2023 Moscow Oblast gubernatorial election explained

Election Name:2023 Moscow Oblast gubernatorial election
Country:Moscow Oblast
Type:gubernatorial
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2018 Moscow Oblast gubernatorial election
Previous Year:2018
Next Election:2028 Moscow Oblast gubernatorial election
Next Year:2028
Election Date:8–10 September 2023
Turnout:60.48%
Candidate1:Andrey Vorobyov
Party1:United Russia
Popular Vote1:
Percentage1:83.67%
Candidate2:Aleksandr Naumov
Party2:CPRF
Percentage2:6.37%
Image4: LDPR
Candidate4:Kirill Zhigarev
Party4:LDPR
Percentage4:4.82%
Candidate5:Anatoly Nikitin
Party5:SR–ZP
Percentage5:4.06%
Governor
Posttitle:Governor-elect
Before Election:Andrey Vorobyov
Before Party:United Russia
After Election:Andrey Vorobyov
After Party:United Russia

The 2023 Moscow Oblast gubernatorial election took place on 8–10 September 2023, on common election day. Incumbent Governor Andrey Vorobyov was re-elected to a third term in office.

Background

Then–United Russia faction leader in the State Duma Andrey Vorobyov was appointed acting Governor of Moscow Oblast in November 2012, replacing Sergey Shoigu, who was appointed Minister of Defence after serving just 5 months as Governor of the region, adjacent to the federal capital – Moscow.[1] Vorobyov is viewed as Shoigu's confidant, as the governor's father, Yuri Vorobyov, was Shoigu's long–time deputy in the Ministry of Emergency Situations. Vorobyov overwhelmingly won gubernatorial elections in 2013 and 2018 with 78.94% and 62.52% of the vote, respectively.[2] [3]

The upcoming gubernatorial election is unlikely to be competitive, as Andrey Vorobyov has decent ratings and constantly tops in various governance metrics.[4] Statewide elections in Moscow Oblast are also quite difficult for oppositional candidates to compete in due to oblast's size and its dependence on Moscow's expensive economic, transport and media markets. On June 1, 2023 President Vladimir Putin in a meeting with Andrey Vorobyov endorsed the incumbent for a third gubernatorial term.[5]

Candidates

In Moscow Oblast candidates for Governor can be nominated only by registered political parties. Candidate for Governor of Moscow 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 (196–205 signatures).[6] Also gubernatorial candidates present 3 candidacies to the Federation Council and election winner later appoints one of the presented candidates. In 2021 "On Common Principles of Organisation of Public Authority in the Subjects of the Russian Federation" law was enacted, which lifted term limits for Russian governors, Moscow Oblast amended its legislation to remove term limits in September 2022, allowing Vorobyov to seek a third full term.[7]

Registered

Failed to qualify

Eliminated at United Russia convention

Declined

Candidates for Federation Council

Finances

All sums are in rubles.

Financial Report Source Nadezhdin Naumov Nikitin Vorobyov Zhigarev
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First [18] 20,700 220,000 600,000 300,000,000 250,000
Final [19] 20,700 9,920,000 17,400,000 300,000,000 21,550,000

Polls

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25 July – 10 August 2023FOM70%10%10%9%2%60%

Results

|- 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;"| Andrey Vorobyov (incumbent)| style="text-align:left;"| United Russia| | 83.67|-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Aleksandr Naumov| style="text-align:left;"| Communist Party| | 6.37|-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Kirill Zhigarev| style="text-align:left;"| Liberal Democratic Party| | 4.82|-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Anatoly Nikitin| style="text-align:left;"| A Just Russia — For Truth| | 4.06|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Valid votes| | 98.91|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Blank ballots| | 1.08|- 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| | 60.48|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Registered voters| | 100.00|-| colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"||- style="font-weight:bold"| colspan="4" |Source:|[20] |}

Governor Vorobyov re-appointed incumbent Senator Olga Zabralova (United Russia) to the Federation Council.[21]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Опубликован указ о назначении Воробьева врио губернатора Подмосковья. vesti.ru. 2023-02-09. 2021-01-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20210126065848/https://www.vesti.ru/article/1984227. live.
  2. Web site: Результат Воробьева на выборах оказался выше ожидаемого, а явка - ниже. ria.ru. 2023-02-09. 2023-02-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20230209131745/https://ria.ru/20130909/961992642.html. live.
  3. Web site: Воробьев с 62,52% победил на выборах губернатора Подмосковья. tass.ru. 2023-02-09. 2019-06-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20190621014103/https://tass.ru/politika/5544185. live.
  4. Web site: Политтехнолог Калачёв рассказал, какими будут выборы-2023 для губернатора Подмосковья. mskgazeta.ru. 2023-02-09. 2023-02-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20230209131757/https://mskgazeta.ru/politika/polittehnolog-kalachev-rasskazal-kakimi-budut-vybory-2023-dlya-gubernatora-podmoskov-ya-11467.html. live.
  5. Web site: Путин поддержал главу Подмосковья, планирующего переизбираться. ria.ru. 2023-06-01.
  6. Web site: Закон о выборах Губернатора Московкой области (с изменениями на 19 мая 2022 года). docs.cntd.ru. 2023-02-09. 2022-06-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20220614110322/https://docs.cntd.ru/document/537920886. live.
  7. Web site: Подмосковье приводят в соответствие. kommersant.ru. 2023-02-09. 2022-10-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20221012085208/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5549531. live.
  8. https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/articles/2023/04/21/971769-kprf-kandidata-gubernatori-podmoskovya КПРФ нашла кандидата в губернаторы Подмосковья
  9. https://vmo24.ru/news/borotsya_za_kreslo_gubernatora_na_vyborah_ot_kprf_budet_aleksandr_naumov Бороться за кресло губернатора на выборах от КПРФ будет Александр Наумов
  10. https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/articles/2023/06/07/979006-putin-vstretilsya-pochti-so-vsemi-glavami-regionov Владимир Путин встретился почти со всеми главами регионов, которые осенью пойдут на переизбрание
  11. https://riamo.ru/article/648260/spravedlivaya-rossiya-opredelila-kandidata-na-vybory-gubernatora-moskovskoj-oblasti «Справедливая Россия» определила кандидата на выборы губернатора Московской области
  12. https://истра.рф/news/za-oknom/mosoblizbirkom-ofitsialno-zafiksiroval-kandidaturu-andreya-vorobyeva-na-post-gubernatora/ Мособлизбирком официально зафиксировал кандидатуру Андрея Воробьёва на пост губернатора
  13. https://tass.ru/politika/17324137 Борис Чернышов станет кандидатом на пост мэра Москвы
  14. Web site: «Яблоко» берет паузу: партия не будет выдвигать кандидата в губернаторы Московской области. yarnovosti.ru. 2023-02-09. 2023-02-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20230209131748/https://yarnovosti.com/news/yabloko-beret-pauzu-partiya-ne-budet-vydvigat-kandidata-v-gubernatory-moskovskoy-oblasti/. live.
  15. http://www.moscow-reg.vybory.izbirkom.ru/region/region/moscow-reg?action=show&root=1&tvd=25020003319793&vrn=25020003319789&region=50&global=&sub_region=0&prver=0&pronetvd=null&cuiknum=null&type=341&vibid=25020003323065 Надеждин Борис Борисович
  16. Web site: «Единая Россия» не свернула в Подмосковье. kommersant.ru. 2023-06-15.
  17. http://vybor-naroda.org/lentanovostey/239632-kto-sostavit-konkurenciju-vorobevu-na-vyborah-glavy-podmoskovja.html Кто составит конкуренцию Воробьеву на выборах главы Подмосковья
  18. http://www.moscow-reg.izbirkom.ru/edg2023/gubernator2023/finasovye-otchyety/pervye-finansovye-otchety/ Первые финансовые отчеты
  19. http://www.moscow-reg.izbirkom.ru/edg2023/gubernator2023/finasovye-otchyety/itogovye-finansovye-otchety/ Итоговые финансовые отчеты
  20. http://www.moscow-reg.vybory.izbirkom.ru/region/region/moscow-reg?action=show&root=1&tvd=25020003319793&vrn=25020003319789&region=50&global=&sub_region=0&prver=0&pronetvd=null&vibid=25020003319793&type=234 Результаты выборов Губернатора Московской области, 2023
  21. https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/6236834 Ротация по ситуации