| Election Name: | 2024 Vologda Oblast gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Vologda Oblast |
| Type: | gubernatorial |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2019 Vologda Oblast gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 2019 |
| Next Election: | 2029 Vologda Oblast gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 2029 |
| Election Date: | 6–8 September 2024 |
| Candidate1: | Georgy Filimonov |
| Party1: | United Russia |
| Candidate2: | Anton Grimov |
| Party2: | LDPR |
| Image3: | RPPSS |
| Candidate3: | Igor Katukhin |
| Party3: | RPPSS |
| Image4: | SR–ZP |
| Candidate4: | Denis Khripel |
| Party4: | SR–ZP |
| Image5: | CPRF |
| Candidate5: | Aleksandr Morozov |
| Party5: | CPRF |
| Governor | |
| Posttitle: | Governor-elect |
| Before Election: | Georgy Filimonov (acting) |
| Before Party: | United Russia |
| After Election: | TBD |
The 2024 Vologda Oblast gubernatorial election will take place on 6–8 September 2024, on common election day. Acting Governor Georgy Filimonov is running to a full term in office.
Then-Cherepovets mayor Oleg Kuvshinnikov was appointed acting Governor of Vologda Oblast and was later elected by the Legislative Assembly of Vologda Oblast in December 2011, replacing four-term incumbent Governor Vyacheslav Pozgalyov.[1] Kuvshinnikov resigned early in May 2014 and ran in the special gubernatorial election in September 2014 winning it with 62.98% of the vote.[2] Kuvshinnikov ran for a third term in 2019 and won with 60.79% of the vote.[3]
On 31 October 2023 Oleg Kuvshinnikov unexpectedly announced his resignation nearly a year ahead of the gubernatorial election. Deputy Chairman of the Moscow Oblast Government Georgy Filimonov was appointed acting Governor of Vologda Oblast the same day.[4] In November 2023 Filimonov appointed his predecessor, Oleg Kuvshinnikov, to the Federation Council after incumbent Senator Olga Danilova, whom Kuvshinnikov himself appointed just 44 days ago, stepped down.[5]
In January 2024 Legislative Assembly of Vologda Oblast changed the electoral law, allowing gubernatorial candidates run as a self-nominated.[6] Later acting Governor Filimonov announced that he was not planning to join any political party and would run in the upcoming gubernatorial election as an Independent.[7] However, on May 24, 2024 Senator Andrey Turchak, the secretary general of United Russia, visited Vologda and personally handed over a party card to Governor Filimonov, who joined the party and announced his intention to run under its ticket.[8]
In Vologda Oblast candidates for Governor can be nominated by registered political parties or by self-nomination. Candidate for Governor of Vologda 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.[9] In addition, self-nominated candidates should collect 1% of signatures of Vologda 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. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgy Filimonov United Russia | Acting Governor of Vologda Oblast (2023–present) Former Deputy Chairman of the Government of Moscow Oblast (2021–2023) | Registered | [10] | |||
| Anton Grimov Liberal Democratic Party | Member of Legislative Assembly of Vologda Oblast (2011–present) Aide to State Duma member Sergey Karginov (2019–present) | Registered | [11] | |||
| Igor Katukhin Party of Pensioners | Member of Legislative Assembly of Vologda Oblast (2022–present) | Registered | [12] | |||
| Denis Khripel SR–ZP | Businessman Son of former Federation Council member Gennady Khripel | Registered | [13] | |||
| Aleksandr Morozov Communist Party | Member of Legislative Assembly of Vologda Oblast (2011–present) 2014 and 2019 gubernatorial candidate | Registered | [14] [15] | |||
| Mikhail Dorofeyev Independent | Chairman of Yabloko party Vologda city office (2016–present) | Withdrew | [16] | |||
| Nikolay Tolchanov Independent | Former first secretary of Communists of Russia regional committee in Tambov Oblast (2021–2023) | Did not file | [17] | |||
All sums are in rubles.
| Financial Report | Source | Filimonov | Grimov | Katukhin | Khripel | Morozov | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| First | [19] | 10,100,000 | 185,000 | 1,030,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | |||||
| 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;"| Georgy Filimonov (incumbent)| style="text-align:left;"| United Russia| | |-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Anton Grimov| style="text-align:left;"| Liberal Democratic Party| | |-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Igor Katukhin| style="text-align:left;"| Party of Pensioners| | |-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Denis Khripel| style="text-align:left;"| A Just Russia – For Truth| | |-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Aleksandr Morozov| 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:||}