The 2022

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gubernatorial election took place on 9–11 September 2022, on common election day. Incumbent Governor

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was elected to a second full term.

Background

was appointed acting

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in October 2016 after Yevgeny Zinichev resigned form the post due to family reasons. Alikhanov won the

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with 81.06% of the vote. Due to the start of the

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in February 2022 and subsequent

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the cancellation and postponement of direct gubernatorial elections was proposed. The measure was even supported by

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leader

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. Position of

is also unique, as it is the only Russian region-

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, so some proposed to uphold the election for national security reasons. However, Governor Alikhanov supported direct gubernatorial election. During a video call

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criticised Alikhanov for using military operation as an excuse for oblast's construction declined, however, Putin endorsed Alikhanov for a second term. Eventually, on 9 June Kaliningrad Oblast Duma called gubernatorial election for 11 September 2022.

Candidates

Only political parties can nominate candidates for gubernatorial election in Kaliningrad Oblast, self-nomination is not possible. However, candidates are not obliged to be members of the nominating party. Candidate for Governor of Kaliningrad Oblast should be a Russian citizen and at least 30 years old. Each candidate in order to be registered is required to

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at least 8% of signatures of members and heads of municipalities (37-39 signatures). Also gubernatorial candidates present 3 candidacies to the

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and election winner later appoints one of the presented candidates.

Registered

(

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), incumbent

* Maksim Bulanov (

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), Member of Legislative Assembly of Kaliningrad Oblast * Yevgeny Mishin (

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), Member of Legislative Assembly of Kaliningrad Oblast,

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and

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gubernatorial candidate * Yury Shitikov ( SR-ZP), Member of Legislative Assembly of Kaliningrad Oblast, attorney * Vladimir Sultanov (

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), former Member of Kaliningrad Oblast Duma (2007-2016),

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gubernatorial candidate * Vladimir Vukolov ( RPPSS), former Deputy Chairman of Kaliningrad Oblast Duma (2006-2011),

gubernatorial candidate

Eliminated in primary

* Larisa Shvalkene (

), First Deputy Chair of Legislative Assembly of Kaliningrad Oblast

Candidates for Federation Council

*Anton Alikhanov (

): ** Aleksandr Shenderyuk-Zhidkov, former Deputy Chairman of the Government of

(2017-2018) ** Oleg Tkach, incumbent

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**Oleg Urbanyuk, Member of Legislative Assembly of Kaliningrad Oblast, chairman of

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regional office *Maksim Bulanov (

): **Rustam Kasumov, businessman **Yevgeny Kravchenko, Member of Legislative Assembly of Kaliningrad Oblast, businessman **Artyom Vertepov, Member of Legislative Assembly of Kaliningrad Oblast, businessman *Yevgeny Mishin (

): **Sergey Kondratyev, salesman **Semyon Kurbatov, Member of

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Council of Deputies, aide to

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member Yaroslav Nilov **Andrey Lyzhov, Member of Legislative Assembly of Kaliningrad Oblast *Yury Shitikov ( SR-ZP): **Leonid Kobyak, individual entrepreneur **Vladimir Skrypnik, aide to Yury Shitikov, associate professor of logistics at

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**Georgy Tsukan, Member of

Council of Deputies, businessman *Vladimir Sultanov (

): **Oleg Antonov, businessman **Vladimir Timofeyev, individual entrepreneur **Anna Zueya, individual entrepreneur *Vladimir Vukolov ( RPPSS): **Viktor Akulov, pensioner **Dmitry Ivchenko, pensioner **Yury Lyapin,

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Finances

All sums are in

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Results

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(incumbent) , style="text-align:left;",

, 259,220 , 80.21 , - , style="background-color:;", , style="text-align:left;", Yevgeny Mishin , style="text-align:left;",

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, 20,683 , 6.40 , - , style="background-color:, , style="text-align:left;", Maksim Bulanov , style="text-align:left;", Communist Party , 15,783 , 4.88 , - , style="background-color:, , style="text-align:left;", Yury Shitikov , style="text-align:left;",

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, 12,089 , 3.74 , - , style="background-color:;", , style="text-align:left;", Vladimir Vukolov , style="text-align:left;", Party of Pensioners , 4,722 , 1.46 , - , style="background-color:;", , style="text-align:left;", Vladimir Sultanov , style="text-align:left;",

, 4,256 , 1.32 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="3", Valid votes , 316,753 , 98.01 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="3", Blank ballots , 6,410 , 1.98 , - style="font-weight:bold" , style="text-align:left;" colspan="3", Total , 323,172 , 100.00 , - , style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" colspan="6", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="3", Turnout , 323,172 , 38.49 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="3", Registered voters , 839,700 , 100.00 , - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;", , - style="font-weight:bold" , colspan="4" , Source: , Former Deputy Chairman of the Government of

Aleksandr Shenderyuk-Zhidkov (

) was appointed to the

, replacing incumbent Senator Oleg Tkach (

).Шендерюк-Жидков стал сенатором от калининградского правительства
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References

{{2022 elections in Russia

Politics of Kaliningrad Oblast