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The 2022 Kirov Oblast gubernatorial election took place on 10–11 September 2022, on common election day. Acting Governor Aleksandr Sokolov was elected for a full term. [1]
Rosreestr Head Igor Vasilyev was appointed Governor of Kirov Oblast in July 2016, replacing Nikita Belykh, who was arrested for taking a bribe. [2] In September 2017 Vasilyev won the election with 64.03% of the vote. [3]
Governor Vasilyev's single term was accompanied by poor management and "disastrous" personal ratings. [4] Vasilyev's position was also weakened by a major corruption scandal in 2020, when Vice Governor Andrey Plitko, Vasliyev's trustee, and Ministry of Forestry Aleksey Shurgin were arrested for bribery. [5] In the 2021 Russian legislative election United Russia scored only 29.54% of the vote in Kirov Oblast, party's 4th worst result nationally. [6] Among rumoured candidates for replacement of Vasilyev were federal Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko, Deputy Presidential Envoy to the Volga Federal District Oleg Mashkovtsev, Rosatom top-manager Mikhail Sandalov and FSB First Deputy Director Sergey Korolev. [7] On 10 May 2022 Igor Vasilyev asked for his resignation along four other governors, Presidential Administration official Aleksandr Sokolov was appointed acting Governor of Kirov Oblast. [8]
Due to the start of Russian special military operation in Ukraine in February 2022 and subsequent economic sanctions the cancellation and postponement of direct gubernatorial elections was proposed. [9] The measure was even supported by A Just Russia leader Sergey Mironov. [10] Eventually, on 9 June Legislative Assembly of Kirov Oblast called gubernatorial election for 11 September 2022. [11]
In Kirov Oblast candidates for Governor can be nominated by registered political parties or by self-nomination. Candidate for Governor of Kirov 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. [12] In addition self-nominated candidates should collect 0.5% of signatures of Kirov Oblast residents (around 5,000 signatures). Also gubernatorial candidates present 3 candidacies to the Federation Council and election winner later appoints one of the presented candidates.
All sums are in rubles.
Financial Report | Source | Dolgikh | Luginin | Mamayev | Moiseyev | Ponaryev | Sokolov | Ulyanov |
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First | [22] | TBA | 30,000 | 75,000 | 30,000 | 20,000 | 20,050,000 | TBA |
Final | [23] | TBD | 49,319 | 1,260,000 | 30,000 | 1,471,000 | 45,000,000 | 13,000,000 |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ||
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Aleksandr Sokolov (incumbent) | United Russia | 243,492 | 71.85 | ||
Sergey Mamayev | Communist Party | 45,469 | 13.42 | ||
Vladimir Ponaryev | Liberal Democratic Party | 20,773 | 6.13 | ||
Fyodor Luginin | Rodina | 15,894 | 4.69 | ||
Yury Moiseyev | Communists of Russia | 5,253 | 1.55 | ||
Valid votes | 330,881 | 97.63 | |||
Blank ballots | 8,017 | 2.37 | |||
Total | 338,898 | 100.00 | |||
Turnout | 338,898 | 33.34 | |||
Registered voters | 1,016,583 | 100.00 | |||
Source: | [24] |
Incumbent Senator Viktor Bondarev ( Independent) was re-appointed to the Federation Council. [25]