The 2016 Tula Oblast gubernatorial election took place on September 18, 2016, to elect the governor of Tula Oblast. Election took place concurrently with Federal legislative election and local elections in Single Electoral Day.
Background Until 2012, the governor of Tula Oblast was not elected, but was appointed by the president of Russia, with the approval of the Tula Oblast Duma. Direct elections were introduced in 2012.
In August 2011, Vladimir Gruzdev became governor. His term expired in August 2016 and he could be elected for a second term; however, Gruzdev resigned from office in February 2016, and Alexey Dyumin became the acting governor until election.
Candidates Candidates could be nominated by political parties or by self-nomination. To participate in the elections, candidates from the parties had to collect signatures of 7% of municipal deputies and heads of municipalities. Independent candidates, in addition to the municipal filter, still had to collect 2% of the signatures of residents of the region (about 25,000 signatures).Депутаты поддержали изменения, связанные с выборами губернатора Тульской области. 31.03.2016
The acting governor, Alexey Dyumin, decided to run for governor as independent candidate, but he was supported by United Russia and Liberal Democratic Party. At the same time, Tula Oblast became the only region in 2016 where the United Russia did not hold a primaries for the selection of a candidate for governor from the party.Алексей Дюмин самовыдвинется на выборы главы Тульской области. 25.04.2016
According to the law, each candidate had to nominate three candidates for Federation Council, one of whom was to be appointed senator in case of the candidate's victory.Статус и полномочия
A total of four candidates were registered.
Candidate Party Office Nominees to theFederation CouncilOleg VeselovCommunists of RussiaEmployee of the branchof Federal State Budgetary Institution"Branch of Cadastral Chamber of Rosreestr"in Tula OblastIrina MatyzhenkovaAlexander PinayevVadim SolovyovAlexey DyuminIndependent(supported by United Russiaand Liberal Democratic Party)Incumbent Acting GovernorNikolay VorobyovMikhail GryazevDmitry SavelyevOleg LebedevCommunist PartyMember of the State DumaNadejda GribanovaAndrey KozelskyTatyana KosaryovaNikolay OgoltsovParty of PensionersChief of departmentof corporate protectionof JSC "Gazprom gazoraspredelenie Tula"Dmitry GoltyakovOlesya KurbatovaAlexander Pustovoy
Results Alexey Dyumin was elected governor in the first round. After the election, Dyumin appointed Dmitry Savelyev as senator.Дмитрий Савельев назначен сенатором от Тульской области. CandidatePartyVotes%Alexey DyuminIndependent461,41184.2%Oleg LebedevCommunist Party41,2597.5%Oleg VeselovCommunists of Russia18,6733.4%Nikolay OgoltsovParty of Pensioners16,0232.9%Valid ballots537,36698.0%Invalid ballots10,7992.0%Total548,165100%Turnout 548,45945.5%Sources:
See also 2016 Russian gubernatorial elections
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