| Election Name: | 2024 Volgograd Oblast gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Volgograd Oblast |
| Type: | gubernatorial |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2019 Volgograd Oblast gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 2019 |
| Next Election: | 2029 Volgograd Oblast gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 2029 |
| Election Date: | 6–8 September 2024 |
| Candidate1: | Andrey Bocharov |
| Party1: | United Russia |
| Candidate2: | Oleg Dmitriyev |
| Party2: | CPRF |
| Image3: | RPPSS |
| Candidate3: | Yevgeny Karelikov |
| Party3: | RPPSS |
| Image4: | LDPR |
| Candidate4: | Aleksey Kononenko |
| Party4: | LDPR |
| Image5: | SR-ZP |
| Candidate5: | Aleksey Vasyutenko |
| Party5: | SR–ZP |
| Governor | |
| Posttitle: | Governor-elect |
| Before Election: | Andrey Bocharov |
| Before Party: | United Russia |
| After Election: | TBD |
The 2024 Volgograd Oblast gubernatorial election will take place on 6–8 September 2024, on common election day, coinciding with 2024 Volgograd Oblast Duma election. Incumbent Governor Andrey Bocharov is running to a third term in office.
Then-All-Russia People's Front executive committee chairman and former State Duma member Andrey Bocharov was appointed acting Governor of Volgograd Oblast in April 2014, replacing first-term Governor Sergey Bozhenov, who served in office for just two years.[1] Bocharov easily won the election for a full term in September 2014 with 88.49% of the vote.[2] Bocharov ran for a second term in 2019 and overwhelmingly won again with 76.80% of the vote against three registered opponents.[3]
Initially the Governor of Volgograd Oblast was limited for just two consecutive terms so Bocharov would have been term-limited in 2024. However, in December 2021 "On Common Principles of Organisation of Public Authority in the Subjects of the Russian Federation" law was enacted, which lifted term limits for Russian governors.[4] Volgograd Oblast followed suit and lifted the restrictions, which allowed Bocharov to seek another term in 2024.
In April 2024 during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin Governor Bocharov announced his intention to run for a third term and received Putin's endorsement.[5]
In Volgograd Oblast candidates for Governor can be nominated only by registered political parties. Candidate for Governor of Volgograd 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] 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. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrey Bocharov United Russia | Incumbent Governor of Volgograd Oblast (2014–present) | Registered | [7] | |||
| Oleg Dmitriyev Communist Party | Aide to Volgograd Oblast Duma member Former member of Volgograd Oblast Electoral Commission (2021–2024) | Registered | [8] [9] | |||
| Yevgeny Karelikov Party of Pensioners | Member of Volgograd Oblast Duma (2019–present) | Registered | [10] | |||
| Aleksey Kononenko Liberal Democratic Party | Gas rescue specialist Perennial candidate | Registered | [11] | |||
| Aleksey Vasyutenko SR–ZP | Member of Volgograd City Duma (2023–present) Businessman | Registered | [12] | |||
| Gubernatorial candidate, political party | Candidates for Federation Council | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrey Bocharov United Russia | align=left |
| Registered | ||
| Oleg Dmitriyev Communist Party | align=left |
| Registered | ||
| Yevgeny Karelikov Party of Pensioners | align=left |
| Registered | ||
| Aleksey Kononenko Liberal Democratic Party | align=left |
| Registered | ||
| Aleksey Vasyutenko SR–ZP | align=left |
| Registered | ||
All sums are in rubles.
| Financial Report | Source | Bocharov | Dmitriyev | Karelikov | Kononenko | Vasyutenko | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor= | bgcolor= | bgcolor= | bgcolor= | bgcolor= | |||||||
| First | [13] | 32,364 | 26,399 | 26,910 | 501,250 | 25,091 | |||||
| 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;"| Andrey Bocharov (incumbent)| style="text-align:left;"| United Russia| | |-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Oleg Dmitriyev| style="text-align:left;"| Communist Party| | |-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Yevgeny Karelikov| style="text-align:left;"| Party of Pensioners| | |-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Aleksey Kononenko| style="text-align:left;"| Liberal Democratic Party| | |-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Aleksey Vasyutenko| 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:||}