2024 Kurgan Oblast gubernatorial election

The 2024 Kurgan Oblast gubernatorial election will take place on 8 September 2024, on common election day. Incumbent Governor Vadim Shumkov is running to a second term in office.

2024 Kurgan Oblast gubernatorial election

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Governor before election

Vadim Shumkov
Independent

Governor-elect

TBD

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.

Filed

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Candidate name,
political party
Occupation Status Ref.
Valery Derzhavin
SR–ZP
Member of Kurgan City Duma (2019–present)
Businessman
Nominated [7]
Olga Druzhinina
Liberal Democratic Party
Member of Kurgan Oblast Duma (2020–present)
Businesswoman
Nominated [8]
Yaroslav Klimko
Party of Pensioners
Member of Kurgan Oblast Duma (2020–present)
Psychiatrist
Nominated [9]
Vadim Shumkov
United Russia
  Incumbent Governor of Kurgan Oblast (2018–present) Nominated [5][10]
Viktor Zyryanov
Communist Party
Member of Kurgan Oblast Duma (2020–present) Nominated [11][12]
[13]

Declined

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Биография врио губернатора Курганской области Вадима Шумкова". tass.ru. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
  2. ^ "Бывший губернатор Курганской области Кокорин войдет в совет директоров "Атомредметзолота"". tass.ru. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
  3. ^ "На выборах губернатора Курганской области победил Вадим Шумков". ria.ru. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
  4. ^ "Вадим Шумков. Антикризисный менеджер". cpkr.ru. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
  5. ^ a b "Путин поддержал намерение главы Курганской области Шумкова идти на выборы в сентябре". interfax.ru. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
  6. ^ "Закон "О выборах Губернатора Курганской области" от 27 июня 2012 года N 32 (с изменениями на 29 декабря 2023 года)". docs.cntd.ru. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
  7. ^ "Державин Валерий Владимирович". kurgan.vybory.izbirkom.ru. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
  8. ^ "Дружинина Ольга Владимировна". kurgan.vybory.izbirkom.ru. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  9. ^ "Климко Ярослав Олегович". kurgan.vybory.izbirkom.ru. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  10. ^ "Шумков Вадим Михайлович". kurgan.vybory.izbirkom.ru. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
  11. ^ "В Кургане обсуждают кандидата от КПРФ, который пойдет на выборы губернатора". ura.news. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
  12. ^ "КПРФ сдает кандидатский минимум". kommersant.ru. Retrieved 2024-06-03.
  13. ^ "Зырянов Виктор Леонидович". kurgan.vybory.izbirkom.ru. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  14. ^ "Бывший конкурент курганского губернатора Шумкова пропустит выборы в 2024 году". ura.news. Retrieved 2024-04-28.