2024 Kurgan Oblast gubernatorial election

The 2024 Kurgan Oblast gubernatorial election took place on 8 September 2024, on common election day. Incumbent Governor Vadim Shumkov was re-elected to a second term in office.

2024 Kurgan Oblast gubernatorial election

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Turnout42.47%
  Vadim Shumkov
LDPR
Candidate Vadim Shumkov Olga Druzhinina
Party United Russia LDPR
Popular vote 231,940 14,948
Percentage 85.17% 5.49%

Governor before election

Vadim Shumkov
Independent

Governor-elect

Vadim Shumkov
United Russia

Background

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Then-Deputy Governor of Tyumen Oblast Vadim Shumkov was appointed acting Governor of Kurgan Oblast in October 2018, replacing first-term Governor Aleksey Kokorin, who resigned at his own request.[1] After his resignation Kokorin joined the board of directors of ARMZ Uranium Holding, a uranium mining division of Rosatom corporation.[2]

Shumkov ran for a full term as an Independent and overwhelmingly won the September 2019 election with 80.86% of the vote, as his nearest challenger, Yakov Sidorov (CPRF), received just 9.70%.[3] During the campaign analysts in May 2019 named Shumkov "tough and uncompromising anti-crisis manager" and "the toughest acting governor running that cycle".[4]

In May 2024 during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin Governor Shumkov announced his intention to run for a second term and received Putin's endorsement.[5]

Candidates

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In Kurgan Oblast candidates for Governor can be nominated by registered political parties or by self-nomination. Candidate for Governor of Kurgan 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] In addition, self-nominated candidates should collect 0.5% of signatures of Kurgan Oblast residents (3,277–3,604 signatures). Also gubernatorial candidates present 3 candidacies to the Federation Council and election winner later appoints one of the presented candidates.

Declared

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Candidate name,
political party
Occupation Status Ref.
Valery Derzhavin
SR–ZP
Member of Kurgan City Duma (2019–present)
Businessman
Registered [7]
Olga Druzhinina
Liberal Democratic Party
Member of Kurgan Oblast Duma (2020–present)
Businesswoman
Registered [8]
Yaroslav Klimko
Party of Pensioners
Member of Kurgan Oblast Duma (2020–present)
Psychiatrist
Registered [9]
Vadim Shumkov
United Russia
  Incumbent Governor of Kurgan Oblast (2018–present) Registered [5][10]
Viktor Zyryanov
Communist Party
Member of Kurgan Oblast Duma (2020–present) Registered [11][12]
[13]
Pavel Voronin
Independent
Poultry farm worker Did not file [14]

Declined

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Candidates for Federation Council

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Gubernatorial candidate,
political party
Candidates for Federation Council Status
Valery Derzhavin
SR–ZP
* Aleksandr Bukharov, former Member of Shadrinsk City Duma (2015–2020)
* Aleksandr Futerman, community activist
* Yakov Sidorov, Member of Kurgan City Duma (2009–present), 2019 CPRF gubernatorial candidate
Registered
Olga Druzhinina
Liberal Democratic Party
* Gazimur Muradymov, businessman
* Pavel Vagin, businessman
* Yury Yarushin, Member of Kurgan Oblast Duma (2004–present), aide to State Duma member Stanislav Naumov, 2019 gubernatorial candidate
Registered
Yaroslav Klimko
Party of Pensioners
* Dmitry Belozerov, brand manager
* Yelena Petrova, pensioner
* Sergey Rogov, community activist
Registered
Vadim Shumkov
United Russia
* Sergey Gavrin, Deputy Governor of Kurgan Oblast (2023–present)
* Yelena Perminova, incumbent Senator (2014–present), Chairwoman of the Council Committee on Social Policy (2023–present)
* Konstantin Yermakov, Deputy Governor of Kurgan Oblast (2018–present)
Registered
Viktor Zyryanov
Communist Party
* Anatoly Karasev, pensioner
* Larisa Yermolina, businesswoman
* Ivan Yevgenov, former Member of Kurgan Oblast Duma (2015–2020), 2014 gubernatorial candidate
Registered

Finances

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All sums are in rubles.

Financial Report Source Derzhavin Druzhinina Klimko Shumkov Zyryanov
First [16] 15,000 20,000 20,000 25,020,000 120,000
Final [17] TBD TBD 220,000 40,020,000 TBD

Results

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Summary of the 8 September 2024 Kurgan Oblast gubernatorial election results
Candidate Party Votes %
Vadim Shumkov (incumbent) United Russia 231,940 85.17
Olga Druzhinina Liberal Democratic Party 14,948 5.49
Viktor Zyryanov Communist Party 11,890 4.37
Valery Derzhavin A Just Russia – For Truth 4,787 1.76
Yaroslav Klimko Party of Pensioners 4,617 1.70
Valid votes 268,182 98.48
Blank ballots 4,139 1.52
Total 272,321 100.00
Turnout 272,321 42.47
Registered voters 641,187 100.00
Source: [18]

Governor Shumkov re-appointed incumbent Senator Yelena Perminova (United Russia) to the Federation Council.[19]

See also

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References

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