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 2027 |
| Election Date: | 10–11 September 2022 |
| Turnout: | 30.93% |
| Nominee1: | Vladimir Mazur |
| Party1: | United Russia |
| Popular Vote1: | 198,829 |
| Percentage1: | 84.94% |
| Nominee2: | Galina Nemtseva |
| Party2: | SR-ZP |
| Popular Vote2: | 14,243 |
| Percentage2: | 6.08% |
| Image4: | CPRF |
| Nominee4: | Andrey Petrov |
| Party4: | CPRF |
| Popular Vote4: | 12,438 |
| Percentage4: | 5.31% |
| Image5: | RPPSS |
| Nominee5: | Viktor Grinev |
| Party5: | Party of Pensioners |
| Popular Vote5: | 4,938 |
| Percentage5: | 2.11% |
| Governor | |
| Posttitle: | Governor |
| Before Election: | Vladimir Mazur (acting) |
| Before Party: | United Russia |
| After Party: | United Russia |
| After Election: | Vladimir Mazur |
The 2022 Tomsk Oblast gubernatorial election took place on 10–11 September 2022, on common election day. Acting Governor Vladimir Mazur was elected to a full term.[1]
Sergey Zhvachkin was appointed Governor of Tomsk Oblast in 2012, when he replaced 21-year incumbent Viktor Kress in the position. Zhvachkin won his second term in 2017 election with 60.58% of the vote.[2] Zhvachkin's "soft" style of governance heavily contrasted other heads of Russian regions, which allowed opposition to strengthen. In 2020, United Russia won only 11 seats out of 37 in the Tomsk Duma elections, while two members of Navalny's team were elected.[3] In the 2021 Russian legislative election, United Russia won 32.70% in Tomsk Oblast, its 10th worst result nationally.[4] On 10 May 2022, Zhvachkin asked for his resignation, Deputy Head of Presidential Office for Domestic Policy Vladimir Mazur was appointed acting Governor of Tomsk Oblast.[5]
Due to the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and subsequent economic sanctions, the cancellation and postponement of direct gubernatorial elections was proposed.[6] The measure was even supported by A Just Russia leader Sergey Mironov.[7] Eventually, on 9 June Legislative Duma of Tomsk Oblast called the gubernatorial election for 11 September 2022.[8]
Only political parties can nominate candidates for gubernatorial election in Tomsk Oblast, self-nomination is not possible. However, candidates are not obliged to be members of the nominating party. Candidate for Governor of Tomsk Oblast should be a Russian citizen and at least 30 years old. Each candidate in order to be registered is required to collect at least 10% of signatures of members and heads of municipalities (146 signatures).[9] Also gubernatorial candidates present 3 candidacies to the Federation Council and election winner later appoints one of the presented candidates.
All sums are in rubles.
| Financial Report | Source | Grinev | Mazur | Nemtseva | Petrov | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor= | bgcolor= | bgcolor= | bgcolor= | ||||||
| First | [17] | 21,000 | 66,000,000 | 50,000 | 20,000 | ||||
| Final | [18] | 13,121,000 | 66,001,000 | 1,731,000 | 1,770,000 | ||||
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;"! style="text-align:left;" colspan=2| Candidate! style="text-align:left;"| Party! width="75"|Votes! width="30"|%|-| style="background-color:;"|| style="text-align:left;"| Vladimir Mazur (incumbent)| style="text-align:left;"| United Russia| 198,829| 84.94|-| style="background-color:|| style="text-align:left;"| Galina Nemtseva| style="text-align:left;"| A Just Russia — For Truth| 14,243| 6.08|-| style="background-color:|| style="text-align:left;"| Andrey Petrov| style="text-align:left;"| Communist Party| 12,438| 5.31|-| style="background-color:;"|| style="text-align:left;"| Viktor Grinev| style="text-align:left;"| Party of Pensioners| 4,938| 2.11|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Valid votes| 230,448| 98.45|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Blank ballots| 3,621| 1.55|- style="font-weight:bold"| style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Total| 234,069| 100.00|-| style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" colspan="6"||-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Turnout| 234,069| 30.93|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Registered voters| 756,779| 100.00|-| colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"||- style="font-weight:bold"| colspan="4" |Source:|[19] |}
Incumbent Senator Viktor Kress (United Russia) was re-appointed to the Federation Council.[20]