# 2024 Kurgan Oblast gubernatorial election

The 2024 Kurgan Oblast gubernatorial election took place on 8 September 2024, on common election day. Incumbent Governor Vadim Shumkov was re-elected to a second term in office.

## Background

Then-Deputy Governor of Tyumen Oblast Vadim Shumkov was appointed acting Governor of Kurgan Oblast in October 2018, replacing first-term Governor Aleksey Kokorin, who resigned at his own request. After his resignation Kokorin joined the board of directors of ARMZ Uranium Holding, a uranium mining division of Rosatom corporation.
Shumkov ran for a full term as an Independent and overwhelmingly won the September 2019 election with 80.86% of the vote, as his nearest challenger, Yakov Sidorov (CPRF), received just 9.70%. During the campaign analysts in May 2019 named Shumkov "tough and uncompromising anti-crisis manager" and "the toughest acting governor running that cycle".
In May 2024 during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin Governor Shumkov announced his intention to run for a second term and received Putin's endorsement.

## Candidates

In Kurgan Oblast candidates for Governor can be nominated by registered political parties or by self-nomination. Candidate for Governor of Kurgan 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 5% of signatures of members and heads of municipalities. In addition, self-nominated candidates should collect 0.5% of signatures of Kurgan Oblast residents (3,277–3,604 signatures). 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 | Ref. |
| Valery Derzhavin SR–ZP | Member of Kurgan City Duma (2019–present) Businessman | Registered | |
| Olga Druzhinina Liberal Democratic Party | Member of Kurgan Oblast Duma (2020–present) Businesswoman | Registered | |
| Yaroslav Klimko Party of Pensioners | Member of Kurgan Oblast Duma (2020–present) Psychiatrist | Registered | |
| Vadim Shumkov United Russia | Incumbent Governor of Kurgan Oblast (2018–present) | Registered | |
| Viktor Zyryanov Communist Party | Member of Kurgan Oblast Duma (2020–present) | Registered | [11][12] [13] |
| Pavel Voronin Independent | Poultry farm worker | Did not file | |

### Declined

* Yakov Sidorov (Communists of Russia), Member of Kurgan City Duma (2009–present), 2019 CPRF gubernatorial candidate

### Candidates for Federation Council

| Gubernatorial candidate, political party | Candidates for Federation Council | Status |
| Valery Derzhavin SR–ZP | * Aleksandr Bukharov, former Member of Shadrinsk City Duma (2015–2020) * Aleksandr Futerman, community activist * Yakov Sidorov, Member of Kurgan City Duma (2009–present), 2019 CPRF gubernatorial candidate | Registered |
| Olga Druzhinina Liberal Democratic Party | * Gazimur Muradymov, businessman * Pavel Vagin, businessman * Yury Yarushin, Member of Kurgan Oblast Duma (2004–present), aide to State Duma member Stanislav Naumov, 2019 gubernatorial candidate | Registered |
| Yaroslav Klimko Party of Pensioners | * Dmitry Belozerov, brand manager * Yelena Petrova, pensioner * Sergey Rogov, community activist | Registered |
| Vadim Shumkov United Russia | * Sergey Gavrin, Deputy Governor of Kurgan Oblast (2023–present) * Yelena Perminova, incumbent Senator (2014–present), Chairwoman of the Council Committee on Social Policy (2023–present) * Konstantin Yermakov, Deputy Governor of Kurgan Oblast (2018–present) | Registered |
| Viktor Zyryanov Communist Party | * Anatoly Karasev, pensioner * Larisa Yermolina, businesswoman * Ivan Yevgenov, former Member of Kurgan Oblast Duma (2015–2020), 2014 gubernatorial candidate | Registered |

## Finances

All sums are in rubles.
| Financial Report | Source | Derzhavin | Druzhinina | Klimko | Shumkov | Zyryanov |
| First | | 15,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 25,020,000 | 120,000 |
| Final | | TBD | TBD | 220,000 | 40,020,000 | TBD |

## Results

Summary of the 8 September 2024 Kurgan Oblast gubernatorial election results :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Vadim Shumkov (incumbent) | United Russia | 231,940 | 85.17 |
| | Olga Druzhinina | Liberal Democratic Party | 14,948 | 5.49 |
| | Viktor Zyryanov | Communist Party | 11,890 | 4.37 |
| | Valery Derzhavin | A Just Russia – For Truth | 4,787 | 1.76 |
| | Yaroslav Klimko | Party of Pensioners | 4,617 | 1.70 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 268,182 | 98.48 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 4,139 | 1.52 |
| Total | Total | Total | 272,321 | 100.00 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 272,321 | 42.47 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 641,187 | 100.00 |
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Governor Shumkov re-appointed incumbent Senator Yelena Perminova (United Russia) to the Federation Council.