2017 Perm Krai gubernatorial election

2017 Perm Krai gubernatorial election

10 September 2017
Turnout	42.53%
Nominee Maxim Reshetnikov Party United Russia Popular vote 687,889 Percentage 82.06%
Acting Governor before election Maxim Reshetnikov United Russia Elected Governor Maxim Reshetnikov United Russia

Gubernatorial Election in Perm Krai were held on 10 September 2017.

Background

6 February 2017, the Governor Viktor Basargin announced his resignation.^[1] The acting Governor was appointed Maxim Reshetnikov.^[2]

Candidates

Candidates on the ballot:^[3]

Candidate			Party	Office
		Vladimir N. Alikin Born 1948 (age 69)	A Just Russia	Retired
		Oleg Postnikov Born 1965 (age 52)	Liberal Democratic Party	Member of the Legislative Assembly of Perm Krai
		Maxim Reshetnikov Born 1979 (age 38)	United Russia	Incumbent acting Governor
		Andrey O. Stepanov Born 1967 (age 50)	Patriots of Russia	Chairman of Committee of regional branch of party Patriots of Russia
		Irina Filatova Born 1978 (age 39)	Communist Party	Lawyer

Opinion polls

Date	Poll source	Reshetnikov	Postnikov	Filatova	Alikin	Stepanov	Other	Undecided	Abstention	Spoil the Ballot
10-21 August 2017	FOM	67%	2%	2%	1%	0%	–	13%	14%	1%
17-25 July 2017	FOM	57%	2%	2%	2%	<1%	3%	19%	15%	1%
12-22 May 2017	FOM	50%	2%	2%	–	–	8%	21%	2%	16%

Result

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Maxim Reshetnikov	United Russia	687,889	82.06%
	Irina Filatova	Communist Party	62,819	7.49%
	Oleg Postnikov	Liberal Democratic Party	31,431	3.75%
	Vladimir N. Alikin	A Just Russia	23,538	2.81%
	Andrey O. Stepanov	Patriots of Russia	13,257	1.58%
Invalid ballots			19,323	2.31%
Total			838,257	100%
Sources:[4][5]

See also

• 2017 Russian gubernatorial elections

References

1. Губернатор Прикамья Виктор Басаргин заявил о досрочном уходе в отставку
2. Максим Решетников назначен временно исполняющим обязанности губернатора Пермского края
3. "Сведения о кандидатах". Archived from the original on 2017-08-02. Retrieved 2017-09-10.
4. Результаты выборов
5. "ИЗБИРАТЕЛЬНАЯ КОМИССИЯ УТВЕРДИЛА ИТОГИ ГОЛОСОВАНИЯ ПО ВЫБОРАМ ГУБЕРНАТОРА ПЕРМСКОГО КРАЯ". Archived from the original on 2019-01-27. Retrieved 2017-09-15.