The 2022

Tambov Oblast Tambov Oblast (russian: Тамбо́вская о́бласть, ''Tambovskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Tambov. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,091,994. Ge ...

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

Maksim Yegorov Maksim Borisovich Yegorov (Russian: Максим Борисович Егоров; born 23 May 1977) is a Russian politician. He is currently the acting Head of Tambov Oblast, since 4 October 2021, when his predecessor, Aleksandr Nikitin, resig ...

was elected to a full term.

Background

Aleksandr Nikitin served as

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since 2015, replacing 15-year incumbent

Oleg Betin Oleg Ivanovich Betin (russian: Олег Иванович Бетин) (born August 25, 1950) is a governor of Tambov Oblast in Russia. He was a member of Our Home – Russia party. In 1995 he became governor. He was re-elected on December 7, 2003 ...

. That year, Nikitin won the

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for a full term with 85.47% of the vote. Nikitin won a second term in

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with 79.30% of the vote. Despite modest economic achievements, Nikitin's term was marked by poor consolidation of regional elite, which resulted in several setbacks for the administration. One of them was

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's defeat in the 2020

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City Duma elections, when Rodina, affiliated with former Tambov Mayor Maksim Kosenkov won 26 seats out of 36. On 4 October 2021 Nikitin resigned just one year into his second term, Deputy

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was appointed acting

. Nikitin was appointed to the

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by Tambov Oblast Duma on 7 October. Due to the start of Russian special military operation in Ukraine 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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. Eventually, on 7 June Tambov Oblast Duma called the gubernatorial election for 11 September 2022.

Candidates

Only political parties can nominate candidates for gubernatorial election in

, self-nomination is not possible. However, candidates are not obliged to be members of the nominating party. Candidate for

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 7% of signatures of members and heads of municipalities. Also, gubernatorial candidates present 3 candidacies to the

and election winner later appoints one of the presented candidates.

Registered

* Sergey Malinkovich (

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), Member of

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, chair of

party,

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Nenets AO gubernatorial candidate * Oleg Morozov (

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), Member of Tambov Oblast Duma * Pavel Plotnikov ( SR-ZP), Member of Tambov Oblast Duma,

gubernatorial candidate *

(

), acting

, former Deputy Minister of Construction, Housing and Utilities (2018-2021) * Andrey Zhidkov (

CPRF The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF; russian: Коммунистическая Партия Российской Федерации; КПРФ, Kommunisticheskaya Partiya Rossiyskoy Federatsii; KPRF) is a left-wing nationalist and c ...

), Member of Tambov Oblast Duma,

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and

gubernatorial candidate

Results

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

, 398,054 , 84.95 , - , style="background-color:, , style="text-align:left;", Andrey Zhidkov , style="text-align:left;",

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, 31,737 , 6.77 , - , style="background-color:;", , style="text-align:left;", Pavel Plotnikov , style="text-align:left;",

A Just Russia — For Truth A Just Russia — For Truth (SRZP; russian: Справедливая Россия — За правду; СРЗП, Spravedlivaya Rossiya — Za pravdu; SRZP), formerly A Just Russia (SR), is a social conservative and social-democratic political p ...

, 15,538 , 3.32 , - , style="background-color:;", , style="text-align:left;", Oleg Morozov , style="text-align:left;", Liberal Democratic Party , 11,351 , 2.42 , - , style="background-color:;", , style="text-align:left;", Sergey Malinkovich , style="text-align:left;",

, 7,161 , 1.53 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="3", Valid votes , 463,841 , 98.98 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="3", Blank ballots , 4,760 , 1.02 , - style="font-weight:bold" , style="text-align:left;" colspan="3", Total , 468,601 , 100.00 , - , style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" colspan="6", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="3", Turnout , 468,601 , 57.87 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="3", Registered voters , 809,704 , 100.00 , - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;", , - style="font-weight:bold" , colspan="4" , Source: , Результаты досрочных выборов Главы Тамбовской области, 2022
/ref> Incumbent Senator Mikhail Belousov (

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) was re-appointed to the

References

{{2022 elections in Russia

Politics of Tambov Oblast

Background

Candidates

Registered

Results

See also

References