2024 Chelyabinsk Oblast gubernatorial election
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The 2024 Chelyabinsk Oblast gubernatorial election will take place on 8 September 2024, on common election day. Incumbent Governor Aleksey Teksler is eligible to run to a second term in office.
Background[edit]
In March 2019 first-term Governor of Chelyabinsk Oblast Boris Dubrovsky announced his resignation and was replaced by First Deputy Minister of Energy Aleksey Teksler.[1] Teksler was previously viewed as the likely replacement for Governor of Murmansk Oblast Marina Kovtun, who resigned two days after Teksler's appointment to Chelyabinsk Oblast.[2] Dubrovsky's resignation was expected as in August 2018 he was indicted for conspiracy by the Federal Antimonopoly Service,[3] Dubrovsky later fled Russia and was charged with abuse of power in October 2019.[4]
Teksler ran for a full term as an Independent and handily won the September 2019 election with 69.30% of the vote, as his nearest challenger, Konstantin Natsiyevsky (CPRF), received just 12.02%.[5] In June 2020 Governor Teksler joined United Russia party,[6] and later this year led the party list in the Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk Oblast election.[7]
Candidates[edit]
In Chelyabinsk Oblast candidates for Governor can be nominated by registered political parties or by self-nomination. Candidate for Governor of Chelyabinsk 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.[8] In addition, self-nominated candidates should collect 0.5% of signatures of Chelyabinsk Oblast residents. Also gubernatorial candidates present 3 candidacies to the Federation Council and election winner later appoints one of the presented candidates.
Publicly expressed interest[edit]
- Aleksey Teksler (United Russia), incumbent Governor of Chelyabinsk Oblast (2019–present)[9]
Declined[edit]
- Valery Gartung (SR–ZP), Member of State Duma (1997–present), Chairman of the Duma Committee on Safeguarding Competition (2021–present), 2000 gubernatorial candidate[10][11] (endorsed Teksler)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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- ^ "Инсайд: сначала челябинского врио готовили в другой регион". ura.news. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
- ^ "ФАС России возбудила дело в отношении Бориса Дубровского". kommersant.ru. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
- ^ "Челябинский губернатор злоупотребил с дорогой". kommersant.ru. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
- ^ "Текслер победил на выборах губернатора Челябинской области". interfax.ru. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
- ^ "Губернатор Челябинской области Алексей Текслер вступил в «Единую Россию»". er.ru. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
- ^ "Алексей Текслер возглавит список «Единой России» на выборах в Челябинской области". er.ru. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
- ^ "Закон "О выборах Губернатора Челябинской области" от 31 мая 2012 года N 338-ЗО (с изменениями на 26 декабря 2023 года)". docs.cntd.ru. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
- ^ "Алексей Текслер планирует идти на второй срок". kommersant.ru. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
- ^ "Кто станет будущим губернатором Челябинской области". fedpress.ru. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
- ^ "«Я не шоумен»: депутат Гартунг готов к конфликту с мэрией Челябинска на выборах. Интервью ЕАН". eanews.ru. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
