# 2024 Kaliningrad Oblast gubernatorial election

The 2024 Kaliningrad Oblast gubernatorial election took place on 6–8 September 2024, on common election day. Acting Governor Aleksey Besprozvannykh was elected for a full term in office.

## 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 for a full with 81.06% of the vote and easily won reelection for a second term in 2022 with 80.21%.
In late April 2024 several media outlets reported that Governor Anton Alikhanov could receive a position in the Government of Russia, however, Alikhanov himself later denied those rumours and reaffirmed his intention to remain in Kaliningrad Oblast. Nevertheless, less than a week later it was reported that Governor Alikhanov is being considered for Minister of Industry and Trade or Minister of Economic Development. On May 11, 2024, re-appointed Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin nominated Governor Anton Alikhanov to serve in his second cabinet as Minister of Trade and Industry, replacing Denis Manturov, who was elevated as First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia. State Duma Committee on Industry and Trade supported Alikhanov nomination on May 12, while the full chamber voted 430–0–0 to approve Alikhanov as new Minister of Industry and Trade two days later.
After his nomination, Governor Alikhanov left Kaliningrad on May 12, 2024, leaving First Deputy Governor Sergey Yeliseyev as acting Governor until the temporary replacement be appointed by the President. Initially Vice Governor of Saint Petersburg Vasily Pikalyov was considered the frontrunner to replace Alikhanov as Governor of Kaliningrad Oblast, however, Pikalyov was appointed Head of the Federal Customs Service of Russia on May 14. Other mentioned candidate included Yeliseyev and Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Aleksey Besprozvannykh. On May 15 President Vladimir Putin appointed Aleksey Besprozvannykh as acting Governor of Kaliningrad Oblast.

## Candidates

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

### Declared

| Candidate name, political party | Occupation | Status |
| Aleksey Besprozvannykh United Russia | Acting Governor of Kaliningrad Oblast (2024–present) Former Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade (2017–2024) | Registered |
| Maksim Bulanov Communist Party | Member of Legislative Assembly of Kaliningrad Oblast (2021–present) 2022 gubernatorial candidate | Registered |
| Yevgeny Mishin Liberal Democratic Party | Member of Legislative Assembly of Kaliningrad Oblast (2016–present) 2015, 2017 and 2022 gubernatorial candidate | Registered |
| Yury Shitikov SR–ZP | Member of Legislative Assembly of Kaliningrad Oblast (2006–2011, 2012–2016, 2021–present) Attorney 2022 gubernatorial candidate | Registered |
| Roman Morozov Yabloko | Attorney | Failed to qualify |

### Eliminated at convention

* Nina Fyodorova (United Russia), Member of Legislative Assembly of Kaliningrad Oblast (2021–present)

### Candidates for Federation Council

| Gubernatorial candidate, political party | Candidates for Federation Council | Status |
| Aleksey Besprozvannykh United Russia | * Yekaterina Manyuk, Kaliningrad Regional Museum of History and Arts director * Yevgeny Morozov, Member of Legislative Assembly of Kaliningrad Oblast (2021–present) * Alexander Shenderyuk–Zhidkov, incumbent Senator (2022–present) | Registered |
| Maksim Bulanov Communist Party | * Rustam Kasumov, Member of Zelenogradsk Council of Deputies (2020–present) * Sergey Ruzmetov, Member of Legislative Assembly of Kaliningrad Oblast (2021–present) * Artyom Vertepov, Member of Legislative Assembly of Kaliningrad Oblast (2021–present) | Registered |
| Yury Shitikov SR–ZP | * Leonid Kobyak, individual entrepreneur * Vladimir Skypnik, associate professor * Georgy Tsukan, Member of Guryevsky District Council of Deputies (2022–present) | Registered |

## Finances

All sums are in rubles.
| Financial Report | Source | Besprozvannykh | Bulanov | Mishin | Morozov | Shitikov |
| First | | 10,030,000 | 6,000 | 506,000 | 58,800 | 50,000 |
| Final | | TBD | TBD | TBD | 58,800 | TBD |

## Results

Summary of the 6–8 September 2024 Kaliningrad Oblast gubernatorial election results :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Aleksey Besprozvannykh (incumbent) | United Russia | 270,919 | 76.55 |
| | Yevgeny Mishin | Liberal Democratic Party | 33,670 | 9.51 |
| | Maksim Bulanov | Communist Party | 23,249 | 6.57 |
| | Yury Shitikov | A Just Russia – For Truth | 20,791 | 5.87 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 348,629 | 98.50 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 5,293 | 1.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | 353,922 | 100.00 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 353,922 | 42.17 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 839,206 | 100.00 |
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Governor Besprozvannykh re-appointed incumbent Senator Alexander Shenderyuk–Zhidkov (United Russia) to the Federation Council.