2025 Kaluga Oblast gubernatorial election

2025 Kaluga Oblast gubernatorial election

12–14 September 2025

Governor before election

Vladislav Shapsha
United Russia

Governor-elect

TBD
TBD

The 2025 Kaluga Oblast gubernatorial election will take place on 12–14 September 2025, on common election day, coinciding with 2025 Kaluga Oblast legislative election. Incumbent governor of Kaluga Oblast Vladislav Shapsha is running for a second term in office.

Background

Mayor of Obninsk Vladislav Shapsha was appointed acting governor of Kaluga Oblast in February 2020, replacing four-term incumbent Anatoly Artamonov, one of the longest-serving governors in Russia, who resigned at his own request.[1] A day later Shapsha appointed Artamonov to the Federation Council after the resignation of senator Yury Volkov.[2] Shapsha ran for a full term and overwhelmingly won the election with 71.19% of the vote.[3]

In February 2025 during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin Governor Shapsha announced his intention to run for a second term and received Putin's endorsement.[4]

Candidates

In Kaluga Oblast candidates for Governor of Kaluga Oblast can be nominated only by registered political parties. Candidate for Governor of Kaluga Oblast should be a Russian citizen and at least 30 years old. Candidates for Governor of Kaluga Oblast should not have a foreign citizenship or residence permit. Each candidate in order to be registered is required to collect at least 5% of signatures of members and heads of municipalities.[5] 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.
Stepan Oparyshev
Liberal Democratic Party
Construction executive
2020 gubernatorial candidate
Nominated [6]
Ivan Rodin
Party of Pensioners
Member of Kaluga City Duma (2020–present)
Former professional football player
Nominated [7]
Vladislav Shapsha
United Russia
Incumbent Governor of Kaluga Oblast (2020–present) Nominated [4][8]
Nikolay Yashkin
Communist Party
Member of Legislative Assembly of Kaluga Oblast (1996–present)
Agribusinessman
2015 and 2020 gubernatorial candidate
Nominated [9][10]
Nadezhda Yefremova
SR–ZP
Member of Legislative Assembly of Kaluga Oblast (2020–present)
2020 gubernatorial candidate
Nominated [11][12]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Владислав Шапша назначен врио главы Калужской области". rg.ru. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
  2. ^ "Врио губернатора Калужской области назначил Артамонова сенатором". kommersant.ru. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
  3. ^ "Шапша победил на выборах губернатора Калужской области". ria.ru. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
  4. ^ a b "Путин пожелал калужскому губернатору Шапше успехов на перевыборах". interfax.ru. Retrieved 2025-02-11.
  5. ^ "Закон "О выборах Губернатора Калужской области" от 29 июня 2012 года N 313-ОЗ (с изменениями на 6 мая 2025 года)". docs.cntd.ru. Retrieved 2025-06-15.
  6. ^ "Опарышев Степан Степанович". izbirkom.ru. Retrieved 2025-07-02.
  7. ^ "Родин Иван Алексеевич". izbirkom.ru. Retrieved 2025-07-02.
  8. ^ "Шапша Владислав Валерьевич". izbirkom.ru. Retrieved 2025-07-01.
  9. ^ "КПРФ сделает акцент на выборах в пяти регионах". vedomosti.ru. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
  10. ^ "Яшкин Николай Иванович". izbirkom.ru. Retrieved 2025-07-02.
  11. ^ "«Единая Россия» пропустит выборы главы Чувашии". vedomosti.ru. Retrieved 2025-04-25.
  12. ^ "Ефремова Надежда Игоревна". izbirkom.ru. Retrieved 2025-07-01.