2024 Samara Oblast gubernatorial election

2024 Samara Oblast gubernatorial election
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Turnout54.82%
  Vyacheslav Fedorishchev
CPRF
LDPR
Candidate Vyacheslav Fedorishchev Aleksey Leskin Natalya Bisyarina
Party United Russia CPRF LDPR
Popular vote 1,045,504 91,077 78,557
Percentage 79.56% 6.93% 5.98%
Governor before election

Vyacheslav Fedorishchev (acting)
United Russia

Governor-elect

Vyacheslav Fedorishchev
United Russia

The 2024 Samara Oblast gubernatorial election took place on 6–8 September 2024, on common election day. Acting Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev was elected for a full term in office.

Background

Dmitry Azarov was appointed acting Governor of Samara Oblast in September 2017, replacing Governor Nikolay Merkushkin.[1] Azarov overwhelmingly won the 2018 gubernatorial election in his own right with 72.63% of the vote over a field of 5 opponents.[2] Governor Azarov overwhelmingly won re-election in 2023 with 83.82% of the vote.[3]

Despite easily winning re-election Governor Azarov immediately got into public conflict with Aleksandr Khinshtein, State Duma member from the region and former investigative journalist, which resulted in Khinshtein attacking Azarov and his administration.[4] Throughout the year several current and former government officials in Samara Oblast were caught under the criminal proceedings, including chairman of the Government of Samara Oblast Viktor Kudryashov, minister of construction Mikhail Aseyev,[5] former minister of construction Nikolay Plaksin,[6] head of regional emergency services office Oleg Boyko,[7] director of the department of external relations Vera Shcherbachyova,[8] head of the accounts chamber Yelena Dubrova,[9] advisor to governor Olga Mikheyeva,[10] and former chairman of the court of cassation Aleksandr Yefanov.[11]

In May 2024 rumours appeared about Azarov's potential resignation, eventually, on May 31, 2024, Dmitry Azarov announced his resignation less than a year into his second term.[12] Later that day President of Russia Vladimir Putin met with Chairman of the Government of Tula Oblast Vyacheslav Fedorishchev and asked him to become acting Governor of Samara Oblast, which Fedorishchev agreed to.[13]

Candidates

In Samara Oblast candidates for Governor can be nominated only by registered political parties. Candidate for Governor of Samara 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.[14] Also gubernatorial candidates present 3 candidacies to the Federation Council and election winner later appoints one of the presented candidates.

Declared

Candidate name,
political party 		Occupation Status Ref.
Natalya Bisyarina
Liberal Democratic Party 		Lawyer Registered [15]
Vyacheslav Fedorishchev
United Russia 		Vyacheslav Fedorishchev Acting Governor of Samara Oblast (2024–present)
Former First Deputy Governor of Tula Oblast – Chairman of the Government of Tula Oblast (2022–2024) 		Registered [16]
Aleksey Leskin
Communist Party 		Deputy Chairman of the Samara Regional Duma (2016–present)
Member of the Regional Duma (2007–present)
2018 and 2023 gubernatorial candidate 		Registered [17][18]
Mikhail Maryakhin
SR–ZP 		Member of Samara Regional Duma (2011–present)
2014, 2018 and 2023 gubernatorial candidate 		Registered [17][19]
Vladimir Plyakin
New People 		Vladimir Plyakin Member of State Duma (2021–present) Registered [20]
Stepan Solovyov
Green Alternative 		Deputy chairman of Green Alternative party
2024 Chelyabinsk Oblast gubernatorial candidate 		Registered [21]
Grigory Yeremeyev
Democratic Party 		Pensioner
Perennial candidate
2023 gubernatorial candidate 		Failed to qualify [22]
Vadim Baykov
Communists of Russia 		First secretary of Communists of Russia regional committee
Perennial candidate 		Did not file [23]

Declined

Candidates for Federation Council

Incumbent Senator Farit Mukhametshin (Independent) was not renominated.

Gubernatorial candidate,
political party 		Candidates for Federation Council Status
Natalya Bisyarina
Liberal Democratic Party 		* Sergey Andrusenko, aide to State Duma member Vladimir Koshelev
* Galina Putintseva, educator, former school principal
* Aleksandr Stepanov, Member of Samara Regional Duma (2016–present), 2018 and 2023 gubernatorial candidate 		Registered
Vyacheslav Fedorishchev
United Russia 		* Dmitry Azarov, former Governor of Samara Oblast (2017–2024), former Senator from Samara Oblast (2014–2017)
* Marina Sidukhina, Member of Samara Regional Duma (2010–2012, 2016–present)
* Andrey Trifonov, Member of State Duma (2021–present) 		Registered
Aleksey Leskin
Communist Party 		* Natalya Bobrova, Togliatti State University law professor
* Mikhail Matveyev, Member of State Duma (2021–present), 2014 gubernatorial candidate
* Marina Yerina, Member of Samara Regional Duma (2021–present) 		Registered
Mikhail Maryakhin
SR–ZP 		* Maksim Guseynov, Member of Samara Regional Duma (2021–present)
* Dmitry Makarenko, businessman
* Aleksey Sazonov, former Member of Duma of Tolyatti (2013–2023), businessman 		Registered
Vladimir Plyakin
New People 		* Sergey Lushin, road construction executive
* Sergey Pukhayev, businessman, 2023 gubernatorial candidate
* Roman Zolnikov, businessman 		Registered
Stepan Solovyov
Green Alternative 		* Anatoly Arsenikhin, nonprofit executive
* Natalya Polovinkina, accountant
* Yelena Veretennikova, nurse 		Registered
Grigory Yeremeyev
Democratic Party 		* Vladimir Abdrakhimov, pensioner
* Andrey Dolgov, jurisconsult, perennial candidate
* Yelena Konyukhova, pensioner 		Failed to qualify

Results

Summary of the 6–8 September 2024 Samara Oblast gubernatorial election results
Candidate Party Votes %
Vyacheslav Fedorishchev (incumbent) United Russia 1,045,504 79.56
Aleksey Leskin Communist Party 91,077 6.93
Natalya Bisyarina Liberal Democratic Party 78,557 5.98
Mikhail Maryakhin A Just Russia – For Truth 35,231 2.68
Vladimir Plyakin New People 29,280 2.23
Stepan Solovyov Green Alternative 16,546 1.26
Valid votes 1,296,195 98.64
Blank ballots 17,842 1.36
Total 1,314,065 100.00
Turnout 1,314,065 54.82
Registered voters 2,397,155 100.00
Source: [24]

Governor Fedorishchev appointed Samara Regional Duma member Marina Sidukhina (United Russia) to the Federation Council, replacing incumbent Senator Farit Mukhametshin (Independent).[25]

See also

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