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2023 Novosibirsk Oblast gubernatorial election Turnout 31.84%
CPRF
Candidate
Andrey Travnikov
Roman Yakovlev
Party
United Russia
CPRF
Popular vote
526,284
74,515
Percentage
75.72%
10.72%
LDPR
SR-ZP
Candidate
Yevgeny Lebedev
Vladislav Plotnikov
Party
LDPR
SR–ZP
Popular vote
49,602
30,183
Percentage
7.14%
4.34%
The 2023 Novosibirsk Oblast gubernatorial election took place on 8–10 September 2023, on common election day . Incumbent governor Andrey Travnikov was re-elected to a second term in office.
Mayor of Vologda Andrey Travnikov was appointed acting Governor of Novosibirsk Oblast in October 2017, replacing first-term governor Vladimir Gorodetsky , who resigned early at his own request.[ 1] Travnikov won the following gubernatorial election in September 2018 with 64.5% of the vote.[ 2] Newly elected governor Travnikov also appointed Gorodetsky, his predecessor, to the Federation Council .
In December 2022 Governor Travnikov announced that he had made a decision about running for a second term in office, however, he declined to publicly disclose it.[ 3] Several gubernatorial candidates were mentioned as Travnikov's potential replacements, including State Duma members Dmitry Savelyev , Viktor Ignatov and Oleg Ivaninsky , Legislative Assembly of Novosibirsk Oblast Speaker Andrey Shimkiv , vice governors Vladimir Znatkov and Yury Petukhov, and even Communist Mayor of Novosibirsk Anatoly Lokot .[ 4] In April 2023 Andrey Travnikov announced his intention to run for reelection,[ 5] and two weeks later he received support for his campaign from President Vladimir Putin .[ 6]
In Novosibirsk Oblast candidates for governor can be nominated only by registered political partiest, self-nomination is not possible. However, candidates are not obliged to be members of the nominating party. Candidate for Governor of Novosibirsk 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] Also gubernatorial candidates present 3 candidacies to the Federation Council and election winner later appoints one of the presented candidates.
Aleksandr Aksyonenko (SR–ZP ), Member of State Duma (2021–present)[ 15]
Natalya Chubykina (Yabloko ), chairwoman of Yabloko regional office[ 16]
Vera Ganzya (CPRF ), former Member of State Duma (2014–2021)[ 17]
Vyacheslav Ilyukhin (Rodina ), Member of Legislative Assembly of Novosibirsk Oblast (2020–present)[ 18] [ 16]
Darya Karaseva (New People ), Member of Legislative Assembly of Novosibirsk Oblast (2020–present)[ 18] [ 19]
Eduard Kozhemyakin (RPPSS ), former Member of Novosibirsk Council of Deputies (2005–2020)[ 20] [ 21] (endorsed Travnikov)
Natalya Krasovskaya (LDPR ), Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of Novosibirsk Oblast (2020–present)[ 18]
Anatoly Kubanov (SR–ZP ), Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of Novosibirsk Oblast (2020–present), Member of Legislative Assembly (2005–present), 2014 and 2018 gubernatorial candidate[ 13]
Anatoly Lokot (CPRF ), Mayor of Novosibirsk (2014–present), former Member of State Duma (2003–2014)[ 22]
Sergey Shilov (SR–ZP ), businessman[ 16]
Renat Suleymanov (CPRF ), Member of State Duma (2021–present)[ 22]
Andrey Zhirnov (CPRF ), former Member of Legislative Assembly of Novosibirsk Oblast (2005–2020)[ 22]
Candidates for Federation Council [ edit ]
Vladislav Plotnikov (SR–ZP ):
All sums are in rubles .
Financial Report
Source
Lebedev
Plotnikov
Shchukin
Travnikov
Yakovlev
First
[ 23]
295,000
8,155,000
0
34,150,000
4,678,710
Final
2,690,000
25,005,000
0
50,650,000
9,888,141
Fieldwork date
Polling firm
Travnikov
Lebedev
Yakovlev
Plotnikov
None
Lead
30–31 August 2023
INSOMAR
69%
13%
10%
6%
2%
56%
Summary of the 8–10 September 2023 Novosibirsk Oblast gubernatorial election results
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Andrey Travnikov (incumbent)
United Russia
526,284
75.72
Roman Yakovlev
Communist Party
74,515
10.72
Yevgeny Lebedev
Liberal Democratic Party
49,602
7.14
Vladislav Plotnikov
A Just Russia — For Truth
30,183
4.34
Valid votes
680,584
97.92
Blank ballots
14,422
2.08
Total
695,006
100.00
Turnout
695,006
31.84
Registered voters
2,182,763
100.00
Source:
[ 24]
Governor Travnikov re-appointed incumbent Senator Vladimir Gorodetsky to the Federation Council .[ 25]