The 2023 Kemerovo Oblast gubernatorial election took place on 8–10 September 2023, on common election day, coinciding with the Legislative Assembly of Kemerovo Oblast election. Incumbent Governor Sergey Tsivilyov was re-elected to a second term in office.
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Background
editGovernor of Kemerovo Oblast Aman Tuleyev served as head of the region for 21 years – from 1997 to 2018 – during his rule consolidating Kuzbass political and economic resources. Tuleyev resigned from the post on 1 April 2018 after a deadly fire in Kemerovo shopping mall, which led to 60 casualties.[1] Sergey Tsivilyov, a coal mining businessman, who was appointed Deputy Governor less than 2 months prior, was elevated to the gubernatorial position.[2] In September 2018 Tsiviyov easily won election for a full term with 81.3% of the vote.[3]
Sergey Tsivilyov held solid ratings during his term and was even rumoured to be considered for higher office – Presidential Envoy to the Siberian Federal District[4] or Minister of Energy.[5] In April 2023 Tsivilyov publicly announced his intention to run to a second term as governor.[6]
Candidates
editIn Kemerovo Oblast candidates for Governor can be nominated only by registered political parties, self-nomination is not possible. However, candidates are not obliged to be members of the nominating party. Candidate for Governor of Kemerovo 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 8% of signatures of members and heads of municipalities.[7] Also gubernatorial candidates present 3 candidacies to the Federation Council and election winner later appoints one of the presented candidates.
Registered
edit- Yekaterina Gruntovaya (CPRF), Member of Legislative Assembly of Kemerovo Oblast (2018–present)[8][9]
- Stanislav Karpov (LDPR), Member of Legislative Duma of Tomsk Oblast (2021–present), former Member of Legislative Assembly of Kemerovo Oblast (2018–2020)[10]
- Yury Skvortsov (SR–ZP), Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of Kemerovo Oblast (2018–present), 2015 and 2018 Patriots of Russia gubernatorial candidate[11][12]
- Sergey Tsivilyov (United Russia), incumbent Governor of Kemerovo Oblast (2018–present)[6]
Candidates for Federation Council
edit- Sergey Tsivilyov (United Russia):
- Nadezhda Ilyina, Charwoman of the Kemerovo Committee of Housing
- Nikolay Senchurov, former Chairman of the Kemerovo City Council of People's Deputies (2016–2021)
- Aleksei Sinitsyn, incumbent Senator from Kemerovo Oblast (2018–present)
Results
edit| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ||
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| Sergey Tsivilyov (incumbent) | United Russia | 1,315,922 | 85.23 | ||
| Yekaterina Gruntovaya | Communist Party | 78,303 | 5.07 | ||
| Stanislav Karpov | Liberal Democratic Party | 70,311 | 4.55 | ||
| Yury Skvortsov | A Just Russia — For Truth | 55,022 | 3.56 | ||
| Valid votes | 1,519,558 | 98.42 | |||
| Blank ballots | 24,325 | 1.58 | |||
| Total | 1,543,883 | 100.00 | |||
| Turnout | 1,543,883 | 80.73 | |||
| Registered voters | 1,912,342 | 100.00 | |||
| Source: | [13] | ||||
Governor Tsivilyov re-appointed incumbent Senator Aleksei Sinitsyn to the Federation Council.[14]
See also
editReferences
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- ^ "Врио губернатора Кемеровской области назначен Сергей Цивилев". Коммерсантъ. 1 April 2018.
- ^ "На выборах главы Кузбасса победил врио губернатора Сергей Цивилев - ТАСС". TACC.
- ^ "Появилась информация о назначении Сергея Цивилёва полпредом по СФО — мы спросили у него, так ли это". НГС - новости Новосибирска. 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Сергей Цивилёв может стать следующим министром энергетики РФ - ВашГород". vashgorod.ru.
- ^ a b "«Я готов»: Сергей Цивилев прокомментировал своё переизбрание на второй срок". sibdepo.ru. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- ^ "Закон "О выборах Губернатора Кемеровско области" (с изменениями на 24 марта 2023 года)". docs.cntd.ru. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- ^ Запрос коммуниста
- ^ Коммунистка поборется за пост губернатора Кузбасса
- ^ В Кузбассе ЛДПР выдвинула в губернаторы томского депутата
- ^ Владимир Путин встретился почти со всеми главами регионов, которые осенью пойдут на переизбрание
- ^ Состоялось заседание Президиума Центрального совета Партии СПРАВЕДЛИВАЯ РОССИЯ – ЗА ПРАВДУ
- ^ Результаты выборов Губернатора Кемеровской области, 2023
- ^ СЕРГЕЙ ЦИВИЛЕВ ВНОВЬ НАЗНАЧИЛ АЛЕКСЕЯ СИНИЦЫНА СЕНАТОРОМ ОТ КУЗБАССА