2024 Kaliningrad Oblast gubernatorial election explained

Election Name:2024 Kaliningrad Oblast gubernatorial election
Country:Kaliningrad Oblast
Type:gubernatorial
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2022 Kaliningrad Oblast gubernatorial election
Previous Year:2022
Next Election:2029 Kaliningrad Oblast gubernatorial election
Next Year:2029
Election Date:6–8 September 2024
Candidate1:Aleksey Besprozvannykh
Party1:United Russia
Candidate2:Maksim Bulanov
Party2:CPRF
Image4: LDPR
Candidate4:Yevgeny Mishin
Party4:LDPR
Image5: SR–ZP
Candidate5:Yury Shitikov
Party5:SR–ZP
Acting Governor
Posttitle:Governor-elect
Before Election:Aleksey Besprozvannykh
Before Party:Independent
After Election:TBD

The 2024 Kaliningrad Oblast gubernatorial election will take place on 6–8 September 2024, on common election day. Acting Governor Aleksey Besprozvannykh is running for a full term in office.

Background

Anton Alikhanov was appointed acting Governor of Kaliningrad Oblast in October 2016 after Yevgeny Zinichev resigned form the post due to family reasons.[1] Alikhanov won the election for a full with 81.06% of the vote[2] and easily won reelection for a second term in 2022 with 80.21%.[3]

In late April 2024 several media outlets reported that Governor Anton Alikhanov could receive a position in the Government of Russia,[4] however, Alikhanov himself later denied those rumours and reaffirmed his intention to remain in Kaliningrad Oblast.[5] Nevertheless, less than a week later it was reported that Governor Alikhanov is being considered for Minister of Industry and Trade or Minister of Economic Development.[6] On May 11, 2024, re-appointed Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin nominated Governor Anton Alikhanov to serve in his second cabinet as Minister of Trade and Industry, replacing Denis Manturov, who was elevated as First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia.[7] State Duma Committee on Industry and Trade supported Alikhanov nomination on May 12,[8] while the full chamber voted 430–0–0 to approve Alikhanov as new Minister of Industry and Trade two days later.[9]

After his nomination, Governor Alikhanov left Kaliningrad on May 12, 2024, leaving First Deputy Governor Sergey Yeliseyev as acting Governor until the temporary replacement be appointed by the President.[10] Initially Vice Governor of Saint Petersburg Vasily Pikalyov was considered the frontrunner to replace Alikhanov as Governor of Kaliningrad Oblast,[11] however, Pikalyov was appointed Head of the Federal Customs Service of Russia on May 14.[12] Other mentioned candidate included Yeliseyev and Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Aleksey Besprozvannykh.[13] On May 15 President Vladimir Putin appointed Aleksey Besprozvannykh as acting Governor of Kaliningrad Oblast.[14]

Candidates

In Kaliningrad Oblast candidates for Governor can be nominated only by registered political parties. Candidate for Governor of Kaliningrad 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 8% of signatures of members and heads of municipalities.[15] 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.
Aleksey Besprozvannykh
United Russia
Acting Governor of Kaliningrad Oblast (2024–present)
Former Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade (2017–2024)
Registered[16] [17]
Maksim Bulanov
Communist Party
Member of Legislative Assembly of Kaliningrad Oblast (2021–present)
2022 gubernatorial candidate
Registered[18] [19]
Yevgeny Mishin
Liberal Democratic Party
Member of Legislative Assembly of Kaliningrad Oblast (2016–present)
2015, 2017 and 2022 gubernatorial candidate
Registered[20] [21]
Yury Shitikov
SR–ZP
Member of Legislative Assembly of Kaliningrad Oblast (2006–2011, 2012–2016, 2021–present)
Attorney
2022 gubernatorial candidate
Registered[22]
Roman Morozov
Yabloko
AttorneyFailed to qualify[23] [24]

Eliminated at convention

Candidates for Federation Council

Gubernatorial candidate,
political party
Candidates for Federation CouncilStatus
Aleksey Besprozvannykh
United Russia
align=left Registered
Maksim Bulanov
Communist Party
align=left Registered
Yury Shitikov
SR–ZP
align=left
  • Leonid Kobyak, individual entrepreneur
    * Vladimir Skypnik, associate professor
    * Georgy Tsukan, Member of Guryevsky District Council of Deputies (2022–present)
Registered

Finances

All sums are in rubles.

Financial Report Source Besprozvannykh Bulanov Mishin Morozov Shitikov
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First [25] 10,030,000 6,000 506,000 58,800 50,000
Final TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD

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;"| Aleksey Besprozvannykh (incumbent)| style="text-align:left;"| United Russia| | |-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Maksim Bulanov| style="text-align:left;"| Communist Party| | |-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Yevgeny Mishin| style="text-align:left;"| Liberal Democratic Party| | |-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Yury Shitikov| style="text-align:left;"| A Just Russia – For Truth| | |-| 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: Балтийская рокировка Путина. 2024-05-15.
  2. Web site: Алиханов стал безусловным лидером на выборах главы Калининградской области. 2024-05-15.
  3. Web site: Антон Алиханов победил на выборах главы Калининградской области. 2024-05-15.
  4. Web site: СМИ сообщили о возможной отставке Антона Алиханова. kaliningrad.rbc.ru. 2024-05-15.
  5. Web site: Алиханов опроверг информацию о его переходе в федеральную власть. spb.vedomosti.ru. 2024-05-15.
  6. Web site: Глава Калининградской области Алиханов может стать министром в новом Правительстве РФ. spb.vedomosti.ru. 2024-05-15.
  7. Web site: Мишустин предложил кандидатуру Алиханова на пост главы Минпромторга. kommersant.ru. 2024-05-15.
  8. Web site: Комитет Госдумы поддержал кандидатуру Алиханова на пост главы Минпромторга. regnum.ru. 2024-05-14.
  9. Web site: Госдума утвердила Алиханова на пост главы Минпромторга. kaliningrad.rbc.ru. 2024-05-14.
  10. Web site: Руководить Калининградской областью до назначения врио губернатора будет Сергей Елисеев. spb.vedomosti.ru. 2024-05-15.
  11. Web site: Калининградскую область может возглавить Валерий Пикалев. mk-kaliningrad.ru. 2024-05-15.
  12. Web site: Мишустин назначил Валерия Пикалева руководителем ФТС. ria.ru. 2024-05-15.
  13. Web site: Владимир Путин назначит новых врио в ближайшую неделю. vedomosti.ru. 2024-05-15.
  14. Web site: Алексей Беспрозванных назначен временно исполняющим обязанности губернатора Калининградской области. kremlin.ru. 2024-05-15.
  15. Web site: Уставный закон Калининградской области от 29 июня 2012 года N 126 "О выборах Губернатора Калининградской области" (с изменениями на 27 сентября 2023 года). 2024-05-15.
  16. Web site: Калининградская "Единая Россия" определилась с кандидатами для праймериз на выборы губернатора. interfax-russia.ru. 2024-05-25.
  17. Web site: Беспрозванных Алексей Сергеевич. kaliningrad.vybory.izbirkom.ru. 2024-06-12.
  18. Web site: КПРФ сдает кандидатский минимум. kommersant.ru. 2024-06-03.
  19. Web site: Буланов Максим Васильевич. kaliningrad.vybory.izbirkom.ru. 2024-06-12.
  20. Web site: Евгений Мишин стал кандидатом в губернаторы Калининградской области от ЛДПР. klops.ru. 2024-06-13.
  21. Web site: Мишин Евгений Викторович. kaliningrad.vybory.izbirkom.ru. 2024-06-20.
  22. Web site: Шитиков Юрий Владимирович. kaliningrad.vybory.izbirkom.ru. 2024-06-20.
  23. Web site: «Яблоко» участвует в губернаторских выборах в Калининградской, Тульской и Челябинской областях. yabloko.ru. 2024-06-11.
  24. Web site: Морозов Роман Владимирович. kaliningrad.vybory.izbirkom.ru. 2024-06-19.
  25. Web site: Избирательные фонды кандидатов. izbirkom39.ru. 2024-07-13.