2024 Kurgan Oblast gubernatorial election

The 2024 Kurgan Oblast gubernatorial election will take place on 8 September 2024, on common election day. Incumbent Governor Vadim Shumkov is running 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.

Declined

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

Finances
All sums are in rubles.

Results
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 * style="text-align:left;"| Valery Derzhavin
 * style="text-align:left;"| A Just Russia – For Truth
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 * style="text-align:left;"| Olga Druzhinina
 * style="text-align:left;"| Liberal Democratic Party
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 * style="text-align:left;"| Yaroslav Klimko
 * style="text-align:left;"| Party of Pensioners
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 * style="text-align:left;"| Vadim Shumkov (incumbent)
 * style="text-align:left;"| United Russia
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 * style="text-align:left;"| Viktor Zyryanov
 * style="text-align:left;"| Communist Party
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