2017 Ryazan Oblast gubernatorial election

2017 Ryazan Oblast gubernatorial election
Turnout	36.15%
Acting Governor before election; Nikolay Lyubimov; United Russia	Elected Governor ; Nikolay Lyubimov; United Russia

Gubernatorial Election in Ryazan Oblast were held on 10 September 2017.

Background

14 February 2017 the Governor Oleg Kovalyov announced early resignation and that he will not nominate his candidacy for a new term.^[1] Acting Governor was appointed Nikolay Lyubimov.^[2]

Candidates

Candidates on the ballot:^[3]

	Party	Office
Nikolay Lyubimov Born 1971 (age 45)	United Russia	Incumbent acting Governor
Alexandra Perekhvatova Born 1954 (age 62)	Party of Growth	Chief of the main archival administration of Ryazan Oblast
Sergey Pupkov Born 1970 (age 47)	A Just Russia	Member of Ryazan Oblast Duma
Vladimir Fedotkin Born 1947 (age 70)	Communist Party	Former Member of the State Duma
Alexander Sherin Born 1977 (age 40)	Liberal Democratic Party	Member of the State Duma

Opinion polls

Date	Poll source	Lyubimov	Sherin	Fedotkin	Pupkov	Perekhvatova	Undecided	Abstention	Spoil the Ballot
Date	Poll source						Undecided	Abstention	Spoil the Ballot
10–21 August 2017	FOM	56%	4%	4%	1%	0%	21%	14%	0%
17–25 July 2017	FOM	53%	3%	3%	1%	<1%	26%	13%	1%

Result

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Nikolay Lyubimov	United Russia	269,078	80.16%
	Alexander Sherin	Liberal Democratic Party	28,337	8.44%
	Vladimir Fedotkin	Communist Party	22,986	6.85%
	Sergey Pupkov	A Just Russia	5,780	1.72%
	Alexandra Perekhvatova	Party of Growth	4,978	1.48%
Invalid ballots			4,511	1.34%
Total			335,670	100%

Source:^[4]

References

^ Губернатор Рязанской области подал в отставку
^ Николай Любимов назначен временно исполняющим обязанности губернатора Рязанской области
^ "Сведения о кандидатах". Archived from the original on 2017-08-07. Retrieved 2017-09-10.
^ "Результаты выборов". Archived from the original on 2017-09-12. Retrieved 2017-09-15.

[1] Губернатор Рязанской области подал в отставку

[2] Николай Любимов назначен временно исполняющим обязанности губернатора Рязанской области

[3] "Сведения о кандидатах". Archived from the original on 2017-08-07. Retrieved 2017-09-10.

[4] "Результаты выборов". Archived from the original on 2017-09-12. Retrieved 2017-09-15.