# 2024 Lipetsk Oblast gubernatorial election

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.

## Background

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. 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, however, Senator Yury Volkov, a Rules committee member, questioned the constitutionality of such appointment.
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%, 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. In March 2020 Governor Artamonov officially joined United Russia party.

## Candidates

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. Also gubernatorial candidates present 3 candidacies to the Federation Council and election winner later appoints one of the presented candidates.

### Declared

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

### Eliminated at convention

* Roman Chentsov (United Russia), Head of Lebedyansky District (2022–2024) (elected Head of Lipetsk in June 2024)

### Candidates for Federation Council

Incumbent Senator Oksana Khlyakina (United Russia) was not renominated.
| Gubernatorial candidate, political party | Candidates for Federation Council | Status |
| Igor Artamonov United Russia | * Yelena Goncharova, Director of the RANEPA Lipetsk branch (2023–present) * Igor Kremnyov, Deputy Governor of Lipetsk Oblast (2021–present) * Yevgenia Uvarkina, Deputy Governor of Lipetsk Oblast (2024–present), former mayor of Lipetsk (2019–2024) | Registered |
| Larisa Ksenofontova SR–ZP | * Yevdokia Bychkova, Member of Lipetsk City Council of Deputies (2015–2020, 2021–present), former Member of State Duma (2011–2015) * Tatyana Iligorskaya, aide to Larisa Ksenofontova * Vadim Yegorov, criminology associate professor | Registered |
| Yury Loginov Communists of Russia | * Valentina Khromovskaya (CPRF), Member of Lipetsk Oblast Council of Deputies (2021–present) * Ruslan Magomedov, traumatologist * Oleg Tokarev, former Member of Lipetsk Oblast Electoral Commission (2021–2023) | Registered |
| Polina Valentinova New People | * Alina Bodrova, self-employed * Aleksey Kalinichev, businessman * Vazgen Kukanyants, individual entrepreneur | Registered |
| Anatoly Yemelyanov Liberal Democratic Party | * Yury Basharimov, humanities associate professor * Marina Razdobarina, school principal * Marina Repnikova, community activist | Registered |
| Sergey Tokarev Communist Party | * Tatyana Kopylova, Member of Lipetsk Oblast Council of Deputies (2011–present), aide to State Duma member Georgy Kamnev * Vitaly Pikalov, Member of Lipetsk Oblast Council of Deputies (2021–present), farmer * Nikolay Razvorotnev, Member of Lipetsk Oblast Council of Deputies (2006–2007, 2016–present), former Member of State Duma (2007–2016), 2014 gubernatorial candidate | Failed to qualify |

## Finances

All sums are in rubles.
| Financial Report | Source | Artamonov | Ksenofontova | Loginov | Tokarev | Valentinova | Yemelyanov |
| First | | 2,000,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 20,400 | 25,000 | 222,000 |
| Final | | TBD | 74,200 | 555,000 | 20,400 | 182,000 | TBD |

## Results

Summary of the 6–8 September 2024 Lipetsk Oblast gubernatorial election results :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Igor Artamonov (incumbent) | United Russia | 414,840 | 81.16 |
| | Anatoly Yemelyanov | Liberal Democratic Party | 30,370 | 5.94 |
| | Yury Loginov | Communists of Russia | 27,489 | 5.38 |
| | Larisa Ksenofontova | A Just Russia – For Truth | 18,282 | 3.58 |
| | Polina Valentinova | New People | 12,721 | 2.49 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 503,702 | 98.55 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 7,406 | 1.45 |
| Total | Total | Total | 511,108 | 100.00 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 511,108 | 57.27 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 892,480 | 100.00 |
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Governor Artamonov appointed Deputy Governor Yevgenia Uvarkina (Independent) to the Federation Council, replacing incumbent Senator Oksana Khlyakina (United Russia).