| Election Name: | 2024 Sakhalin Oblast gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Sakhalin Oblast |
| Type: | gubernatorial |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2019 Sakhalin Oblast gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 2019 |
| Next Election: | 2029 Sakhalin Oblast gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 2029 |
| Election Date: | 6–8 September 2024 |
| Candidate1: | Valery Limarenko |
| Party1: | United Russia |
| Candidate2: | Pavel Ashikhmin |
| Party2: | CPRF |
| Image4: | SR–ZP |
| Candidate4: | Vadim Politsinsky |
| Party4: | SR–ZP |
| Image5: | NL |
| Candidate5: | Roman Vedeneyev |
| Party5: | New People |
| Governor | |
| Posttitle: | Governor-elect |
| Before Election: | Valery Limarenko |
| Before Party: | Independent |
| After Election: | TBD |
The 2024 Sakhalin Oblast gubernatorial election will take place on 6–8 September 2024, on common election day. Incumbent Governor Valery Limarenko is running to a second term in office.
In September 2018 Governor of Sakhalin Oblast Oleg Kozhemyako was appointed acting Governor of Primorsky Krai after a political crisis that followed the 2018 gubernatorial election and the resignation of previous acting Governor Andrey Tarasenko.[1] Vera Shcherbina, Chairwoman of the Sakhalin Oblast Government, served as acting Governor until December 2018 when Atomstroyexport president Valery Limarenko was appointed instead by President Vladimir Putin.[2]
Limarenko, despite being a member of United Russia party, ran for a full term as an Independent and faced a spirited challenge from Communist State Duma member from Primorsky Krai Aleksey Korniyenko.[3] Former State Duma member and 2015 gubernatorial runner-up Svetlana Ivanova failed to secure support from CPRF and ran as an Independent but was unable to pass the municipal filter. Limarenko won September 2019 gubernatorial election with 56.14% of the vote with Korniyenko placing second with 24.21%.[4] It was the closest gubernatorial election that cycle.
In April 2024 during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin Governor Limarenko announced his intention to run for a second term and received Putin's endorsement.[5]
In Sakhalin Oblast candidates for Governor can be nominated by registered political parties or by self-nomination. Candidate for Governor of Sakhalin 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 10% of signatures of members and heads of municipalities.[6] In addition, self-nominated candidates should collect 0.5% of signatures of Sakhalin Oblast residents. 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. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pavel Ashikhmin Communist Party | Member of Sakhalin Oblast Duma (2022–present) | Registered | [7] [8] | |||
| Valery Limarenko United Russia | Incumbent Governor of Sakhalin Oblast (2018–present) | Registered | [9] | |||
| Vadim Politsinsky SR–ZP | Member of Sakhalin Oblast Duma (2022–present) | Registered | [10] | |||
| Roman Vedeneyev New People | Member of Sakhalin Oblast Duma (2022–present) | Registered | [11] | |||
| Sergey Makarov Independent | Publishing technician | Did not file | [12] | |||
| Ruslan Vakhitov Independent | Community activist | Did not file | [13] | |||
| Yegor Zuyev Independent | Businessman | Did not file | [14] | |||
| Gubernatorial candidate, political party | Candidates for Federation Council | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pavel Ashikhmin Communist Party | align=left |
| Registered | ||
| Valery Limarenko United Russia | align=left |
| Registered | ||
| Roman Vedeneyev New People | align=left |
| Registered | ||
|- 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;"| Pavel Ashikhmin| style="text-align:left;"| Communist Party| | |-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Valery Limarenko (incumbent)| style="text-align:left;"| United Russia| | |-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Vitaly Politsinsky| style="text-align:left;"| A Just Russia – For Truth| | |-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Roman Vedeneyev| style="text-align:left;"| New People| | |-| 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:||}