| Election Name: | 2024 Astrakhan Oblast gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Astrakhan Oblast |
| Type: | gubernatorial |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2019 Astrakhan Oblast gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 2019 |
| Next Election: | 2029 Astrakhan Oblast gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 2029 |
| Election Date: | 6–8 September 2024 |
| Turnout: | 43.55% |
| Candidate1: | Igor Babushkin |
| Party1: | United Russia |
| Popular Vote1: | |
| Percentage1: | 78.17% |
| Candidate2: | Sergey Sevastyanov |
| Party2: | CPRF |
| Percentage2: | 7.81% |
| Image3: | LDPR |
| Candidate3: | Timofey Shcherbakov |
| Party3: | LDPR |
| Percentage3: | 6.13% |
| Governor | |
| Posttitle: | Governor-elect |
| Before Election: | Igor Babushkin |
| Before Party: | Independent |
| After Election: | Igor Babushkin |
| After Party: | United Russia |
The 2024 Astrakhan Oblast gubernatorial election took place on 6–8 September 2024, on common election day. Incumbent Governor Igor Babushkin was re-elected to a second term in office.
Deputy Presidential Envoy to the North Caucasian Federal District Igor Babushkin was appointed acting Governor of Astrakhan Oblast on 5 June 2019, replacing previous acting Governor Sergey Morozov.[1] Morozov unexpectedly asked for resignation just eight months after his appointment in September 2018, and prior to the dismissal was viewed as a favourite to win the upcoming gubernatorial elections.[2] Despite the gubernatorial rotation, elections for a full term remained scheduled for September 2019.
Babushkin ran for a full term as an Independent and overwhelmingly won the September 2019 election with 75.63% of the vote, defeating his nearest challenger, Communist State Duma member Nikolay Arefyev by 63 points.[3] Despite the convincing margin of victory, the election was initially viewed as competitive until Babushkin's main opponent, A Just Russia State Duma member and former gubernatorial candidate Oleg Shein, failed to qualify as an Independent.[4] During most of his first term Babushkin nominally remained an Independent, joining United Russia only in June 2023 and immediately being elected to lead the regional party office.[5]
In April 2024 during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin Governor Babushkin announced his intention to run for a second term and received Putin's endorsement.[6]
In Astrakhan Oblast candidates for Governor can be nominated by registered political parties or by self-nomination. Candidate for Governor of Astrakhan 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 7% of signatures of members and heads of municipalities.[7] In addition, self-nominated candidates should collect 1% of signatures of Astrakhan Oblast residents. Also gubernatorial candidates present 3 candidacies to the Federation Council and election winner later appoints one of the presented candidates.
| Candidate name, political party | Occupation | Status | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Igor Babushkin United Russia | Incumbent Governor of Astrakhan Oblast (2019–present) | Registered | [8] | ||||
| Vitaly Bakhilin New People | Businessman | Registered | [9] | ||||
| Sergey Sevastyanov Communist Party | First secretary of CPRF regional committee (2024–present) | Registered | [10] [11] | ||||
| Timofey Shcherbakov Liberal Democratic Party | Member of Duma of Astrakhan Oblast (2016–present) 2019 gubernatorial candidate | Registered | [12] | ||||
| Vladimir Sukharev Rodina | Member of Duma of Astrakhan Oblast (2021–present) Businessman | Registered | [13] | ||||
| Vladislav Kashin Independent | Self-employed | align=center bgcolor="#FFD5D5" | Failed to qualify | [14] | |||
Incumbent Senator Alexander Bashkin (United Russia) was not renominated.
| Gubernatorial candidate, political party | Candidates for Federation Council | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Igor Babushkin United Russia | align=left |
| Registered | ||
| Vitaly Bakhilin New People | align=left |
| Registered | ||
| Sergey Sevastyanov Communist Party | align=left |
| Registered | ||
| Timofey Shcherbakov Liberal Democratic Party | align=left |
| Registered | ||
| Vladimir Sukharev Rodina | align=left |
| Registered | ||
|- 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;"| Igor Babushkin (incumbent)| style="text-align:left;"| United Russia| | 78.17|-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Sergey Sevastyanov| style="text-align:left;"| Communist Party| | 7.81|-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Timofey Shcherbakov| style="text-align:left;"| Liberal Democratic Party| | 6.13|-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Vitaly Bakhilin| style="text-align:left;"| New People| | 4.09|-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;"| Vladimir Sukharev| style="text-align:left;"| Rodina| | 2.35|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Valid votes| | 98.54|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Blank ballots| | 1.46|- style="font-weight:bold"| style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Total| | 100.00|-| style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" colspan="6"||-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Turnout| | 43.55|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Registered voters| | 100.00|-| colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"||- style="font-weight:bold"| colspan="4" |Source:|[15] |}
Governor Babushkin appointed former People's Deputy of Ukraine Andrey Derkach (Independent) to the Federation Council, replacing incumbent Senator Alexander Bashkin (United Russia).[16]