2017 Kaliningrad Oblast gubernatorial election

2017 Kaliningrad Oblast gubernatorial election

10 September 2017
Turnout	39,35%
Nominee Anton Alikhanov Igor Revin Party United Russia CPRF Popular vote 255,491 28,007 Percentage 81.06% 8.89%
Acting Governor before election Anton Alikhanov Independent Elected Governor Anton Alikhanov Independent

A gubernatorial election in Kaliningrad Oblast was held on 10 September 2017.

Background

28 July 2016 the Governor Nikolay Tsukanov resigned. The acting Governor was Yevgeny Zinichev. 6 October 2016 Yevgeny Zinichev resigned from the post of the acting Governor, in connection with family circumstances, the new acting Governor was appointed Anton Alikhanov.

Key dates

• 8 Jun 2017 — Kaliningrad Oblast Duma has appointed elections to 10 September 2017.^[1]
• from 11 to 21 July — submission of documents for registration of candidates.
• from 12 August to 8 September — the period of campaigning in the mass media.
• 9 September 2017 — day of Election silence.
• 10 September 2017 — election day.
• 24 September 2017 — possible second round of election.

Candidates

Candidates on the ballot:^[2]

Candidate			Party	Office
		Anton Alikhanov Born 1986 (age 30)	Independent (nominated by United Russia)	Incumbent acting Governor
		Yevgeny Mishin Born 1984 (age 33)	Liberal Democratic Party	Member of Kaliningrad Oblast Duma
		Igor Revin Born 1955 (age 58)	Communist Party	Member of Kaliningrad Oblast Duma
		Yekaterina Timofeeva Born 1982 (age 35)	Greens	Environmental activist

Opinion polls

Date	Poll source	Anton Alikhanov	Igor Revin	Yevgeny Mishin	Yekaterina Timofeeva	Other	Undecided	Abstention	Spoil the Ballot
10-20 August	WCIOM	66%	3%	2%	1%	1%	18%	8%	1%

Result

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Anton Alikhanov	United Russia	255,491	81.06%
	Igor Revin	Communist Party	28,007	8.89%
	Yevgeny Mishin	Liberal Democratic Party	17,256	5.47%
	Yekaterina Timofeeva	Greens	7,966	2.53%
Valid ballots			308,720	97.95%
Invalid ballots			6,467	2.05%
Total			315,187	100%
Turnout			315,187	39.35%
Sources:[3][4]

See also

• 2017 Russian gubernatorial elections

References

1. Постановление Калининградской областной Думы от 08.06.2017 № 171 «О назначении досрочных выборов Губернатора Калининградской области»
2. "Сведения о кандидатах. Досрочные выборы Губернатора Калининградской области". Archived from the original on 2017-09-03. Retrieved 2017-09-03.
3. Результаты выборов
4. Избирательная комиссия Калининградской области утвердила итоги выборов