2025 Chuvash head election

2025 Chuvash head election
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Head before election

Oleg Nikolayev
A Just Russia – For Truth

Head-elect

TBD
TBD

The 2025 Chuvash Republic head election will take place on 14 September 2025, on common election day. Incumbent head Oleg Nikolayev is eligible to run for a second full term in office.

Background

Oleg Nikolayev, then–State Duma member and chairman of the Duma Committee on Nationalities, was appointed acting head of the Chuvash Republic in January 2020.[1] His predecessor, Mikhail Ignatyev was dismissed by President Vladimir Putin for the "loss of trust" in January 2020[2] and died in July 2020 after contracting COVID-19.[3] Nikolayev previously ran for Head of Chuvashia in 2015 as an A Just Russia candidate and finished in second place with 14.73% of the vote.[4]

Oleg Nikolayev, an A Just Russia – For Truth member and chairman of the Chuvash regional party council since 2018, ran for a full term as Head of Chuvashia as an Independent with the support from A Just Russia and United Russia.[5][6] Nikolayev won the election with 75.61% of the vote, defeating State Council of the Chuvash Republic member Aleksandr Andreyev (CPRF) by 65 points.[7] Since the resignation of Alexander Burkov as Governor of Omsk Oblast in March 2023 Nikolayev has remained the only A Just Russia – For Truth governor in Russia.

Candidates

In Chuvashia candidates for head can be nominated by registered political parties or by self-nomination. Candidate for Head of the Chuvash Republic should be a Russian citizen and at least 30 years old. Candidates for head should not have a foreign citizenship or residence permit. Each candidate in order to be registered is required to collect at least 7% of signatures of members and heads of municipalities.[8] In addition, self-nominated candidates should collect 0.5% of signatures of Chuvashia residents. Also head candidates present 3 candidacies to the Federation Council and election winner later appoints one of the presented candidates.

Potential

See also

References

  1. ^ "Олег Николаев назначен врио Главы Чувашии". kremlin.ru. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
  2. ^ "Глава Чувашии отправлен в отставку после двух публичных скандалов". rbc.ru. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
  3. ^ "Умер бывший глава Чувашии Михаил Игнатьев". tass.ru. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
  4. ^ "Врио главы Чувашии Игнатьев победил на выборах главы республики". interfax-russia.ru. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
  5. ^ "«Единая Россия» поддержит Олега Николаева на губернаторских выборах в Чувашии". er.ru. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
  6. ^ "Олег Николаев выдвинул свою кандидатуру на пост главы Чувашии". ria.ru. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
  7. ^ "Олег Николаев победил на выборах главы Чувашии, набрав 75,63% голосов". tass.ru. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
  8. ^ "Закон "О выборах Главы Чувашской Республики" от 5 июня 2012 года N 38 (с изменениями на 4 декабря 2023 года)". docs.cntd.ru. Retrieved 2024-12-09.