Election Name: | 2024 Astrakhan Oblast gubernatorial election |
Country: | Astrakhan Oblast |
Type: | gubernatorial |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2019 Astrakhan Oblast gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 2019 |
Next Election: | 2029 Astrakhan Oblast gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 2029 |
Election Date: | 6–8 September 2024 |
Candidate1: | Igor Babushkin |
Party1: | United Russia |
Candidate2: | Vitaly Bakhilin |
Party2: | New People |
Image3: | CPRF |
Candidate3: | Sergey Sevastyanov |
Party3: | CPRF |
Image4: | LDPR |
Candidate4: | Timofey Shcherbakov |
Party4: | LDPR |
Image5: | Rodina |
Candidate5: | Vladimir Sukharev |
Party5: | Rodina |
Governor | |
Posttitle: | Governor-elect |
Before Election: | Igor Babushkin |
Before Party: | Independent |
After Election: | TBD |
The 2024 Astrakhan Oblast gubernatorial election will take place on 6–8 September 2024, on common election day. Incumbent Governor Igor Babushkin is running to a second term in office.
Deputy Presidential Envoy to the North Caucasian Federal District Igor Babushkin was appointed acting Governor of Astrakhan Oblast on 5 June 2019, replacing previous acting Governor Sergey Morozov.[1] Morozov unexpectedly asked for resignation just eight months after his appointment in September 2018, and prior to the dismissal was viewed as a favourite to win the upcoming gubernatorial elections.[2] Despite the gubernatorial rotation, elections for a full term remained scheduled for September 2019.
Babushkin ran for a full term as an Independent and overwhelmingly won the September 2019 election with 75.63% of the vote, defeating his nearest challenger, Communist State Duma member Nikolay Arefyev by 63 points.[3] Despite the convincing margin of victory, the election was initially viewed as competitive until Babushkin's main opponent, A Just Russia State Duma member and former gubernatorial candidate Oleg Shein, failed to qualify as an Independent.[4] During most of his first term Babushkin nominally remained an Independent, joining United Russia only in June 2023 and immediately being elected to lead the regional party office.[5]
In April 2024 during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin Governor Babushkin announced his intention to run for a second term and received Putin's endorsement.[6]
In Astrakhan Oblast candidates for Governor can be nominated by registered political parties or by self-nomination. Candidate for Governor of Astrakhan 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.[7] In addition, self-nominated candidates should collect 1% of signatures of Astrakhan Oblast residents. Also gubernatorial candidates present 3 candidacies to the Federation Council and election winner later appoints one of the presented candidates.
Candidate name, political party | Occupation | Status | Ref. | ||||
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Igor Babushkin United Russia | Incumbent Governor of Astrakhan Oblast (2019–present) | Registered | [8] | ||||
Vitaly Bakhilin New People | Businessman | Registered | [9] | ||||
Sergey Sevastyanov Communist Party | First secretary of CPRF regional committee (2024–present) | Registered | [10] [11] | ||||
Timofey Shcherbakov Liberal Democratic Party | Member of Duma of Astrakhan Oblast (2016–present) 2019 gubernatorial candidate | Registered | [12] | ||||
Vladimir Sukharev Rodina | Member of Duma of Astrakhan Oblast (2021–present) Businessman | Registered | [13] | ||||
Vladislav Kashin Independent | Self-employed | align=center bgcolor="#FFD5D5" | Failed to qualify | [14] |
Incumbent Senator Alexander Bashkin (United Russia) was not renominated.
Gubernatorial candidate, political party | Candidates for Federation Council | Status | |||
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Igor Babushkin United Russia | align=left |
| Registered | ||
Vitaly Bakhilin New People | align=left |
| Registered | ||
Sergey Sevastyanov Communist Party | align=left |
| Registered | ||
Timofey Shcherbakov Liberal Democratic Party | align=left |
| Registered | ||
Vladimir Sukharev Rodina | align=left |
| Registered |
|- 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;"| Igor Babushkin (incumbent)| style="text-align:left;"| United Russia| | |-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Vitaly Bakhilin| style="text-align:left;"| New People| | |-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Sergey Sevastyanov| style="text-align:left;"| Communist Party| | |-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Timofey Shcherbakov| style="text-align:left;"| Liberal Democratic Party| | |-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Vladimir Sukharev| style="text-align:left;"| Rodina| | |-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Valid votes| | |-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Blank ballots| | |- 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| | |-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Registered voters| | 100.00|-| colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"||- style="font-weight:bold"| colspan="4" |Source:||}