| Election Name: | 2023 Magadan Oblast gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Magadan Oblast |
| Type: | gubernatorial |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2018 Magadan Oblast gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 2018 |
| Next Election: | 2028 Magadan Oblast gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 2028 |
| Election Date: | 8–10 September 2023 |
| Turnout: | 35.01% |
| Candidate1: | Sergey Nosov |
| Party1: | United Russia |
| Popular Vote1: | |
| Percentage1: | 72.51% |
| Candidate2: | Sergey Goncharenko |
| Party2: | CPRF |
| Percentage2: | 10.66% |
| Image4: | LDPR |
| Candidate4: | Roman Isayev |
| Party4: | LDPR |
| Percentage4: | 8.68% |
| Image5: | SR-ZP |
| Candidate5: | Oleg Prikoki |
| Party5: | SR–ZP |
| Percentage5: | 5.77% |
| Governor | |
| Posttitle: | Governor-elect |
| Before Election: | Sergey Nosov |
| Before Party: | United Russia |
| After Election: | Sergey Nosov |
| After Party: | United Russia |
The 2023 Magadan Oblast gubernatorial election took place on 8–10 September 2023, on common election day. Incumbent Governor Sergey Nosov was re-elected to a second term in office.[1]
Nizhny Tagil Mayor Sergey Nosov was appointed acting Governor of Magadan Oblast in May 2018 to replace retiring one-term governor Vladimir Pechyony.[2] Nosov had never visited Magadan Oblast prior to his appointment and was actually rumoured to be potential candidate for Governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Nosov won an election for a full term in September 2018 with 81.5% of the vote – the highest margin in Magadan Oblast's history.[3]
On June 6, 2023 President Vladimir Putin in a meeting with Sergey Nosov endorsed the incumbent for a second gubernatorial term.[4]
In Magadan 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 Magadan 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 10% 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;"| Sergey Nosov (incumbent)| style="text-align:left;"| United Russia| | 72.51|-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Sergey Goncharenko| style="text-align:left;"| Communist Party| | 10.66|-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Roman Isayev| style="text-align:left;"| Liberal Democratic Party| | 8.68|-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Oleg Prikoki| style="text-align:left;"| A Just Russia — For Truth| | 5.77|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Valid votes| | 97.62|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Blank ballots| | 2.38|- 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| | 35.01|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Registered voters| | 100.00|-| colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"||- style="font-weight:bold"| colspan="4" |Source:|[10] |}
Governor Nosov re-appointed incumbent Senator Anatoly Shirokov to the Federation Council.[11]