2023 Smolensk Oblast gubernatorial election
8–10 September 2023
Turnout33.69%
 
CPRF
Candidate Vasily Anokhin Andrey Maksimov
Party United Russia CPRF
Popular vote 216,767 14,352
Percentage 86.62% 5.74%
 
LDPR
CPCR
Candidate Mikhail Kovalyov Roman Shklavets
Party LDPR Communists of Russia
Popular vote 10,004 3,410
Percentage 4.00% 1.36%
Governor before election

Vasily Anokhin (acting)
Independent

 Governor-elect

Vasily Anokhin
United Russia

The 2023 Smolensk Oblast gubernatorial election took place on 8–10 September 2023, on common election day, coinciding with the Smolensk Oblast Duma election. Acting Governor Vasily Anokhin was elected for a full term.

Background

State Duma member Alexey Ostrovsky was appointed acting Governor of Smolensk Oblast in April 2012 after the resignation of Sergey Antufyev.[1] Ostrovsky was unanimously elected for a full term a week later by Smolensk Oblast Duma, becoming first governor from LDPR since 1999, when then-Governor of Pskov Oblast Yevgeny Mikhailov switched to Unity. Ostrovsky was the only governor from the party until 2018, when Vladimir Sipyagin and Sergey Furgal were elected governors of Vladimir Oblast and Khabarovsk Krai respectively. In May 2015 Ostrovsky asked President Vladimir Putin for early resignation, he was immediately reappointed as acting Governor of Smolensk Oblast[2] and won September 2015 gubernatorial election with 65.2% of the vote.[3] Governor Ostrovsky won a 2020 election for a third gubernatorial term with 56.5%.[4]

On 17 March 2023, unexpectedly for LDPR and most observers, Alexey Ostrovsky asked for resignation after serving more than 10 years in office. President Putin approved the request and replaced Ostrovsky with Vasily Anokhin, Director of the Department of Regional Development at the Apparatus of the Government of Russia.[5] Anokhin is viewed as ally of Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin, whose secretariat acting governor previously headed.

Candidates

In Smolensk 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 Smolensk 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 7% of signatures of members and heads of municipalities.[6] Also gubernatorial candidates present 3 candidacies to the Federation Council and election winner later appoints one of the presented candidates.

Registered

Did not file

  • Dmitry Vasilyev (RPPSS), businessman, retired FSB officer[12]
  • Igor Yasinsky (Rodina), military pensioner, foundation president[13]

Declined

Candidates for Federation Council

Incumbent Senator Nina Kulikovskikh (United Russia) was not renominated.

Finances

All sums are in rubles.

Financial ReportSourceAnokhinKovalyovMaksimovShklavetsVasilyevYasinsky
First[17]30,00018,600200,00033,20001,000
Final[18]40,030,0001,518,000458,00033,20001,000

Results

Summary of the 8–10 September 2023 Smolensk Oblast gubernatorial election results
Candidate Party Votes %
Vasily Anokhin (incumbent) United Russia 216,767 86.62
Andrey Maksimov Communist Party 14,352 5.74
Mikhail Kovalyov Liberal Democratic Party 10,004 4.00
Roman Shklavets Communists of Russia 3,410 1.36
Valid votes 244,533 97.72
Blank ballots 5,712 2.28
Total 250,245 100.00
Turnout 250,245 33.69
Registered voters 742,756 100.00
Source: [19]

Governor Anokhin appointed Deputy Governor Ruslan Smashnyov (Independent) to the Federation Council, replacing incumbent Nina Kulikovskikh (United Russia).[20]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Алексей Островский назначен временно исполняющим обязанности губернатора Смоленской области
  2. ↑ Путин принял досрочную отставку губернатора Смоленской области Островского
  3. ↑ Островский победил на выборах в Смоленской области с 65,18% голосов
  4. ↑ Островский победил на выборах губернатора Смоленской области
  5. ↑ ЛДПР отступила из-под Смоленска
  6. ↑ "Закон "О выборах Губернатора Смоленской области" (с изменениями на 28 февраля 2023 года)". docs.cntd.ru. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
  7. ↑ "Единая Россия" выдвинула Анохина кандидатом на выборы губернатора Смоленской области
  8. ↑ Высший Совет ЛДПР предложил кандидата на выборы губернатора Смоленской области
  9. 1 2 "В Смоленской области двое кандидатов подали документы на участие в выборах главы региона". tass.ru. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  10. 1 2 "Политические партии определяются с кандидатами в губернаторы Смоленской области". smolnarod.ru. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
  11. ↑ Партии КПРФ и ЛДПР представили кандидатов в губернаторы Смоленской области
  12. ↑ Дмитрий Васильев подал документы на выборы губернатора Смоленской области
  13. ↑ Документы на участие в выборах губернатора Смоленской области подал шестой кандидат
  14. ↑ ТГ-каналы прогнозируют сложную выборную кампанию для смоленского губернатора Анохина
  15. ↑ Справороссы берут самоотвод
  16. ↑ Губернаторам подыскивают конкурентов
  17. ↑ Первые финансовые отчеты
  18. ↑ Финансовые отчеты
  19. ↑ Результаты выборов Губернатора Смоленской области, 2023
  20. ↑ Сенатором от Смоленской области назначен Руслан Смашнев
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