2025 Kamchatka Krai gubernatorial election

2025 Kamchatka Krai gubernatorial election

12–14 September 2025
  Vladimir Solodov
Candidate Vladimir Solodov Vasilina Kuliyeva
Party United Russia LDPR

 
CPRF
CPCR
Candidate Roman Litvinov Dmitry Tyurin
Party CPRF Communists of Russia

Governor before election

Vladimir Solodov
United Russia

Governor-elect

TBD
TBD

The 2025 Kamchatka Krai gubernatorial election will take place on 12–14 September 2025, on common election day. Incumbent governor of Kamchatka Krai Vladimir Solodov is running for a second term in office.

Background

Vladimir Solodov, then-Chairman of the Government of Yakutia, was appointed acting governor of Kamchatka Krai in April 2020, replacing two-term incumbent Vladimir Ilyukhin.[1] Ilyukhin left after poor handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, for which he was criticised by Rospotrebnadzor head Anna Popova and State Duma member Yevgeny Revenko.[2] Solodov ran for a full term as an Independent with United Russia support[3] and won the election with 80.51% of the vote.[4]

In November 2023 during a live translation Solodov publicly announced his intention to seek a second term in office.[5] In November 2024 Governor Solodov joined United Russia party.[6] In February 2025 during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin Governor Solodov announced his intention to run for a second term and received Putin's endorsement.[7]

Candidates

In Kamchatka Krai candidates for Governor of Kamchatka Krai can be nominated by registered political parties or by self-nomination. Candidate for Governor of Kamchatka Krai should be a Russian citizen and at least 30 years old. Candidates for Governor of Kamchatka Krai should not have a foreign citizenship or residence permit. Each candidate in order to be registered is required to collect at least 10% of signatures of members and heads of municipalities.[8] In addition, self-nominated candidates should collect 2% of signatures of Kamchatka Krai residents. Also gubernatorial candidates present 3 candidacies to the Federation Council and election winner later appoints one of the presented candidates.

Declared

Candidate name,
political party
Occupation Status Ref.
Vasilina Kuliyeva
Liberal Democratic Party
Vasilina Kuliyeva Member of State Duma (2011–2012, 2016–2021, 2023–present)
2013 Zabaykalsky Krai gubernatorial candidate
Registered [9]
Roman Litvinov
Communist Party
Member of Legislative Assembly of Kamchatka Krai (2016–present) Registered [10][11]
Vladimir Solodov
United Russia
Vladimir Solodov Incumbent Governor of Kamchatka Krai (2020–present) Registered [5][7]
[12]
Dmitry Tyurin
Communists of Russia
Lawyer Registered [13]
Yegor Bukhanov
Independent
Housing and utility services executive Failed to qualify [14]
Alyona Didenko
Independent
Water utilities employee Failed to qualify [15]
Aleksey Nikolayev
Independent
Activist
2015 Communists of Russia gubernatorial candidate
2020 gubernatorial candidate
Failed to qualify [16]
Dmitry Avdeyev
Independent
Cultural director Did not file [17]
Leonid Kalyayev
Independent
Middle school deputy principal Did not file [18]
Natalya Kolgina
Independent
Lyceum principal Did not file [19]
Yevgeny Miroshnichenko
Independent
Dentist Did not file [20]
Dmitry Pirozhnikov
Independent
Water utility executive Did not file [21]
Natalya Teterevkova
Party of Pensioners
Member of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky City Duma (2022–present)
Russian Red Cross Society regional director
Did not file [22]

Declined

Finances

All sums are in rubles.

Financial Report Source Kuliyeva Litvinov Solodov Tyurin
First [26] 130,000 400,000 26,357,150 14,475,000
Final TBD TBD TBD TBD

Results

Summary of the 12–14 September 2025 Kamchatka Krai gubernatorial election results
Candidate Party Votes %
Vasilina Kuliyeva Liberal Democratic Party
Roman Litvinov Communist Party
Vladimir Solodov (incumbent) United Russia
Dmitry Tyurin Communists of Russia
Valid votes
Blank ballots
Total 100.00
Turnout
Registered voters 100.00
Source:

See also

References

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