| Election Name: | 2024 Kemerovo Oblast gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Kemerovo Oblast |
| Type: | gubernatorial |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2023 Kemerovo Oblast gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 2023 |
| Next Election: | 2029 Kemerovo Oblast gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 2029 |
| Election Date: | 6–8 September 2024 |
| Candidate1: | Ilya Seredyuk |
| Party1: | United Russia |
| Candidate2: | Maria Gorodeshtyan |
| Party2: | LDPR |
| Image3: | CPRF |
| Candidate3: | Aleksandr Karpov |
| Party3: | CPRF |
| Image4: | NL |
| Candidate4: | Roman Kleyster |
| Party4: | New People |
| Image5: | SR–ZP |
| Candidate5: | Yury Skvortsov |
| Party5: | SR–ZP |
| Acting Governor | |
| Posttitle: | Governor-elect |
| Before Election: | Ilya Seredyuk |
| Before Party: | United Russia |
| After Election: | TBD |
The 2024 Kemerovo Oblast gubernatorial election will take place on 6–8 September 2024, on common election day. Acting Governor Ilya Seredyuk is running for a full term in office.
Sergey Tsivilyov, then–Deputy Governor and former coal executive, was appointed acting Governor of Kemerovo Oblast in April 2018, replacing longtime Governor Aman Tuleyev.[1] Tsivilyov won election for a full term in September 2018 with 81.3% of the vote[2] and won reelection for a second term in 2023 with 85.2%.[3]
In May 2024 Governor Tsivilyov was mentioned as potential future Minister of Energy.[4] On May 11, 2024, re-appointed Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin nominated Governor Sergey Tsivilyov to serve in his second cabinet as Minister of Energy, replacing Nikolay Shulginov.[5] State Duma Committee on Energy unanimously supported Tsivilyov's nomination on May 12,[6] while the full chamber voted 375–0–57 to approve Tsivilyov as new Minister of Energy two days later.[7]
After his nomination, Governor Tsivilyov left Kemerovo on May 12, 2024, leaving First Deputy Governor – Chairman of the Kemerovo Oblast Government Ilya Seredyuk as acting Governor until the temporary replacement be appointed by the President.[8] Seredyuk and Tyumen Mayor Ruslan Kukharuk were mentioned as potential candidates for the appointment.[9] On May 15 President Vladimir Putin appointed Ilya Seredyuk as acting Governor of Kemerovo Oblast.[10]
In Kemerovo Oblast candidates for Governor can be nominated only by registered political parties. Candidate for Governor of Kemerovo 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.[11] 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. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maria Gorodeshtyan Liberal Democratic Party | Member of Legislative Assembly of Kemerovo Oblast (2023–present) | Registered | [12] | |||
| Aleksandr Karpov Communist Party | Member of Council of People's Deputies of Belovo (2023–present) Businessman | Registered | [13] | |||
| Roman Kleyster New People | Member of Legislative Assembly of Kemerovo Oblast (2018–present) | Registered | [14] | |||
| Ilya Seredyuk United Russia | Acting Governor of Kemerovo Oblast (2024–present) Former First Deputy Governor of Kemerovo Oblast – Chairman of the Government of Kemerovo Oblast (2022–2024) | Registered | [15] [16] | |||
| Yury Skvortsov SR–ZP | Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of Kemerovo Oblast (2018–present) 2015, 2018 and 2023 gubernatorial candidate | Registered | [17] | |||
All sums are in rubles.
| Financial Report | Source | Gorodeshtyan | Karpov | Kleyster | Seredyuk | Skvortsov | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| First | [18] | 8,000 | 30,000 | 8,000 | 30,000,000 | TBA | |||||
| Final | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | ||||||
|- 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;"| Maria Gorodeshtyan| style="text-align:left;"| Liberal Democratic Party| | |-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Aleksandr Karpov| style="text-align:left;"| Communist Party| | |-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Roman Kleyster| style="text-align:left;"| New People| | |-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Ilya Seredyuk (incumbent)| style="text-align:left;"| United Russia| | |-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Yury Skvortsov| 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:||}