The 2025 Bryansk Oblast gubernatorial election took place on 12–14 September 2025, on common election day. Incumbent governor of Bryansk Oblast Alexander Bogomaz was re-elected to a third term in office.

Background Member of State Duma Alexander Bogomaz was appointed acting governor of Bryansk Oblast in September 2014 after previous incumbent Nikolay Denin was dismissed after a criminal case was opened against him. Bogomaz ran for a full term in 2015 and overwhelmingly won the election with 79.96% of the vote after CPRF and LDPR declined to field own candidates. Governor Bogomaz won re-election to a second term in 2020 with 71.69% of the vote.

Initially Governor of Bryansk Oblast was limited for just two consecutive terms so Bogomaz would have been term-limited in 2025. However, in December 2021 "On Common Principles of Organisation of Public Authority in the Subjects of the Russian Federation" law was enacted, which lifted term limits for Russian governors. Bryansk Oblast followed suit and lifted the restrictions, which allowed Bogomaz to seek another term in 2025.

Bogomaz was viewed as a potential candidate for replacement as governor prior to the 2025 election. Among reasons for Bogomaz's potential resignation experts cited his long tenure in office, corruption cases involving regional officials (among those arrested were deputy governors Yelena Yegorova and Tatyana Kuleshova in 2023, Aleksandr Petrochenko in 2024) conflicts with Security Council of Russia secretary Sergey Shoigu as well as Ukrainian incursions into Bryansk Oblast.

In February 2025 during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin Governor Bogomaz announced his intention to run for a third term and received Putin's endorsement.

Candidates In Bryansk Oblast candidates for Governor of Bryansk Oblast can be nominated only by registered political parties. Candidate for Governor of Bryansk Oblast should be a Russian citizen and at least 30 years old. Candidates for Governor of Bryansk Oblast 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. 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.Andrey ArkhitskyCommunist Party Member of Bryansk Oblast Duma (2009–2014, 2019–present)2020 gubernatorial candidateRegisteredAlexander BogomazUnited Russia Incumbent Governor of Bryansk Oblast (2014–present)RegisteredGennady SelebinRodina Member of Bryansk Oblast Duma (2024–present)Library directorRegisteredAleksey TimoshkovSR–ZP Member of Bryansk Oblast Duma (2024–present)Registered

Eliminated at the convention Nikolay Yakushenko (United Russia), Deputy Chairman of the Bryansk Oblast Duma (2024–present)

Declined Sergey Antoshin (LDPR), Member of Bryansk Oblast Duma (2014–2023, 2024–present)

Candidates for Federation Council Head candidate,political partyCandidates for Federation CouncilStatusAndrey ArkhitskyCommunist Party * Marina Amiranashvili, lawyer* Vladimir Kravchenko, Member of Pochepsky District Council of People's Deputies (2009–present), former Member of Bryansk Oblast Duma (1996–2009)* Oleg Petrov, former Member of Novozybkov City Council of People's Deputies (2014–2019)RegisteredAlexander BogomazUnited Russia * Irina Agafonova, Deputy Governor of Bryansk Oblast (2021–present)* Vadim Dengin (LDPR), incumbent Senator (2020–present)* Yevgeny Vyltsan, Russian Army veteranRegisteredGennady SelebinRodina * Nina Andreyeva, aide to Gennady Selebin* Aleksandr Maksimenko, library chief custodian* Yelena Zezeka, library deputy directorRegisteredAleksey TimoshkovSR–ZP * Dmitry Krotov, individual entrepreneur* Yekaterina Milyutina, former Member of Snezhka Rural Council of People's Deputies (2009–2014), accountant* Irina Popova, Member of Zhukovsky District Council of People's Deputies (2020–present), accountantRegistered

Finances All sums are in rubles. Financial Report Source Arkhitsky Bogomaz Selebin Timoshkov First 150,000 130,000 130,000 130,000 Final TBD TBD TBD TBD

Polls Fieldwork datePolling firm Bogomaz Arkhitsky Timoshkov SelebinLead14 September 20252025 election78.810.75.53.668.19–22 August 2025FOM75.910.19.72.465.8

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;"| Alexander Bogomaz (incumbent) | style="text-align:left;"| United Russia | | 78.78 |- | style="background-color:"| | style="text-align:left;"| Andrey Arkhitsky | style="text-align:left;"| Communist Party | | 10.72 |- | style="background-color:"| | style="text-align:left;"| Aleksey Timoshkov | style="text-align:left;"| A Just Russia – For Truth | | 5.52 |- | style="background-color:"| | style="text-align:left;"| Gennady Selebin | style="text-align:left;"| Rodina | | 3.56 |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Valid votes | | 98.59 |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Blank ballots | | 1.41 |- 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 | | 58.15 |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Registered voters | | 100.00 |- | colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"| |- style="font-weight:bold" | colspan="4" |Source:

Governor Bogomaz re-appointed incumbent Senator Vadim Dengin (LDPR) to the Federation Council.

See also 2025 Russian regional elections

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