2024 Astrakhan Oblast gubernatorial election explained

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.

Background

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]

Candidates

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.

Declared

Candidate name,
political party
OccupationStatusRef.
Igor Babushkin
United Russia
Incumbent Governor of Astrakhan Oblast (2019–present)Registered[8]
Vitaly Bakhilin
New People
BusinessmanRegistered[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-employedalign=center bgcolor="#FFD5D5"Failed to qualify[14]

Candidates for Federation Council

Incumbent Senator Alexander Bashkin (United Russia) was not renominated.

Gubernatorial candidate,
political party
Candidates for Federation CouncilStatus
Igor Babushkin
United Russia
align=left Registered
Vitaly Bakhilin
New People
align=left
  • Artur Fayzukhanov
    * Sergey Lampadov, television executive
    * Daniyar Makhmudov, businessman
Registered
Sergey Sevastyanov
Communist Party
align=left
  • Nikita Povalyashko, party secretary
    * Mikhail Stepanov
    * Tatyana Teteryatnikova, Member of Duma of Astrakhan Oblast (2016–present)
Registered
Timofey Shcherbakov
Liberal Democratic Party
align=left Registered
Vladimir Sukharev
Rodina
align=left Registered

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;"| 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:||}

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Путин назначил Бабушкина врио губернатора Астраханской области. rg.ru. 2024-03-26.
  2. Web site: Врио перемен. kommersant.ru. 2024-03-26.
  3. Web site: На выборах в Астраханской области врио главы региона набрал более 75%. rbc.ru. 2024-03-26.
  4. Web site: Олег Шеин застрял в муниципальном фильтре. kommersant.ru. 2024-03-26.
  5. Web site: Губернатор Астраханской области Игорь Бабушкин избран секретарём регионального отделения «Единой России». er.ru. 2024-03-26.
  6. Web site: Встреча с губернатором Астраханской области Игорем Бабушкиным. kremlin.ru. 2024-04-15.
  7. Web site: Закон "О выборах Губернатора Астраханской области" от 22 июня 2012 года N 38/2012-ОЗ (с изменениями на 11 декабря 2023 года). docs.cntd.ru. 2024-03-26.
  8. Web site: Бабушкин Игорь Юрьевич. astrakhan.vybory.izbirkom.ru. 2024-06-24.
  9. Web site: Бахилин Виталий Викторович. astrakhan.vybory.izbirkom.ru. 2024-06-27.
  10. Web site: КПРФ сдает кандидатский минимум. kommersant.ru. 2024-06-03.
  11. Web site: Севастьянов Сергей Вячеславович. astrakhan.vybory.izbirkom.ru. 2024-06-20.
  12. Web site: Щербаков Тимофей Александрович. astrakhan.vybory.izbirkom.ru. 2024-06-26.
  13. Web site: Сухарев Владимир Васильевич. astrakhan.vybory.izbirkom.ru. 2024-06-26.
  14. Web site: Кашин Владислав Александрович. astrakhan.vybory.izbirkom.ru. 2024-06-11.