2024 Sakhalin Oblast gubernatorial election

The 2024 Sakhalin Oblast gubernatorial election will take place on 6–8 September 2024, on common election day. Incumbent Governor Valery Limarenko is running to a second term in office.

Background
In September 2018 Governor of Sakhalin Oblast Oleg Kozhemyako was appointed acting Governor of Primorsky Krai after a political crisis that followed the 2018 gubernatorial election and the resignation of previous acting Governor Andrey Tarasenko. Vera Shcherbina, Chairwoman of the Sakhalin Oblast Government, served as acting Governor until December 2018 when Atomstroyexport president Valery Limarenko was appointed instead by President Vladimir Putin.

Limarenko, despite being a member of United Russia party, ran for a full term as an Independent and faced a spirited challenge from Communist State Duma member from Primorsky Krai Aleksey Korniyenko. Former State Duma member and 2015 gubernatorial runner-up Svetlana Ivanova failed to secure support from CPRF and ran as an Independent but was unable to pass the municipal filter. Limarenko won September 2019 gubernatorial election with 56.14% of the vote with Korniyenko placing second with 24.21%. It was the closest gubernatorial election that cycle.

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

Candidates
In Sakhalin Oblast candidates for Governor can be nominated by registered political parties or by self-nomination. Candidate for Governor of Sakhalin 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 10% of signatures of members and heads of municipalities. In addition, self-nominated candidates should collect 0.5% of signatures of Sakhalin Oblast residents. Also gubernatorial candidates present 3 candidacies to the Federation Council and election winner later appoints one of the presented candidates.

Results
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 * style="text-align:left;"| Pavel Ashikhmin
 * style="text-align:left;"| Communist Party
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 * style="text-align:left;"| Valery Limarenko (incumbent)
 * style="text-align:left;"| United Russia
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 * style="text-align:left;"| Vitaly Politsinsky
 * style="text-align:left;"| A Just Russia – For Truth
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 * style="text-align:left;"| Roman Vedeneyev
 * style="text-align:left;"| New People
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