2022 Kaliningrad Oblast gubernatorial election

The 2022 Kaliningrad Oblast gubernatorial election took place on 9–11 September 2022, on [2022 Russian regional elections|common 2017 Kaliningrad Oblast gubernatorial election|election day]. Incumbent Governor Anton Alikhanov was elected to a second full term.

Background

Anton Alikhanov was appointed acting Governor of Kaliningrad Oblast in October 2016 after Yevgeny Zinichev resigned form the post due to family reasons. Alikhanov won the election with 81.06% of the vote.
Due to the start of the Russian invasion of 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. Position of Kaliningrad Oblast is also unique, as it is the only Russian region-exclave, so some proposed to uphold the election for national security reasons. However, Governor Alikhanov supported direct gubernatorial election. During a video call President Vladimir Putin criticised Alikhanov for using military operation as an excuse for oblast's construction declined, however, Putin endorsed Alikhanov for a second term. Eventually, on 9 June Kaliningrad Oblast Duma called gubernatorial election for 11 September 2022.

Candidates

Only political parties can nominate candidates for gubernatorial election in Kaliningrad Oblast, self-nomination is not possible. However, candidates are not obliged to be members of the nominating party. Candidate for Governor of Kaliningrad Oblast should be a Russian citizen and at least 30 years old. Each candidate in order to be registered is required to collect at least 8% of signatures of members and heads of municipalities. Also gubernatorial candidates present 3 candidacies to the Federation Council and election winner later appoints one of the presented candidates.

Registered

Anton Alikhanov, incumbent Governor of Kaliningrad Oblast
Maksim Bulanov, Member of Legislative Assembly of Kaliningrad Oblast
Yevgeny Mishin, Member of Legislative Assembly of Kaliningrad Oblast, 2015 and 2017 gubernatorial candidate
Yury Shitikov, Member of Legislative Assembly of Kaliningrad Oblast, attorney
Vladimir Sultanov, former Member of Kaliningrad Oblast Duma, 2017 CPSS gubernatorial candidate
Vladimir Vukolov, former Deputy Chairman of Kaliningrad Oblast Duma, 2015 gubernatorial candidate

Eliminated in primary

Larisa Shvalkene, First Deputy Chair of Legislative Assembly of Kaliningrad Oblast

Candidates for Federation Council

Anton Alikhanov :
*Aleksandr Shenderyuk-Zhidkov, former Deputy Chairman of the Government of Kaliningrad Oblast
*Oleg Tkach, incumbent Senator
*Oleg Urbanyuk, Member of Legislative Assembly of Kaliningrad Oblast, chairman of DOSAAF regional office
Maksim Bulanov :
*Rustam Kasumov, businessman
*Yevgeny Kravchenko, Member of Legislative Assembly of Kaliningrad Oblast, businessman
*Artyom Vertepov, Member of Legislative Assembly of Kaliningrad Oblast, businessman
Yevgeny Mishin :
*Sergey Kondratyev, salesman
*Semyon Kurbatov, Member of Guryevsk Council of Deputies, aide to State Duma member Yaroslav Nilov
*Andrey Lyzhov, Member of Legislative Assembly of Kaliningrad Oblast
Yury Shitikov :
*Leonid Kobyak, individual entrepreneur
*Vladimir Skrypnik, aide to Yury Shitikov, associate professor of logistics at Kaliningrad State Technical University
*Georgy Tsukan, Member of Guryevsk Council of Deputies, businessman
Vladimir Sultanov :
*Oleg Antonov, businessman
*Vladimir Timofeyev, individual entrepreneur
*Anna Zueya, individual entrepreneur
Vladimir Vukolov :
*Viktor Akulov, pensioner
*Dmitry Ivchenko, pensioner
*Yury Lyapin, dentist

Finances

All sums are in rubles.

Financial Report	Source	Alikhanov	Bulanov	Mishin	Shitikov	Sultanov	Vukolov

First		10,000,000	50,000	500,000	100,000	5,800	5,800
Final		12,000,000	2,133,077	3,600,000	3,500,000	7,300	19,700

Results

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