The 2024 Sakhalin Oblast gubernatorial election took place on 6–8 September 2024, on common election day. Incumbent Governor Valery Limarenko was reelected to a second term in office.
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Background
editIn September 2018 Governor of Sakhalin Oblast Oleg Kozhemyako was appointed acting Governor of Primorsky Krai after a political crisis that followed the 2018 gubernatorial election and the resignation of previous acting Governor Andrey Tarasenko.[1] Vera Shcherbina, Chairwoman of the Sakhalin Oblast Government, served as acting Governor until December 2018 when Atomstroyexport president Valery Limarenko was appointed instead by President Vladimir Putin.[2]
Limarenko, despite being a member of United Russia party, ran for a full term as an Independent and faced a spirited challenge from Communist State Duma member from Primorsky Krai Aleksey Korniyenko.[3] Former State Duma member and 2015 gubernatorial runner-up Svetlana Ivanova failed to secure support from CPRF and ran as an Independent but was unable to pass the municipal filter. Limarenko won September 2019 gubernatorial election with 56.14% of the vote with Korniyenko placing second with 24.21%.[4] It was the closest gubernatorial election that cycle.
In April 2024 during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin Governor Limarenko announced his intention to run for a second term and received Putin's endorsement.[5]
Candidates
editIn Sakhalin Oblast candidates for Governor can be nominated by registered political parties or by self-nomination. Candidate for Governor of Sakhalin 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 10% of signatures of members and heads of municipalities.[6] In addition, self-nominated candidates should collect 0.5% of signatures of Sakhalin Oblast residents. Also gubernatorial candidates present 3 candidacies to the Federation Council and election winner later appoints one of the presented candidates.
Declared
edit| Candidate name, political party |
Occupation | Status | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pavel Ashikhmin Communist Party |
Member of Sakhalin Oblast Duma (2022–present) | Registered | [7][8] | ||
| Valery Limarenko United Russia |
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Incumbent Governor of Sakhalin Oblast (2018–present) | Registered | [5][9] | |
| Vadim Politsinsky SR–ZP |
Member of Sakhalin Oblast Duma (2022–present) | Registered | [10] | ||
| Roman Vedeneyev New People |
Member of Sakhalin Oblast Duma (2022–present) | Registered | [11] | ||
| Sergey Makarov Independent |
Publishing technician | Did not file | [12] | ||
| Ruslan Vakhitov Independent |
Community activist | Did not file | [13] | ||
| Yegor Zuyev Independent |
Businessman | Did not file | [14] | ||
Candidates for Federation Council
edit| Gubernatorial candidate, political party |
Candidates for Federation Council | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pavel Ashikhmin Communist Party |
* Yevgeny Anisimov, veteran of the Russian invasion of Ukraine * Mikhail Cherevik, Member of Sakhalin Oblast Duma (2022–present) * Sergey Ponomaryov, former Member of Sakhalin Oblast Duma (1996–2008) |
Registered | |
| Valery Limarenko United Russia |
* Yury Filipenko, Director of the Victory Museum and Memorial Complex (2016–present) * Vladimir Ikonnikov, Chairman of the Civic Chamber of Sakhalin Oblast (2014–present), Member of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights (2022–present) * Grigory Karasin, incumbent Senator (2019–present), Chairman of the Council Committee on Foreign Affairs (2021–present) |
Registered | |
| Vadim Politsinsky SR–ZP |
* Yevgeny Filileyev, energy specialist * Anna Mamot, Sakhalin State University employee * Feliks Mamot, military prosecutor |
Registered | |
| Roman Vedeneyev New People |
* Aleksandr Borovikov, Member of Duma of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (2022–present) * Ivan Butakov, Member of Duma of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (2019–present) * Vladislav Glukhov, Member of Duma of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (2019–present) |
Registered | |
Results
edit| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valery Limarenko (incumbent) | United Russia | 127,336 | 80.79 | ||
| Pavel Ashikhmin | Communist Party | 11,912 | 7.56 | ||
| Roman Vedeneyev | New People | 11,677 | 7.41 | ||
| Vadim Politsinsky | A Just Russia – For Truth | 3,538 | 2.24 | ||
| Valid votes | 154,463 | 98.00 | |||
| Blank ballots | 3,153 | 2.00 | |||
| Total | 157,616 | 100.00 | |||
| Turnout | 157,616 | 41.94 | |||
| Registered voters | 375,835 | 100.00 | |||
| Source: | [15] | ||||
Governor Limarenko re-appointed incumbent Senator Grigory Karasin (Independent) to the Federation Council.[16]
See also
editReferences
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- ^ "Путин назначил Валерия Лимаренко из "Росатома" врио губернатора Сахалинской области". interfax.ru. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
- ^ "Бросили и забыли. Как Москва за четыре года сумела настроить против себя Сахалин — один из богатейших регионов РФ". meduza.io. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
- ^ "Врио губернатора Лимаренко победил на выборах главы Сахалинской области". interfax.ru. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
- ^ a b "Встреча с губернатором Сахалинской области Валерием Лимаренко". kremlin.ru. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
- ^ "Закон "О выборах Губернатора Сахалинской области" от 27 июня 2012 года N 49-ЗО (с изменениями на 9 февраля 2024 года)". docs.cntd.ru. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
- ^ "КПРФ сдает кандидатский минимум". kommersant.ru. Retrieved 2024-06-03.
- ^ "Ашихмин Павел Георгиевич". sakhalin.vybory.izbirkom.ru. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
- ^ "Лимаренко Валерий Игоревич". sakhalin.vybory.izbirkom.ru. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
- ^ "Полицинский Вадим Александрович". sakhalin.vybory.izbirkom.ru. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
- ^ "Веденеев Роман Сергеевич". sakhalin.vybory.izbirkom.ru. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
- ^ "Макаров Сергей Сергеевич". sakhalin.vybory.izbirkom.ru. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
- ^ "Вахитов Руслан Михайлович". sakhalin.vybory.izbirkom.ru. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
- ^ "Зуев Егор Сергеевич". sakhalin.vybory.izbirkom.ru. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
- ^ "Выборы Губернатора Сахалинской области". sakhalin.vybory.izbirkom.ru. Retrieved 2024-09-08.
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