2024 Murmansk Oblast gubernatorial election explained

Election Name:2024 Murmansk Oblast gubernatorial election
Country:Murmansk Oblast
Type:gubernatorial
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2019 Murmansk Oblast gubernatorial election
Previous Year:2019
Next Election:2029 Murmansk Oblast gubernatorial election
Next Year:2029
Election Date:7–8 September 2024
Candidate1:Andrey Chibis
Party1:United Russia
Candidate2:Stanislav Gontar
Party2:LDPR
Image4: RPPSS
Candidate4:Yury Klimchenko
Party4:RPPSS
Image5: CPRF
Candidate5:Yury Vatalin
Party5:CPRF
Governor
Posttitle:Governor-elect
Before Election:Andrey Chibis
Before Party:United Russia
After Election:TBD

The 2024 Murmansk Oblast gubernatorial election will take place on 7–8 September 2024, on common election day. Incumbent Governor Andrey Chibis is running to a second term in office.

Background

Second-term Governor of Murmansk Oblast Marina Kovtun announced her resignation in March 2019, citing personal reasons.[1] Initially Deputy Minister of Energy Aleksey Teksler was expected to be appointed acting Governor of Murmansk Oblast, however, two days prior to Kovtun's resignation Teksler was appointed acting Governor of Chelyabinsk Oblast.[2] Then-Deputy Minister of Construction, Housing and Utilities and Federal Chief Housing Inspector Andrey Chibis was appointed as Kovtun's replacement.[3]

Chibis ran for a full term nominated by United Russia and won the September 2019 election with 60.07% of the vote against five opponents, including Murmansk Oblast Duma members Maksim Belov (LDPR, 18.27%) and Mikhail Antropov (CPRF, 11.38%), former Apatity mayor.[4] Despite the overwhelming margin of victory (nearly 42 points), it was the third closest gubernatorial election that cycle.

On April 4, 2024 Governor Chibis was attacked and stabbed by a lone assailant after a town hall meeting in Apatity. Chibis survived the attack and was rushed to a hospital in Murmansk for treatment of his injuries,[5] while his deputy Nadezhda Aksenova served as acting Governor of Murmansk Oblast until Chibis's recovery.[6] Two weeks later, on April 18, 2024, Chibis returned to office and the same day held a call with President Vladimir Putin, where the governor expressed his intention to seek a second term and received Putin's endorsement.[7]

Candidates

In Murmansk Oblast candidates for Governor can be nominated by registered political parties or by self-nomination. Candidate for Governor of Murmansk 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.[8] In addition, self-nominated candidates should collect 0.5% of signatures of Murmansk 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.
Andrey Chibis
United Russia
Incumbent Governor of Murmansk Oblast (2019–present)Registered[9]
[10]
Stanislav Gontar
Liberal Democratic Party
Member of Murmansk Oblast Duma (2021–present)Registered[11] [12]
Yury Klimchenko
Party of Pensioners
PensionerRegistered[13]
Yury Vatalin
Communist Party
Former Member of Murmansk Oblast Duma (2012–2016)Registered[14] [15]
Karib Gadzhimagomedov
Independent
Former construction businessman
2019 gubernatorial candidate
Did not file[16]

Eliminated at convention

Declined

Candidates for Federation Council

Incumbent Senator Konstantin Dolgov (Independent) was not renominated.

Gubernatorial candidate,
political party
Candidates for Federation CouncilStatus
Andrey Chibis
United Russia
align=left Registered
Stanislav Gontar
Liberal Democratic Party
align=left Registered
Yury Klimchenko
Party of Pensioners
align=left
  • Igor Naydyonov, former Member of Murmansk Oblast Duma (2011–2021)
    * Irina Shevchuk, nonprofit specialist
    * Anna Volotskova, nonprofit specialist
Registered
Yury Vatalin
Communist Party
align=left Registered

Finances

All sums are in rubles.

Financial Report Source Chibis Gontar Klimchenko Vatalin
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First [18] 50,000,000 500,000 100,000 45,000
Final 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;"| Andrey Chibis (incumbent)| style="text-align:left;"| United Russia| | |-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Stanislav Gontar| style="text-align:left;"| Liberal Democratic Party| | |-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Yury Klimchenko| style="text-align:left;"| Party of Pensioners| | |-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Yury Vatalin| 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:||}

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Губернатор Мурманской области объявила об отставке. rbc.ru. 2024-03-29.
  2. Web site: Инсайд: сначала челябинского врио готовили в другой регион. ura.news. 2024-03-29.
  3. Web site: Андрей Чибис назначен врио губернатора Мурманской области. kommersant.ru. 2024-03-29.
  4. Web site: Андрей Чибис победил на выборах губернатора Мурманской области. ria.ru. 2024-03-29.
  5. Web site: Что известно о нападении на губернатора Мурманской области. tass.ru. 2024-04-18.
  6. Web site: В Мурманской области назвали имя временного губернатора. rbc.ru. 2024-04-18.
  7. Web site: Встреча с губернатором Мурманской области Андреем Чибисом. kremlin.ru. 2024-04-18.
  8. Web site: Закон "О выборах Губернатора Мурманской области" от 6 июля 2012 года N 1496-01-ЗМО (с изменениями на 18 декабря 2023 года). docs.cntd.ru. 2024-03-29.
  9. Web site: Губернатор Мурманской области Андрей Чибис намерен избираться на второй срок. tass.ru. 2024-03-29.
  10. Web site: Чибис Андрей Владимирович. murmansk.vybory.izbirkom.ru. 2024-06-12.
  11. Web site: Полку конкурентов убыло. kommersant.ru. 2024-05-13.
  12. Web site: Гонтарь Станислав Всеволодович. murmansk.vybory.izbirkom.ru. 2024-06-13.
  13. Web site: Климченко Юрий Александрович. murmansk.vybory.izbirkom.ru. 2024-06-13.
  14. Web site: КПРФ сдает кандидатский минимум. kommersant.ru. 2024-06-03.
  15. Web site: Ваталин Юрий Викторович. murmansk.vybory.izbirkom.ru. 2024-06-21.
  16. Web site: Гаджимагомедов Кариб Разаханович. murmansk.vybory.izbirkom.ru. 2024-06-26.
  17. Web site: Состоялась встреча кандидатов на должность Губернатора Мурманской области с партийцами. murmansk.er.ru. 2024-06-01.
  18. Web site: Сведения о поступлении средств на специальные избирательные счета кандидатов и расходовании этих средств, финансовые отчёты кандидатов. murmansk.izbirkom.ru. 2024-07-31.