Governor of Tver Oblast explained

Post:Governor of Tver Oblast
Губернатор Тверской области
Insignia:Flag of Tver Oblast.svg
Insigniacaption:Flag of Tver Oblast
Incumbent:Igor Rudenya
Incumbentsince:23 September 2016
Seat:Tver
Nominator:Political parties
Appointer:Direct popular vote
Termlength:five years, one consecutive re-election
Constituting Instrument:Charter of Tver Oblast
Formation:1995
First:Vladimir Platov
Website:тверскаяобласть.рф

The Governor of Tver Oblast is the head of Tver Oblast, the federal subject of Russia. Governor is elected by the people of Tver Oblast for five years.

The current governor is Igor Rudenya.

List

No. Portrait Name Tenure Party Election
1Vladimir Suslov
(born 1939)
20 October 1991 — 26 December 1995Independent
2Vladimir Platov
(1946–2012)
26 December 1995 — 30 December 20031995----1999–2000
3Dmitry Zelenin
(born 1962)
30 December 2003 — 16 June 2011[1] United Russia2003----2007
Andrey Shevelyov
(born 1970)
16 June — 7 July 20112011
47 July 2011 — 2 March 2016
Igor Rudenya
(born 1968)
2 March — 23 September 20162016----2021
5since 23 September 2016

Elections

1995

|-! Candidate !! Description !! %|-| Vladimir Platov| Mayor of Bezhetsk| 50.50%|-| Vladimir Suslov| Incumbent head of administration| 35.16%|-| Yury Dontsov| Entrepreneur| 4.75%|-| Viktor Linov| Chairman of Staritsky District consumers' co-operative| 1.55%|-| colspan=2| Against all| 6.73%|-| colspan=3|Source:[2] [3] |}

1999–2000

|-! rowspan=2|Candidate !! colspan=2; rowspan=2| Party !! rowspan=2|Description !! colspan=2|1st round !! colspan=2|2nd round|-! Votes !! % !! Votes !! % |-| Vladimir Platov| bgcolor="" || Unity| Incumbent governor| 257,483| 32.51%| 299,869| 46.96%|-| Vladimir Bayunov| bgcolor="" || Communist Party| Member of the State Duma| 181,413| 22.91%| 296,458| 46.43%|-| Sergey Potapov| bgcolor="" || Independent| Member of the Legislative Assembly| 98,911| 12.49%! rowspan=9; colspan=2||-| Gennady Vinogradov| bgcolor="" || Yabloko| Employee at regional office of the Bank of Russia| 47,115| 5.95%|-| Nikolay Popov| bgcolor="" || Independent| Member of the Legislative Assembly| 43,494| 5.49%|-| Viktor Opekunov| bgcolor="" || Fatherland – All Russia| First deputy governor| 29,490| 3.72%|-| Andrey Stroyev| bgcolor="" || Independent| Entrepreneur| 29,350| 3.71%|-| Andrey Trachenko| bgcolor="" || Independent| Deputy general director of Rumelco LLC| 21,882| 2.76%|-| Anatoly Kleymenov| bgcolor="" || Independent| Chairman of the economics committee of Tver Oblast administration| 12,331| 1.56%|-| Vasily Smirnov| bgcolor="#19348F"|| Conservative Party of Entrepreneurs| Chairman of regional branch of the Conservative Party of Entrepreneurs| 10,166| 1.28%|-| Arnold Pork| bgcolor="" || Independent| Vice president of Trans Nafta CJSC| 2,461| 0.31%|-| Against all| bgcolor=black || colspan=2|| 48,930| 6.18%| 42,231| 6.61%|-| colspan=4|Invalid ballots| 8,893!| 5,618!|-|colspan=8|Source:[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] |}

2003

|-! rowspan=2|Candidate !! colspan=2; rowspan=2| Party !! rowspan=2|Description !! colspan=2|1st round !! colspan=2|2nd round|-! Votes !! % !! Votes !! % |-| Dmitry Zelenin| bgcolor="" align=center|| United Russia| Deputy Chairman of the state committee for physical culture and sports| 291,533| 42.49%| 283,438| 57.42%|-| Igor Zubov| bgcolor="" || Independent| Former deputy minister of internal affairs| 100,119| 14.59%| 167,074| 33.85%|-| Tatyana Astrakhankina| bgcolor="" || Communist Party| Member of the State Duma| 88,160| 12.85%! rowspan=9; colspan=2||-| Vladimir Platov| bgcolor="" || Independent| Incumbent governor| 85,455| 12.45%|-| Aleksandr Kharchenko| bgcolor="" || Independent| Mayor of Rzhev| 33,894| 4.94%|-| Yury Krasnov| bgcolor="" || Independent|| 26,808| 3.91%|-| Yury Tseberganov| bgcolor="" || Independent| Chief federal inspector for Tver Oblast| 11,566| 1.69%|-| Aleksandr Ipatov| bgcolor="" || Independent| Deputy governor| 5,293| 0.77%|-| Konstantin Fokin| bgcolor="" || Independent|| 4,953| 0.72%|-| Aleksandr Anzhinovsky| bgcolor="" || Independent|| 3,477| 0.51%|-| Viktor Isakov| bgcolor="" || Independent|| 911| 0.13%|-| Against all| bgcolor=black || colspan=2|| 34,028| 4.96%| 43,124| 8.74%|-|colspan=8|Source:[9] [10] |}

2007

|-! Candidate !! colspan=2| Party !! Description !! For !! Against !! Abstained !! Did not vote|-| Dmitry Zelenin| bgcolor="" align=center|| United Russia| Incumbent governor| | | | |-|colspan=8|Source:[11] |}

2011

|-! Candidate !! colspan=2| Party !! Description !! For !! Against|-| Andrey Shevelyov| bgcolor="" align=center|| United Russia| Acting governor, former deputy governor of Ryazan Oblast| | |-|colspan=6|Source:[12] [13] |}

2016

|-! Candidate !! colspan=2| Party !! Description !! Votes !! % !! Map|-| Igor Rudenya| bgcolor="" align=center|| United Russia| Acting governor| 322,997| 72.1%|rowspan=5||-| Anton Morozov| bgcolor="" align=center|| Liberal Democratic Party| Member of the State Duma| 66,042| 14.74%|-| Ilya Kleymenov| bgcolor="" align=center| | Communists of Russia| Member of Konakovsky District Assembly of Deputies| 43,509| 9.71%|-|colspan="4"| Valid ballots| 432,548| 100%|-|colspan=6|Source:[14] |}

2021

See also: 2021 Tver Oblast gubernatorial election.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dmitry Zelenin dismissed as Governor of Tver Oblast. ru. kremlin.ru. 2011-06-11.
  2. http://politika.su/vybory/rre95t.html Gubernatorial elections - 1995
  3. https://www.electoralgeography.com/new/ru/countries/r/russia/tver/tverskaya-gubernator-17-12-1995.html Elections of the governor of Tver Oblast 17 December 1995
  4. http://cikrf.ru/banners/vib_arhiv/arhivfci/69/69_2221101_191299p.htm Results of elections in the Russian Federation. 19 December 1999
  5. http://cikrf.ru/banners/vib_arhiv/arhivfci/69/69_2221101_191299f.htm Results of elections in the Russian Federation. 19 December 1999. TVER OBLAST
  6. http://igpi.ru/monitoring/1047645476/1999/1299/69.html Tver Oblast in December 1999
  7. http://politika.su/vybory/rre00t.html Gubernatorial elections — 2000
  8. http://igpi.ru/monitoring/1047645476/jan2000/monit-tver_2000_01.html Tver Oblast in January 2000
  9. http://www.tver.vybory.izbirkom.ru/region/region/tver?action=show&root=1&tvd=269200070838&vrn=269200070837&region=69&global=&sub_region=0&prver=0&pronetvd=null&vibid=269200070838&type=234 First round
  10. Web site: Second round . 2022-01-29 . 2022-01-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220129190851/http://www.tver.vybory.izbirkom.ru/region/region/tver?action=show&root=1&tvd=269200081400&vrn=269200079981&region=69&global=&sub_region=0&prver=0&pronetvd=null&vibid=269200081400&type=234 . dead .
  11. Web site: Губернатор Тверской области остался на второй срок. ru. Governor of Tver Oblast remained for a second term. Izvestia. 2007-07-10.
  12. Web site: А.Шевелев назначен губернатором Тверской области. ru. A. Shevelyov was appointed governor of Tver Oblast. RBC. 2011-07-07.
  13. Web site: Андрей Шевелев заменил Дмитрия Зеленина. ru. Andrey Shevelyov replaced Dmitry Zelenin. Kommersant. 2011-07-07.
  14. Web site: Elections of the Governor of Tver Oblast . 2022-01-29 . 2019-01-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190111225418/http://www.vybory.izbirkom.ru/region/izbirkom?action=show&vrn=2692000980029&region=69&prver=0&pronetvd=null . dead .