Only political parties can nominate candidates for gubernatorial election in Kaliningrad Oblast, self-nomination is not possible. However, candidates are not obliged to be members of the nominating party. Candidate for Governor of Kaliningrad Oblast should be a Russian citizen and at least 30 years old. Each candidate in order to be registered is required to
collect at least 8% of signatures of members and heads of municipalities (37-39 signatures). Also gubernatorial candidates present 3 candidacies to the
Federation Council and election winner later appoints one of the presented candidates.
Registered •
Anton Alikhanov (
United Russia), incumbent
Governor of Kaliningrad Oblast • Maksim Bulanov (
CPRF), Member of
Legislative Assembly of Kaliningrad Oblast • Yevgeny Mishin (
LDPR), Member of
Legislative Assembly of Kaliningrad Oblast,
2015 and
2017 gubernatorial candidate • Yury Shitikov (
SR-ZP), Member of
Legislative Assembly of Kaliningrad Oblast, attorney • Vladimir Sultanov (
Communists of Russia), former Member of
Kaliningrad Oblast Duma (2007-2016),
2017 CPSS gubernatorial candidate • Vladimir Vukolov (
RPPSS), former Deputy Chairman of
Kaliningrad Oblast Duma (2006-2011),
2015 gubernatorial candidate
Eliminated in primary • Larisa Shvalkene (
United Russia), First Deputy Chair of
Legislative Assembly of Kaliningrad Oblast Candidates for Federation Council •
Anton Alikhanov (
United Russia): •
Aleksandr Shenderyuk-Zhidkov, former Deputy Chairman of the Government of
Kaliningrad Oblast (2017-2018) •
Oleg Tkach, incumbent
Senator • Oleg Urbanyuk, Member of
Legislative Assembly of Kaliningrad Oblast, chairman of
DOSAAF regional office •
Maksim Bulanov (
CPRF): • Rustam Kasumov, businessman • Yevgeny Kravchenko, Member of
Legislative Assembly of Kaliningrad Oblast, businessman • Artyom Vertepov, Member of
Legislative Assembly of Kaliningrad Oblast, businessman •
Yevgeny Mishin (
LDPR): • Sergey Kondratyev, salesman • Semyon Kurbatov, Member of
Guryevsk Council of Deputies, aide to
State Duma member
Yaroslav Nilov • Andrey Lyzhov, Member of
Legislative Assembly of Kaliningrad Oblast •
Yury Shitikov (
SR-ZP): • Leonid Kobyak, individual entrepreneur • Vladimir Skrypnik, aide to Yury Shitikov, associate professor of logistics at
Kaliningrad State Technical University • Georgy Tsukan, Member of
Guryevsk Council of Deputies, businessman •
Vladimir Sultanov (
Communists of Russia): • Oleg Antonov, businessman • Vladimir Timofeyev, individual entrepreneur • Anna Zueya, individual entrepreneur •
Vladimir Vukolov (
RPPSS): • Viktor Akulov, pensioner • Dmitry Ivchenko, pensioner • Yury Lyapin,
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