| Election Name: | 2024 Kurgan Oblast gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Kurgan Oblast |
| Type: | gubernatorial |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2019 Kurgan Oblast gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 2019 |
| Next Election: | 2029 Kurgan Oblast gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 2029 |
| Election Date: | 8 September 2024 |
| Candidate1: | Vadim Shumkov |
| Party1: | United Russia |
| Candidate2: | Valery Derzhavin |
| Party2: | SR–ZP |
| Image3: | LDPR |
| Candidate3: | Olga Druzhinina |
| Party3: | LDPR |
| Image4: | RPPSS |
| Candidate4: | Yaroslav Klimko |
| Party4: | RPPSS |
| Image5: | CPRF |
| Candidate5: | Viktor Zyryanov |
| Party5: | CPRF |
| Governor | |
| Posttitle: | Governor-elect |
| Before Election: | Vadim Shumkov |
| Before Party: | Independent |
| After Election: | TBD |
The 2024 Kurgan Oblast gubernatorial election will take place on 8 September 2024, on common election day. Incumbent Governor Vadim Shumkov is running to a second term in office.
Then-Deputy Governor of Tyumen Oblast Vadim Shumkov was appointed acting Governor of Kurgan Oblast in October 2018, replacing first-term Governor Aleksey Kokorin, who resigned at his own request.[1] After his resignation Kokorin joined the board of directors of ARMZ Uranium Holding, a uranium mining division of Rosatom corporation.[2]
Shumkov ran for a full term as an Independent and overwhelmingly won the September 2019 election with 80.86% of the vote, as his nearest challenger, Yakov Sidorov (CPRF), received just 9.70%.[3] During the campaign analysts in May 2019 named Shumkov "tough and uncompromising anti-crisis manager" and "the toughest acting governor running that cycle".[4]
In May 2024 during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin Governor Shumkov announced his intention to run for a second term and received Putin's endorsement.[5]
In Kurgan Oblast candidates for Governor can be nominated by registered political parties or by self-nomination. Candidate for Governor of Kurgan 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 5% of signatures of members and heads of municipalities.[6] In addition, self-nominated candidates should collect 0.5% of signatures of Kurgan Oblast residents (3,277–3,604 signatures). 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. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valery Derzhavin SR–ZP | Member of Kurgan City Duma (2019–present) Businessman | Registered | [7] | |||
| Olga Druzhinina Liberal Democratic Party | Member of Kurgan Oblast Duma (2020–present) Businesswoman | Registered | [8] | |||
| Yaroslav Klimko Party of Pensioners | Member of Kurgan Oblast Duma (2020–present) Psychiatrist | Registered | [9] | |||
| Vadim Shumkov United Russia | Incumbent Governor of Kurgan Oblast (2018–present) | Registered | [10] | |||
| Viktor Zyryanov Communist Party | Member of Kurgan Oblast Duma (2020–present) | Registered | [11] [12] [13] | |||
| Pavel Voronin Independent | Poultry farm worker | Did not file | [14] | |||
| Gubernatorial candidate, political party | Candidates for Federation Council | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valery Derzhavin SR–ZP | align=left | Registered | |||
| Olga Druzhinina Liberal Democratic Party | align=left |
| Registered | ||
| Yaroslav Klimko Party of Pensioners | align=left |
| Registered | ||
| Vadim Shumkov United Russia | align=left |
| Registered | ||
| Viktor Zyryanov Communist Party | align=left |
| Registered | ||
All sums are in rubles.
| Financial Report | Source | Derzhavin | Druzhinina | Klimko | Shumkov | Zyryanov | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| First | [16] | 15,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 25,020,000 | 120,000 | |||||
| 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;"| Valery Derzhavin| style="text-align:left;"| A Just Russia – For Truth| | |-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Olga Druzhinina| style="text-align:left;"| Liberal Democratic Party| | |-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Yaroslav Klimko| style="text-align:left;"| Party of Pensioners| | |-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Vadim Shumkov (incumbent)| style="text-align:left;"| United Russia| | |-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Viktor Zyryanov| style="text-align:left;"| Communist Party| | |-| 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:||}