2017 Novgorod Oblast gubernatorial election

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2017 Novgorod Oblast gubernatorial election
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 201210 September 2017 2022  
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CPRF
LDPR
Nominee Andrey Nikitin Olga Yefimova Anton Morozov
Party United Russia CPRF LDPR
Popular vote97,40523,16710,765
Percentage67.99%16.17%7.51%

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2017 Novgorod Oblast gubernatorial election results by municipality

Acting Governor before election

Andrey Nikitin
United Russia

Elected Governor

Andrey Nikitin
United Russia

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

Contents

Background

13 February 2017 Governor Sergey Mitin announced early resignation and that he will not nominate his candidacy for a new term. Acting Governor appointed Andrey Nikitin. [1]

Candidates

Candidates on the ballot: [2]

CandidatePartyOffice
Olga Yefimova
Born 1970 (age 47)
Communist Party Member of the Novgorod Oblast Duma
Nikolay Zakharov
Born 1954 (age 63)
Patriots of Russia Head of Department, Chief state engineer-inspector
of State Technical Supervision of the Novgorod Oblast
Anton Morozov
Born 1972 (age 45)
Liberal Democratic Party Member of the State Duma
Andrey Nikitin
Born 1979 (age 37)
United Russia Incumbent acting Governor
Mikhail Panov
Born 1964 (age 52)
A Just Russia Deputy Director of "Prisma"

Opinion polls

DatePoll sourceNikitinYefimovaMorozovPanovZakharovUndecidedAbstentionSpoil the Ballot
10–21 August 2017 FOM 50%5%3%2%1%20%17%2%
24 July–4 August 2017 APEK 53.7%7.9%3.8%2.0%1.3%22.3%7.4%1.6%

Result

CandidatePartyVotes%
Andrey Nikitin United Russia 97,40567.99%
Olga Yefimova Communist Party 23,16716.17%
Anton Morozov Liberal Democratic Party 10,7657.51%
Mikhail Panov A Just Russia 5,8594.09%
Nikolay Zakharov Patriots of Russia 2,4501.71%
Invalid ballots3,6182.53%
Total143,264100%
Source: [3]

See also

References

  1. Андрей Никитин назначен временно исполняющим обязанности губернатора Новгородской области
  2. "Сведения о кандидатах". Archived from the original on 2017-07-29. Retrieved 2017-09-10.
  3. "Результаты выборов". Archived from the original on 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2017-09-15.