The 2022

Sverdlovsk Oblast Sverdlovsk Oblast ( rus, Свердловская область, Sverdlovskaya oblast) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia located in the Ural Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Yekaterinburg, formerly known as S ...

gubernatorial election took place on 11 September 2022, on common election day. Governor Yevgeny Kuyvashev was re-elected for a third term.

Background

Presidential Envoy to the Ural Federal District Yevgeny Kuyvashev was appointed acting

Governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast The governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast (russian: Губернатор Свердловской области) is the highest official of Sverdlovsk Oblast, a region of Russia. He heads the government of Sverdlovsk Oblast and is elected by direct popula ...

in May 2012, and later that month he was confirmed in the position by the Legislative Assembly of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Kuyvashev won his second term in 2017 election with 62.16% of the vote. Since autumn 2021 rumours spread about Kuyvashev potential resignation, however, the governor generally avoided complaints about his job. In April 2022, Kuyvashev publicly feuded with TV host Vladimir Solovyov after the latter's degrading comments about Yekaterinburg. Despite the rumours and the public conflict, on 20 May President Vladimir Putin endorsed Kuyvashev for reelection. 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. The measure was even supported by A Just Russia leader Sergey Mironov. Eventually, on 7 June Legislative Assembly of Sverdlovsk Oblast called the gubernatorial election for 11 September 2022.

Candidates

Only political parties can nominate candidates for gubernatorial election in

, self-nomination is not possible. However, candidates are not obliged to be members of the nominating party. Candidate for

should be a Russian citizen and at least 30 years old. Each candidate in order to be registered is required to collect at least 7.9% of signatures of members and heads of municipalities (121-127 signatures). Also, gubernatorial candidates present three candidacies to the Federation Council and election winner later appoints one of the presented candidates.

Registered

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( New People), Member of

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, Chairman of the Duma Committee on Small and Medium-sized Entrepreneurship * Aleksandr Ivachyov ( CPRF), Deputy Chairman of Legislative Assembly of Sverdlovsk Oblast * Aleksandr Kaptyug ( LDPR), Member of Legislative Assembly of Sverdlovsk Oblast * Yevgeny Kuyvashev ( United Russia), incumbent

* Andrey Kuznetsov ( SR-ZP), Member of

Failed to qualify

* Ivan Volkov ( ROS), lawyer,

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gubernatorial candidate

Eliminated at convention

* Dmitry Zhukov ( United Russia), Member of Legislative Assembly of Sverdlovsk Oblast

Declined

* Konstantin Kiselyov ( Yabloko), Member of Yekaterinburg City Duma,

The Greens gubernatorial candidate *

Yevgeny Roizman Yevgeny Vadimovich Roizman (Russian: Евге́ний Вади́мович Ро́йзман; born 14 September 1962) is a Russian opposition politician who served as the mayor of Yekaterinburg from 2013 to 2018. He campaigned against corrupt po ...

( Yabloko), former Mayor of Yekaterinburg (2013-2018), former Member of

(2003-2007),

gubernatorial candidate *

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( LDPR), former Member of

(2016-2021),

gubernatorial candidate

Candidates for Federation Council

Incumbent Senator Eduard Rossel ( United Russia) was not renominated. *Aleksandr Demin ( New People): **Yaroslav Borodin, TV host, actor **Tatyana Fleganova, Member of Civic Chamber of

, nonprofit executive **Aleksey Nevyantsev, entrepreneur *Aleksandr Ivachyov ( CPRF): **Yevgeny Bukreyev, Member of Legislative Assembly of Sverdlovsk Oblast, Kirovgrad School №3 director **Taras Isakov, Member of Legislative Assembly of Sverdlovsk Oblast, retired Lieutenant General **Rimma Skomorokhova, Member of Legislative Assembly of Sverdlovsk Oblast *Aleksandr Kaptyug ( LDPR): **Vladimir Korolkov, LDPR regional office lawyer **Kristina Rachkevich, deputy coordinator of LDPR regional office **Alyona Vyatkina, economist *Yevgeny Kuyvashev ( United Russia): **Irina Levina, co-chair of ONF regional office, Director of Sverdlovsk Oblast Medical College ** Aleksey Orlov, Mayor of Yekaterinburg ** Viktor Sheptiy, First Deputy Speaker of Legislative Assembly of Sverdlovsk Oblast *Andrey Kuznetsov ( SR-ZP): **Oksana Ivanova, aide to Andrey Kuznetsov,

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activist **Aleksey Korovkin, emergency medical technician **Leonid Martyushev, Member of Nizhny Tagil City Duma

Finances

All sums are in rubles.

Polls

Results

, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" ! style="text-align:left;" colspan=2, Candidate ! style="text-align:left;", Party ! width="75", Votes ! width="30", % , - , style="background-color:;", , style="text-align:left;", Yevgeny Kuyvashev (incumbent) , style="text-align:left;", United Russia , 618,617 , 65.78 , - , style="background-color:, , style="text-align:left;", Aleksandr Ivachyov , style="text-align:left;", Communist Party , 121,351 , 12.90 , - , style="background-color:;", , style="text-align:left;", Andrey Kuznetsov , style="text-align:left;",

A Just Russia — For Truth A Just Russia — For Truth (SRZP; russian: Справедливая Россия — За правду; СРЗП, Spravedlivaya Rossiya — Za pravdu; SRZP), formerly A Just Russia (SR), is a social conservative and social-democratic political p ...

, 86,047 , 9.15 , - , style="background-color:, , style="text-align:left;",

, style="text-align:left;", New People , 60,883 , 6.47 , - , style="background-color:;", , style="text-align:left;", Aleksandr Kaptyug , style="text-align:left;", Liberal Democratic Party , 29,857 , 3.17 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="3", Valid votes , 916,755 , 97.49 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="3", Blank ballots , 23,648 , 2.51 , - style="font-weight:bold" , style="text-align:left;" colspan="3", Total , 950,405 , 100.00 , - , style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" colspan="6", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="3", Turnout , 950,405 , 28.47 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="3", Registered voters , 3,303,323 , 100.00 , - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;", , - style="font-weight:bold" , colspan="4" , Source: , Legislative Assembly of Sverdlovsk Oblast First Vice-Speaker Viktor Sheptiy ( United Russia) was appointed to the Federation Council, replacing incumbent Senator Eduard Rossel ( United Russia).Виктор Шептий назначен сенатором Совета Федерации от Свердловской области
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References

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Politics of Sverdlovsk Oblast