2017 Kirov Oblast gubernatorial election

2017 Kirov Oblast gubernatorial election
Turnout	30.37%
	Election result by districts
Acting Governor before election; Igor Vasilyev; United Russia	Elected Governor ; Igor Vasilyev; United Russia

Gubernatorial Election in Kirov Oblast were held on 10 September 2017.

Background

In the previous elections in 2014 won a Nikita Belykh, who led the region since 2009. The term was due to expire in September 2019.

24 Jun 2016 Nikita Belykh was arrested in Moscow at reception of a bribe.^[1] On 25 June Investigative Committee of Russia has charged White with receiving a bribe in especially large size. On the same day, the Basmanny District Court of Moscow, he was arrested for two months.^[2] After his arrest, the duties of the Governor of the Kirov region was performed by his Deputy Alexey Kuznetsov.

July 28, 2016, Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed Nikita Belykh from the post of Governor of the Kirov region with the formulation "in connection with loss of trust".^[3] Acting Governor until the election appointed Igor Vasilyev.

Candidates

Candidates on the ballot:^[4]

	Party	Office
Nikolay Barsukov Born 1975 (age 42)	Communists of Russia	Member of Yuryansky District Duma
Igor Vasilyev Born 1961 (age 56)	United Russia	Incumbent acting Governor
Sergey Mamayev Born 1958 (age 59)	Communist Party	Assistant to the Member of the State Duma
Kirill Cherkasov Born 1967 (age 50)	Liberal Democratic Party	Member of the State Duma

Opinion polls

Date	Poll source	Vasilyev	Mamayev	Cherkasov	Barsukov	Undecided	Abstention	Spoil the Ballot
Date	Poll source					Undecided	Abstention	Spoil the Ballot
10-20 August 2017	WCIOM	49%	6%	5%	2%	27%	9%	1%
14 September 2014	election result	—	15.99%	9.92%	—	—	—	1.56%

Result

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Igor Vasilyev	United Russia	209,402	64.03%
	Sergey Mamayev	Communist Party	62,132	18.99%
	Kirill Cherkasov	Liberal Democratic Party	32,814	10.03%
	Nikolay Barsukov	Communists of Russia	13,956	4.27%
Invalid ballots			8,711	2.66%
Total			327,015	100%

Source:^[5]

References

^ Губернатор Кировской области Никита Белых задержан при получении взятки в €400 тыс.
^ Суд арестовал губернатора Кировской области Никиту Белых
^ Подписан Указ о досрочном прекращении полномочий Губернатора Кировской области
^ "Сведения о кандидатах. Досрочные выборы Губернатора Кировской области". Archived from the original on 2017-08-07. Retrieved 2017-09-05.
^ "Результаты выборов". Archived from the original on 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2017-09-15.

[1] Губернатор Кировской области Никита Белых задержан при получении взятки в €400 тыс.

[2] Суд арестовал губернатора Кировской области Никиту Белых

[3] Подписан Указ о досрочном прекращении полномочий Губернатора Кировской области

[4] "Сведения о кандидатах. Досрочные выборы Губернатора Кировской области". Archived from the original on 2017-08-07. Retrieved 2017-09-05.

[5] "Результаты выборов". Archived from the original on 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2017-09-15.

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