2024 Lipetsk Oblast gubernatorial election

2024 Lipetsk Oblast gubernatorial election

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Turnout	57.27%
LDPR CPCR Candidate Igor Artamonov Anatoly Yemelyanov Yury Loginov Party United Russia LDPR Communists of Russia Popular vote 414,840 30,370 27,489 Percentage 81.16% 5.94% 5.38%
Governor before election Igor Artamonov United Russia Governor-elect Igor Artamonov United Russia

The 2024 Lipetsk Oblast gubernatorial election took place on 6–8 September 2024, on common election day. Incumbent Governor Igor Artamonov was re-elected to a second term in office.

Then-Sberbank vice president Igor Artamonov was appointed acting Governor of Lipetsk Oblast in October 2018, replacing five-term Governor Oleg Korolyov, who resigned at his own request.^[1] Korolyov led Lipetsk Oblast since 1998 and at the time of his resignation was the third-longest serving governor in Russia (behind Yevgeny Savchenko in Belgorod Oblast and Anatoly Artamonov in Kaluga Oblast). In November 2018 Artamonov appointed his predecessor, Oleg Korolyov, to the Federation Council after incumbent senator Iraida Tikhonova stepped down,^[2] however, Senator Yury Volkov, a Rules committee member, questioned the constitutionality of such appointment.^[3]

Artamonov, officially an Independent, was nominated for a full term by United Russia in the 2019 gubernatorial elections. Igor Artamonov won the September 2019 election with 67.28% of the vote, as his nearest challenger, Sergey Tokarev (CPRF), received 20.03%,^[4] although Artamonov's more notable challengers, Lipetsk Oblast Council of Deputies member Oleg Khomutinnikov (PARNAS) and State Duma member Aleksandr Sherin (LDPR), failed to qualify.^[5] In March 2020 Governor Artamonov officially joined United Russia party.^[6]

In Lipetsk Oblast candidates for Governor can be nominated only by registered political parties. Candidate for Governor of Lipetsk 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 6% 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.

Candidate name, political party			Occupation	Status	Ref.
Igor Artamonov United Russia			Incumbent Governor of Lipetsk Oblast (2018–present)	Registered	[8][9]
Larisa Ksenofontova SR–ZP			Member of Lipetsk Oblast Council of Deputies (2011–present) 2019 gubernatorial candidate	Registered	[10]
Yury Loginov Communists of Russia			Member of Lipetsk Oblast Council of Deputies (2021–present)	Registered	[11]
Polina Valentinova New People			Individual entrepreneur	Registered	[12]
Anatoly Yemelyanov Liberal Democratic Party			Member of Lipetsk Oblast Council of Deputies (2021–present)	Registered	[13]
Sergey Tokarev Communist Party			Member of Lipetsk Oblast Council of Deputies (2011–present) 2019 gubernatorial candidate	Failed to qualify	[14][15]

• Roman Chentsov (United Russia), Head of Lebedyansky District (2022–2024)^[16] (elected Head of Lipetsk in June 2024)

Incumbent Senator Oksana Khlyakina (United Russia) was not renominated.

All sums are in rubles.

Governor Artamonov appointed Deputy Governor Yevgenia Uvarkina (Independent) to the Federation Council, replacing incumbent Senator Oksana Khlyakina (United Russia).^[20]

• 2024 Russian regional elections