2017 Novgorod Oblast gubernatorial election

Gubernatorial Election in Novgorod Oblast were held on 10 September 2017.

2017 Novgorod Oblast gubernatorial election

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CPRF
LDPR
Nominee Andrey Nikitin Olga Yefimova Anton Morozov
Party United Russia CPRF LDPR
Popular vote 97,405 23,167 10,765
Percentage 67.99% 16.17% 7.51%

Acting Governor before election

Andrey Nikitin
United Russia

Elected Governor

Andrey Nikitin
United Russia

Background

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13 February 2017 Governor Sergey Mitin announced early resignation and that he will not nominate his candidacy for a new term. Acting Governor appointed Andrey Nikitin.[1]

Candidates

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Candidates on the ballot:[2]

Candidate Party Office
Olga Yefimova
Born 1970 (age 47)
Communist Party Member of the Novgorod Oblast Duma
Nikolay Zakharov
Born 1954 (age 63)
Patriots of Russia Head of Department, Chief state engineer-inspector
of State Technical Supervision of the Novgorod Oblast
Anton Morozov
Born 1972 (age 45)
Liberal Democratic Party Member of the State Duma
Andrey Nikitin
Born 1979 (age 37)
United Russia Incumbent acting Governor
Mikhail Panov
Born 1964 (age 52)
A Just Russia Deputy Director of "Prisma"

Opinion polls

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Date Poll source Nikitin Yefimova Morozov Panov Zakharov Undecided Abstention Spoil the Ballot
10–21 August 2017 FOM 50% 5% 3% 2% 1% 20% 17% 2%
24 July–4 August 2017 APEK 53.7% 7.9% 3.8% 2.0% 1.3% 22.3% 7.4% 1.6%

Result

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Candidate Party Votes %
Andrey Nikitin United Russia 97,405 67.99%
Olga Yefimova Communist Party 23,167 16.17%
Anton Morozov Liberal Democratic Party 10,765 7.51%
Mikhail Panov A Just Russia 5,859 4.09%
Nikolay Zakharov Patriots of Russia 2,450 1.71%
Invalid ballots 3,618 2.53%
Total 143,264 100%
Source:[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Андрей Никитин назначен временно исполняющим обязанности губернатора Новгородской области
  2. ^ "Сведения о кандидатах". Archived from the original on 2017-07-29. Retrieved 2017-09-10.
  3. ^ "Результаты выборов". Archived from the original on 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2017-09-15.