2022 Sverdlovsk Oblast gubernatorial election explained

The 2022 Sverdlovsk Oblast gubernatorial election took place on 11 September 2022, on common election day. Governor Yevgeny Kuyvashev was re-elected for a third term.^[1]

Background

Presidential Envoy to the Ural Federal District Yevgeny Kuyvashev was appointed acting Governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast in May 2012, and later that month he was confirmed in the position by the Legislative Assembly of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Kuyvashev won his second term in 2017 election with 62.16% of the vote.^[2]

Since autumn 2021 rumours spread about Kuyvashev potential resignation, however, the governor generally avoided complaints about his job.^[3] In April 2022, Kuyvashev publicly feuded with TV host Vladimir Solovyov after the latter's degrading comments about Yekaterinburg.^[4] Despite the rumours and the public conflict, on 20 May President Vladimir Putin endorsed Kuyvashev for reelection.^[5]

Due to the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and subsequent economic sanctions the cancellation and postponement of direct gubernatorial elections was proposed.^[6] The measure was even supported by A Just Russia leader Sergey Mironov.^[7] Eventually, on 7 June Legislative Assembly of Sverdlovsk Oblast called the gubernatorial election for 11 September 2022.^[8]

Candidates

Only political parties can nominate candidates for gubernatorial election in Sverdlovsk Oblast, self-nomination is not possible. However, candidates are not obliged to be members of the nominating party. Candidate for Governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast should be a Russian citizen and at least 30 years old. Each candidate in order to be registered is required to collect at least 7.9% of signatures of members and heads of municipalities (121-127 signatures).^[9] Also, gubernatorial candidates present three candidacies to the Federation Council and election winner later appoints one of the presented candidates.

Registered

• Alexander Demin (New People), Member of State Duma, Chairman of the Duma Committee on Small and Medium-sized Entrepreneurship^[10]
• Aleksandr Ivachyov (CPRF), Deputy Chairman of Legislative Assembly of Sverdlovsk Oblast^[11]
• Aleksandr Kaptyug (LDPR), Member of Legislative Assembly of Sverdlovsk Oblast^[12]
• Yevgeny Kuyvashev (United Russia), incumbent Governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast^[13]
• Andrey Kuznetsov (SR-ZP), Member of State Duma^[14]

Failed to qualify

• Ivan Volkov (ROS), lawyer, 2017 gubernatorial candidate^[15]

Eliminated at convention

• Dmitry Zhukov (United Russia), Member of Legislative Assembly of Sverdlovsk Oblast^[16]

Declined

• Konstantin Kiselyov (Yabloko), Member of Yekaterinburg City Duma, 2017 The Greens gubernatorial candidate^[17]
• Yevgeny Roizman (Yabloko), former mayor of Yekaterinburg (2013-2018), former Member of State Duma (2003-2007), 2017 gubernatorial candidate^[18]
• Igor Toroshchin (LDPR), former Member of State Duma (2016-2021), 2017 gubernatorial candidate^[19]

Candidates for Federation Council

Incumbent Senator Eduard Rossel (United Russia) was not renominated.

• Aleksandr Demin (New People):
  • Yaroslav Borodin, TV host, actor
  • Tatyana Fleganova, Member of Civic Chamber of Sverdlovsk Oblast, nonprofit executive
  • Aleksey Nevyantsev, entrepreneur
• Aleksandr Ivachyov (CPRF):
  • Yevgeny Bukreyev, Member of Legislative Assembly of Sverdlovsk Oblast, Kirovgrad School №3 director
  • Taras Isakov, Member of Legislative Assembly of Sverdlovsk Oblast, retired Lieutenant General
  • Rimma Skomorokhova, Member of Legislative Assembly of Sverdlovsk Oblast
• Aleksandr Kaptyug (LDPR):
  • Vladimir Korolkov, LDPR regional office lawyer
  • Kristina Rachkevich, deputy coordinator of LDPR regional office
  • Alyona Vyatkina, economist
• Yevgeny Kuyvashev (United Russia):
  • Irina Levina, co-chair of ONF regional office, Director of Sverdlovsk Oblast Medical College
  • Aleksey Orlov, Mayor of Yekaterinburg
  • Viktor Sheptiy, First Deputy Speaker of Legislative Assembly of Sverdlovsk Oblast
• Andrey Kuznetsov (SR-ZP):
  • Oksana Ivanova, aide to Andrey Kuznetsov, Christian activist
  • Aleksey Korovkin, emergency medical technician
  • Leonid Martyushev, Member of Nizhny Tagil City Duma

Finances

All sums are in rubles.

Financial Report	Source	Demin	Ivachyov	Kaptyug	Kuyvashev	Kuznetsov	Volkov
		bgcolor=		bgcolor=		bgcolor=		bgcolor=		bgcolor=		bgcolor=
First	[20]	210,000	810,000	191,800	15,000,000	1,230,000	1,000
Final	[21]	25,000,000	7,956,000	3,099,062	45,000,000	6,671,500	1,000

Polls

style=width:200px; rowspan=2	Fieldwork date	style=width:150px; rowspan=2	Polling firm	Kuyvashev	Demin	Ivachyov	Kuznetsov	Kaptyug	Undecided	Lead
bgcolor=		bgcolor=		bgcolor=		bgcolor=		bgcolor=
30 August - 3 September 2022	Russian Field	61%	8%	7%	4%	4%	13%	53%

Results

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;"! style="text-align:left;" colspan=2| Candidate! style="text-align:left;"| Party! width="75"|Votes! width="30"|%|-| style="background-color:;"|| style="text-align:left;"| Yevgeny Kuyvashev (incumbent)| style="text-align:left;"| United Russia| 618,617| 65.78|-| style="background-color:|| style="text-align:left;"| Aleksandr Ivachyov| style="text-align:left;"| Communist Party| 121,351| 12.90|-| style="background-color:;"|| style="text-align:left;"| Andrey Kuznetsov| style="text-align:left;"| A Just Russia — For Truth| 86,047| 9.15|-| style="background-color:|| style="text-align:left;"| Alexander Demin| style="text-align:left;"| New People| 60,883| 6.47|-| style="background-color:;"|| style="text-align:left;"| Aleksandr Kaptyug| style="text-align:left;"| Liberal Democratic Party| 29,857| 3.17|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Valid votes| 916,755| 97.49|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Blank ballots| 23,648| 2.51|- style="font-weight:bold"| style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Total| 950,405| 100.00|-| style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" colspan="6"||-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Turnout| 950,405| 28.47|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Registered voters| 3,303,323| 100.00|-| colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"||- style="font-weight:bold"| colspan="4" |Source:|^[22] |}

Legislative Assembly of Sverdlovsk Oblast First Vice-Speaker Viktor Sheptiy (United Russia) was appointed to the Federation Council, replacing incumbent senator Eduard Rossel (United Russia).^[23]

See also

• 2022 Russian gubernatorial elections

Notes and References

1. https://expert-ural.com/news/evgeniy-kuyvashev-izbran-gubernatorom-sverdlovskoy-oblasti.html Евгений Куйвашев избран губернатором Свердловской области
2. Web site: Куйвашев победил на выборах губернатора Свердловской области . 2022-06-18 . 2022-05-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220520172502/https://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/59b617259a794709689814ed . live .
3. Web site: Свердловский губернатор получил сигнал, избежав зачистки элит. 2022-06-18 . 2022-06-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220613041555/https://ura.news/articles/1036284550 . live .
4. Web site: Соловьев резко ответил Куйвашеву на совет "следить за языком". 2022-06-18 . 2022-05-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220521203051/https://ria.ru/20220428/kuyvashev-1785947032.html . live .
5. Web site: Путин призвал Куйвашева выдвинуться на пост главы Свердловской области. 2022-06-18 . 2022-06-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220601115115/https://www.interfax.ru/russia/842047 . live .
6. Web site: В России могут отменить прямые выборы губернаторов . 2022-06-18 . 2022-06-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220611211036/https://crimea.ria.ru/20220321/v-rossii-mogut-otmenit-pryamye-vybory-gubernatorov-1122721183.html . live .
7. Web site: Миронов предложил отменить выборы в единый день голосования осенью . 2022-06-18 . 2022-06-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220604000636/https://www.interfax.ru/russia/841242 . live .
8. Web site: Выборы губернатора Свердловской области назначены на 11 сентября . 2022-06-18 . 2022-06-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220607201639/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5392758 . live .
9. Web site: Закон Свердловской области от 29 апреля 2003 года N 10-ОЗ "Избирательный кодекс Свердловской области" (с изменениями на 19 апреля 2022 года) . 2022-06-18 . 2020-09-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200925203205/http://docs.cntd.ru/document/802002042 . live .
10. Web site: «Новые люди» примут участие в трех губернаторских кампаниях впервые с момента создания . 2022-06-18 . 2022-06-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220607222323/https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/articles/2022/06/07/925621-novie-lyudi-gubernatorskih-kampaniyah . live .
11. https://tass.ru/politika/14963245 КПРФ выдвинула главу реготделения кандидатом на выборы губернатора Свердловской области
12. https://www.kommersant.ru/amp/5421677 ЛДПР и КПРФ определились с кандидатами на выборы губернатора Свердловской области
13. https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5411725 |Евгений Куйвашев подал документы для участия в выборах главы Свердловской области
14. https://ura.news/news/1052562714 Эсеры выставили против Куйвашева неудобного соперника. Его выдвижение пытались сорвать
15. https://eanews.ru/news/yeshche-odnim-kandidatom-v-sverdlovskiye-gubernatory-stal-yurist-ivan-volkov_08-07-2022 Еще одним кандидатом в свердловские губернаторы стал юрист Иван Волков
16. https://tagilcity.ru/news/politics/08-06-2022/kandidaty-na-praymeriz-na-post-gubernatora-ob-yavleny-v-sverdlovskoy-oblasti Кандидаты на праймериз на пост губернатора объявлены в Свердловской области
17. https://eanews.ru/news/sverdlovskoye-yabloko-otkazalos-ot-uchastiya-v-vyborakh-gubernatora_27-06-2022 Свердловское «Яблоко» отказалось от участия в выборах губернатора
18. http://club-rf.ru/66/news/59681 Ройзман может стать соперником Куйвашева на выборах губернатора Свердловской области в 2022 году
19. http://club-rf.ru/66/news/60963 Кандидат от СР Кузнецов намерен договориться с Куйвашевым о конкуренции на выборах губернатора Свердловской области
20. http://sverdlovsk.izbirkom.ru/arkhiv-vyborov-i-referendumov/Выборы%20Губернатора%20Свердловской%20области/Выборы%20Губернатора%20Свердловской%20области%2011%20сентября%202022%20года/PFO_kand_gso_2022.pdf Сведения из первых финансовых отчетов кандидатов о поступлении и расходовании средств избирательных фондов
21. http://sverdlovsk.izbirkom.ru/arkhiv-vyborov-i-referendumov/Выборы%20Губернатора%20Свердловской%20области/Выборы%20Губернатора%20Свердловской%20области%2011%20сентября%202022%20года/gso_fond_itog_14_10_.2022.pdf Сведения из итоговых финансовых отчетов кандидатов о поступлении и расходовании средств избирательных фондов
22. http://www.sverdlovsk.vybory.izbirkom.ru/region/region/sverdlovsk?action=show&root=1&tvd=26620002739498&vrn=26620002739494&region=66&global=&sub_region=0&prver=0&pronetvd=null&vibid=26620002739498&type=234 Результаты выборов Губернатора Свердловской области, 2022
23. https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5570859 Виктор Шептий назначен сенатором Совета Федерации от Свердловской области