The 2024 Kurgan Oblast gubernatorial election took place on 8 September 2024, on common election day. Incumbent Governor Vadim Shumkov was re-elected to a second term in office.

Background Then-Deputy Governor of Tyumen Oblast Vadim Shumkov was appointed acting Governor of Kurgan Oblast in October 2018, replacing first-term Governor Aleksey Kokorin, who resigned at his own request. After his resignation Kokorin joined the board of directors of ARMZ Uranium Holding, a uranium mining division of Rosatom corporation.

Shumkov ran for a full term as an independent and overwhelmingly won the September 2019 election with 80.86% of the vote, as his nearest challenger, Yakov Sidorov (CPRF), received just 9.70%. During the campaign analysts in May 2019 named Shumkov "tough and uncompromising anti-crisis manager" and "the toughest acting governor running that cycle".

In May 2024 during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin Governor Shumkov announced his intention to run for a second term and received Putin's endorsement.

Candidates In Kurgan Oblast candidates for Governor can be nominated by registered political parties or by self-nomination. Candidate for Governor of Kurgan 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 5% of signatures of members and heads of municipalities. In addition, self-nominated candidates should collect 0.5% of signatures of Kurgan Oblast residents (3,277–3,604 signatures). Also gubernatorial candidates present 3 candidacies to the Federation Council and election winner later appoints one of the presented candidates.

Declared Candidate name,political partyOccupationStatusRef.Valery DerzhavinSR–ZP Member of Kurgan City Duma (2019–present)BusinessmanRegisteredOlga DruzhininaLiberal Democratic Party Member of Kurgan Oblast Duma (2020–present)BusinesswomanRegisteredYaroslav KlimkoParty of Pensioners Member of Kurgan Oblast Duma (2020–present)PsychiatristRegisteredVadim ShumkovUnited Russia Incumbent Governor of Kurgan Oblast (2018–present)RegisteredViktor ZyryanovCommunist Party Member of Kurgan Oblast Duma (2020–present)RegisteredPavel VoroninIndependent Poultry farm workerDid not file

Declined Yakov Sidorov (Communists of Russia), Member of Kurgan City Duma (2009–present), 2019 CPRF gubernatorial candidate

Candidates for Federation Council Gubernatorial candidate,political partyCandidates for Federation CouncilStatusValery DerzhavinSR–ZP * Aleksandr Bukharov, former Member of Shadrinsk City Duma (2015–2020)* Aleksandr Futerman, community activist* Yakov Sidorov, Member of Kurgan City Duma (2009–present), 2019 CPRF gubernatorial candidate RegisteredOlga DruzhininaLiberal Democratic Party * Gazimur Muradymov, businessman* Pavel Vagin, businessman* Yury Yarushin, Member of Kurgan Oblast Duma (2004–present), aide to State Duma member Stanislav Naumov, 2019 gubernatorial candidateRegisteredYaroslav KlimkoParty of Pensioners * Dmitry Belozerov, brand manager* Yelena Petrova, pensioner* Sergey Rogov, community activistRegisteredVadim ShumkovUnited Russia * Sergey Gavrin, Deputy Governor of Kurgan Oblast (2023–present)* Yelena Perminova, incumbent Senator (2014–present), Chairwoman of the Council Committee on Social Policy (2023–present)* Konstantin Yermakov, Deputy Governor of Kurgan Oblast (2018–present)RegisteredViktor ZyryanovCommunist Party * Anatoly Karasev, pensioner* Larisa Yermolina, businesswoman* Ivan Yevgenov, former Member of Kurgan Oblast Duma (2015–2020), 2014 gubernatorial candidateRegistered

Finances All sums are in rubles. Financial Report Source Derzhavin Druzhinina Klimko Shumkov Zyryanov First 15,000 20,000 20,000 25,020,000 120,000 Final 53,000 1,020,000 220,000 40,020,000 2,120,000

Results

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" ! style="text-align:left;" colspan=2| Candidate ! style="text-align:left;"| Party ! width="75"|Votes ! width="30"|% |- | style="background-color:"| | style="text-align:left;"| Vadim Shumkov (incumbent) | style="text-align:left;"| United Russia | | 85.17 |- | style="background-color:"| | style="text-align:left;"| Olga Druzhinina | style="text-align:left;"| Liberal Democratic Party | | 5.49 |- | style="background-color:"| | style="text-align:left;"| Viktor Zyryanov | style="text-align:left;"| Communist Party | | 4.37 |- | style="background-color:"| | style="text-align:left;"| Valery Derzhavin | style="text-align:left;"| A Just Russia – For Truth | | 1.76 |- | style="background-color:"| | style="text-align:left;"| Yaroslav Klimko | style="text-align:left;"| Party of Pensioners | | 1.70 |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Valid votes | | 98.48 |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Blank ballots | | 1.52 |- style="font-weight:bold" | style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Total | | 100.00 |- | style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" colspan="6"| |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Turnout | | 42.47 |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Registered voters | | 100.00 |- | colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"| |- style="font-weight:bold" | colspan="4" |Source:

Governor Shumkov re-appointed incumbent Senator Yelena Perminova (United Russia) to the Federation Council.

See also 2024 Russian regional elections

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