2023 Primorsky Krai gubernatorial election explained

Election Name:2023 Primorsky Krai gubernatorial election
Country:Primorsky Krai
Type:gubernatorial
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:December 2018 Primorsky Krai gubernatorial election
Previous Year:2018
Next Election:2028 Primorsky Krai gubernatorial election
Next Year:2028
Election Date:8–10 September 2023
Turnout:45.55%
Candidate1:Oleg Kozhemyako
Party1:United Russia
Popular Vote1:
Percentage1:72.78%
Candidate2:Inna Kosheleva
Party2:Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
Percentage2:9.83%
Image3: CPCR
Candidate3:Aleksandr Andoni
Party3:Communists of Russia
Percentage3:5.94%
Map Size:250px
Governor
Before Election:Oleg Kozhemyako
Before Party:Independent politician
After Election:Oleg Kozhemyako
After Party:United Russia

The 2023 Primorsky Krai gubernatorial election took place on 8–10 September 2023, on common election day. Incumbent governor Oleg Kozhemyako was re-elected to a second term in office.

Background

Due to massive irregularities in the second round of the September 2018 Primorsky Krai gubernatorial election between acting Governor of Primorsky Krai Andrey Tarasenko (United Russia) and businessman Andrey Ishchenko (CPRF) the results were annulled.[1] Another gubernatorial election was scheduled for December 2018. On 26 September 2018 Tarasenko declined to seek a full term and resigned, President Vladimir Putin appointed then-Governor of Sakhalin Oblast Oleg Kozhemyako as acting Governor of Primorsky Krai.[2] For Kozhemyako, a Primorsky Krai native, who built a large fishing business and served as Federation Council Senator from the region, it is a fourth governorship as he previously led Sakhalin Oblast (2015–2018), Amur Oblast (2008–2015) and Koryak Autonomous Okrug (2005–2007) – an unbeaten record among Russian politicians. Kozhemyako ran for a full term as an Independent and won with 61.9% of the vote, while September election runner-up Andrey Ishchenko lost the support from Communist Party and failed to collect enough signatures to qualify.[3]

Oleg Kozhemyako maintained a high profile as governor persuading to move Far Eastern Federal District administrative centre from Khabarovsk to Vladivostok, transforming regional government structure, visiting Donbass and holding meetings with prominent officeholders, such as President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko.

Candidates

In Primorsky Krai candidates for governor can be nominated only by registered political parties, self-nomination was allowed in September 2018 to allow acting Governor Kozhemyako to run as an Independent,[4] however, it was abolished in March 2023.[5] Candidates are not obliged to be members of the nominating party. Candidate for Governor of Primorsky Krai 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.[6] Also gubernatorial candidates present 3 candidacies to the Federation Council and election winner later appoints one of the presented candidates.

Registered

Withdrawn

Eliminated at United Russia convention

Declined

Candidates for Federation Council

Polls

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18–24 August 2023WCIOM76%10%7%3%2%3%66%

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;"| Oleg Kozhemyako (incumbent)| style="text-align:left;"| United Russia| | 72.78|-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Inna Kosheleva| style="text-align:left;"| Liberal Democratic Party| | 9.83|-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Aleksandr Andoni| style="text-align:left;"| Communists of Russia| | 5.94|-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Kirill Rudyuk| style="text-align:left;"| A Just Russia — For Truth| | 4.77|-| style="background-color:#0061AC"|| style="text-align:left;"| Denis Kovalyov| style="text-align:left;"| Cossack Party| | 3.89|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Valid votes| | 97.22|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Blank ballots| | 2.78|- 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| | 45.55|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Registered voters| | 100.00|-| colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"||- style="font-weight:bold"| colspan="4" |Source:|[19] |}

Legislative Assembly of Primorsky Krai chairman Aleksandr Rolik (United Russia) was appointed to the Federation Council, replacing incumbent Svetlana Goryacheva (A Just Russia – For Truth).[20]

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/articles/2018/09/19/781352-izbirkom-primorya Избирком Приморья отменил результаты второго тура губернаторских выборов
  2. https://www.interfax.ru/russia/630775 Врио главы Приморья назначен Кожемяко, побывавший губернатором трех регионов
  3. https://www.rbc.ru/politics/16/12/2018/5c1686859a7947f96b4735a9 Кожемяко выиграл на выборах главы Приморья после подсчета 99,62% голосов
  4. https://www.interfax.ru/russia/630898 Врио губернатора Приморского края Кожемяко пойдет на выборы самовыдвиженцем
  5. https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5902189 В самовыдвижении отпала нужда
  6. Web site: Избирательный кодекс Приморского края (с изменениями на 3 апреля 2023 года). docs.cntd.ru. 2023-05-27.
  7. https://primamedia.ru/news/1525807/ "Коммунисты России" выдвинули Александра Андони в губернаторы Приморья
  8. https://www.interfax-russia.ru/far-east/main/ldpr-vydvinula-deputata-dumy-vladivostoka-kandidatom-v-gubernatory-primorya ЛДПР выдвинула депутата думы Владивостока кандидатом в губернаторы Приморья
  9. https://primamedia.ru/news/1526786/ Казаки идут на губернаторские выборы в Приморье
  10. Web site: 180 голосов: "Единая Россия" выбрала кандидата на пост губернатора Приморья. vostokmedia.com. 2023-06-20.
  11. https://primamedia.ru/news/1527211/ Эсэры выдвинули на выборы губернатора в Приморье директора компании по вывозу мусора
  12. https://deita.ru/article/537865 Новые кандидаты поборются с Кожемяко за пост губернатора Приморья Источник: https://deita.ru/article/537865
  13. https://www.newsvl.ru/vlad/2023/07/17/218287/ Бизнесмен Василий Сомов снял свою кандидатуру с выборов губернатора Приморья
  14. https://primamedia.ru/news/1473517/ ЛДПР собирается выдвинуть на выборы главы Приморья депутата ЗС ПК Андрея Андрейченко
  15. Web site: Двойная аутентификация: выборы главы Приморья-2023 жестко пройдутся по кандидатам. primamedia.ru. 2023-05-27.
  16. https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5899952 Губернаторам подыскивают конкурентов
  17. Web site: Выборы-2023 в Приморье: кто может составить конкуренцию Кожемяко в губернаторской кампании. primamedia.ru. 2023-05-27.
  18. https://www.newsvl.ru/vlad/2023/06/10/217564/ КПРФ отказывается выдвигать кандидата на выборы губернатора Приморья
  19. http://www.primorsk.vybory.izbirkom.ru/region/region/primorsk?action=show&root=1&tvd=22520002083493&vrn=22520002083489&region=25&global=&sub_region=0&prver=0&pronetvd=null&vibid=22520002083493&type=234 Результаты выборов Губернатора Приморского края, 2023
  20. https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/news/2023/09/15/995337-spiker-parlamenta-primorskogo-kraya-rolik Кожемяко назначил сенатором спикера парламента Приморья Ролика