The 2022

Udmurt Republic Udmurtia (russian: Удму́ртия, r=Udmúrtiya, p=ʊˈdmurtʲɪjə; udm, Удмуртия, ''Udmurtija''), or the Udmurt Republic (russian: Удмуртская Республика, udm, Удмурт Республика, Удмурт � ...

head election took place on 9–11 September 2022, on common election day, coinciding with elections to the State Council of Udmurtia. Incumbent Head

Aleksandr Brechalov Aleksandr Vladimirovich Brechalov (russian: Александр Владимирович Бречалов; born on 18 November 1973) is a Russian politician who is currently the 3rd Head of the Udmurt Republic since 18 September 2017. He is also ...

was re-elected to a second term.

Background

In April 2017 Head of Udmurtia Aleksandr Solovyov was arrested for taking bribes. He was removed from office and replaced with Civic Chamber Secretary

Alexander Brechalov Aleksandr Vladimirovich Brechalov (russian: Александр Владимирович Бречалов; born on 18 November 1973) is a Russian politician who is currently the 3rd Head of the Udmurt Republic since 18 September 2017. He is also ...

. Brechalov won the subsequent head election with 78.16% of the vote. In the

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received only 35.63% in Udmurtia, which could prompt a potentially competitive head election in 2022. Despite United Russia's poor showing in the parliamentary elections, in January 2022

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reported that Aleksandr Brechalov most likely would retain his position. In May 2022

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officially endorsed Brechalov for reelection. Due to the start of

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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

Sergey Mironov Sergey Mikhailovich Mironov (russian: Серге́й Миха́йлович Миро́нов; born 14 February 1953) is a Russian politician. He was Chairman of the Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian parliament, from 2001 to 201 ...

. Eventually, the postponement never occurred, as on 3 June

State Council of the Udmurt Republic The State Council of the Udmurt Republic (; ) is the regional parliament of Udmurtia, a federal subject of Russia. A total of 60 deputies are elected for five-year terms. It succeeded the Supreme Council of the Udmurt Republic in 1994. Initiall ...

called head election for 11 September 2022.

Candidates

Only political parties can nominate candidates for head election in Udmurtia, self-nomination is not possible. However, candidate is not obliged to be a member of the nominating party. Candidate for Head of Udmurtia 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 (55-57 signatures). Also gubernatorial candidates present 3 candidacies to the

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and election winner later appoints one of the presented candidates.

Registered

Vadim Belousov Vadim Vladimirovich Belousov (russian: Вадим Владимирович Белоусов; born 2 October 1960, Chelyabinsk) is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 6th, 7th, and 8th State Dumas. From 1993 to 1995, Belousov w ...

( SR-ZP), Member of

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(

), incumbent Head of Udmurtia * Aleksandr Syrov (

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

Izhevsk Izhevsk (russian: Иже́вск, p=ɪˈʐɛfsk; udm, Ижкар, ''Ižkar'', or , ''Iž'') is the capital city of Udmurtia, Russia. It is situated along the Izh River, west of the Ural Mountains in Eastern Europe. It is the 21st-largest c ...

City Duma, businessman * Timur Yagafarov (

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), Member of

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head candidate

Withdrew after registration

* Georgy Leshchev ( ZA!), individual entrepreneur ''(endorsed Brechalov)'' * Vladimir Segal ( RPPSS), pensioner

Did not file

* Yury Mishkin (

Communists of Russia The Communist Party "Communists of Russia" (CPCR; russian: Коммунистическая партия «Коммунисты России»; КПКР; ''Kommunisticheskaya partiya «Kommunisty Rossii»'', ''KPKR'') or simply Communists of Russi ...

), individual entrepreneur, first secretary of CPCR regional committee

Withdrawn

* Sergey Antonov ( PVR), political strategist

Declined

* Vladimir Bodrov (

), Member of

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), former Member of

(2007-2017),

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head candidate

Candidates for Federation Council

*Vadim Belousov ( SR-ZP): **Andrey Blinov, Member of the

Glazov Glazov ( rus, Глазов, p=ˈɡlazəf; udm, Глаз, ''Glaz'') is a town in the Udmurt Republic, Russia, located along the Trans-Siberian Railway, on the Cheptsa River. Population: History It was first mentioned in the 17th century chro ...

City Duma, former Member of the

(2012-2017) **Sergey Gromov, entrepreneur **Vladimir Ovsyannikov, Member of the

Seltinsky District Seltinsky District (russian: Селти́нский райо́н; udm, Сьӧлта ёрос, ''Śölta joros'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Udmurt Republic and municipalLaw #1-RZ district (raion), one of the twenty-five in the Udmurt ...

Council of Deputies, stomatologist *Aleksandr Brechalov (

): **

Lyubov Glebova Lyubov Nikolayevna Glebova (russian: Любовь Николаевна Глебова; born 7 March 1960) is a Russian politician serving as a senator from Udmurtia since 18 September 2017. Career Lyubov Glebova was born on 7 March 1960 in Ar ...

, incumbent

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**Nadezhda Mikhaylova, First Deputy Speaker of the

**Sergey Smirnov, Chief of Staff to

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and Government of

Udmurtia Udmurtia (russian: Удму́ртия, r=Udmúrtiya, p=ʊˈdmurtʲɪjə; udm, Удмуртия, ''Udmurtija''), or the Udmurt Republic (russian: Удмуртская Республика, udm, Удмурт Республика, Удмурт � ...

*Georgy Leschev ( ZA!): **Vera Bushkova, education methodologist **Andrey Leshchev, candidate's father **Larisa Lescheva, candidate's mother *Vladimir Segal ( RPPSS): **Aleksandr Berezin, pensioner **Lyudmila Korepanova, chair of RPPSS regional office **Vladimir Kulyabin, pensioner *Aleksandr Syrov (

): **Natalya Ivanova, former Member of the Adam Council of Deputies (2012-2016) **Andrey Pichugin, private security agency director **Valentina Pudova, singer *Timur Yagafarov (

): **Aleksandr Dodin, cultural organiser **Aleksey Kuznetsov, Member of the

Zavyalovsky District Zavyalovsky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia: *Zavyalovsky District, Altai Krai, an administrative and municipal district of Altai KraiLaw #28-ZS *Zavyalovsky District, Udmurt Republic, an administr ...

Council of Deputies, engineer **Tatyana Shutova, Member of the

Yakshur-Bodyinsky District Yakshur-Bodyinsky District (russian: Якшу́р-Бо́дьинский райо́н; udm, Якшур-Бӧдья ёрос, ''Jakšur-Böďja joros'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Udmurt Republic and municipalLaw #44-RZ district (raion) ...

Council of Deputies, college professor

Finances

All sums are in

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Polls

Results

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

, 298,822 , 64.37 , - , style="background-color:, , style="text-align:left;", Aleksandr Syrov , style="text-align:left;",

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, 91,876 , 19.79 , - , style="background-color:;", , style="text-align:left;", Timur Yagafarov , style="text-align:left;", Liberal Democratic Party , 45,436 , 9.79 , - , style="background-color:, , style="text-align:left;",

, style="text-align:left;",

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, 15,352 , 3.31 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="3", Valid votes , 451,486 , 97.25 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="3", Blank ballots , 12,759 , 2.75 , - style="font-weight:bold" , style="text-align:left;" colspan="3", Total , 464,248 , 100.00 , - , style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" colspan="6", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="3", Turnout , 464,248 , 38.79 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="3", Registered voters , 1,166,781 , 100.00 , - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;", , - style="font-weight:bold" , colspan="4" , Source: , Incumbent Senator

(

) was re-appointed to the

.Сенатором Совета федерации от Удмуртии вновь назначена Любовь Глебова
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References

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Politics of Udmurtia

Background

Candidates

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Polls

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See also

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