| Election Name: | 2023 Amur Oblast gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Amur Oblast |
| Type: | gubernatorial |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2018 Amur Oblast gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 2018 |
| Next Election: | 2028 Amur Oblast gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 2028 |
| Election Date: | 8–10 September 2023 |
| Turnout: | 38.71% |
| Candidate1: | Vasily Orlov |
| Party1: | United Russia |
| Popular Vote1: | |
| Percentage1: | 82.38% |
| Candidate2: | Boris Beloborodov |
| Party2: | CPRF |
| Percentage2: | 7.90% |
| Image3: | SR-ZP |
| Candidate3: | Yevgeny Zavgorodny |
| Party3: | SR–ZP |
| Percentage3: | 3.59% |
| Image4: | NL |
| Candidate4: | Roman Sanzharevsky |
| Party4: | New People |
| Percentage4: | 2.25% |
| Image5: | CPCR |
| Candidate5: | Sergey Rafalsky |
| Party5: | Communists of Russia |
| Percentage5: | 2.06% |
| Governor | |
| Posttitle: | Governor-elect |
| Before Election: | Vasily Orlov |
| Before Party: | United Russia |
| After Election: | Vasily Orlov |
| After Party: | United Russia |
The 2023 Amur Oblast gubernatorial election took place on 8–10 September 2023, on common election day. Incumbent Governor Vasily Orlov was re-elected to a second term in office.
In May 2018 first-term then-Governor Alexander Kozlov jointed Second Medvedev cabinet as Minister for Development of the Russian Far East.[1] Sibur executive and former regional minister for economic development Vasily Orlov was appointed acting Governor of Amur Oblast on 30 May 2018.[2] Orlov won 2018 election for a full term with 55.60%, narrowly avoiding a runoff with CPRF candidate Tatyana Rakutina.[3]
Governor Orlov mostly stayed mum on his reelection plans throughout his term, however, during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin on 16 May 2023 the governor asked for support for his reelection, which was granted.[4]
In Amur Oblast candidates for Governor can be nominated only by registered political parties, self-nomination is not possible. However, candidates are not obliged to be members of the nominating party. Candidate for Governor of Amur Oblast should be a Russian citizen and at least 30 years old. Candidates for Governor should not have a foreign citizenship or residence permit. Each candidate in order to be registered is required to collect at least 7% of signatures of members and heads of municipalities.[5] Also gubernatorial candidates present 3 candidacies to the Federation Council and election winner later appoints one of the presented candidates.
|- 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;"| Vasily Orlov (incumbent)| style="text-align:left;"| United Russia| | 82.38|-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Boris Beloborodov| style="text-align:left;"| Communist Party| | 7.90|-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Yevgeny Zavgorodny| style="text-align:left;"| A Just Russia — For Truth| | 3.59|-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Roman Sanzharevsky| style="text-align:left;"| New People| | 2.25|-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Sergey Rafalsky| style="text-align:left;"| Communists of Russia| | 2.06|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Valid votes| | 98.18|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Blank ballots| | 1.82|- style="font-weight:bold"| style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Total| | 100.00|-| style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" colspan="6"||-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Turnout| | 38.71|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Registered voters| | 100.00|-| colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"||- style="font-weight:bold"| colspan="4" |Source:|[16] |}
Governor Orlov re-appointed incumbent Senator Ivan Abramov (LDPR) to the Federation Council.[17]