The 2025 Kamchatka Krai gubernatorial election took place on 12–14 September 2025, on common election day. Incumbent Governor of Kamchatka Krai Vladimir Solodov was re-elected to a second term in office.

Background Vladimir Solodov, then-Chairman of the Government of Yakutia, was appointed acting governor of Kamchatka Krai in April 2020, replacing two-term incumbent Vladimir Ilyukhin. Ilyukhin left after poor handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, for which he was criticised by Rospotrebnadzor head Anna Popova and State Duma member Yevgeny Revenko. Solodov ran for a full term as an independent with United Russia support and won the election with 80.51% of the vote.

In November 2023 during a live translation Solodov publicly announced his intention to seek a second term in office. In November 2024 Governor Solodov joined United Russia party. In February 2025 during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin Governor Solodov announced his intention to run for a second term and received Putin's endorsement.

Candidates In Kamchatka Krai candidates for Governor of Kamchatka Krai can be nominated by registered political parties or by self-nomination. Candidate for Governor of Kamchatka Krai should be a Russian citizen and at least 30 years old. Candidates for Governor of Kamchatka Krai 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 2% of signatures of Kamchatka Krai residents. Also gubernatorial candidates present 3 candidacies to the Federation Council and election winner later appoints one of the presented candidates.

Declared Candidate name,political partyOccupationStatusRef.Vasilina KuliyevaLiberal Democratic Party Member of State Duma (2011–2012, 2016–2021, 2023–present)2013 Zabaykalsky Krai gubernatorial candidateRegisteredRoman LitvinovCommunist Party Member of Legislative Assembly of Kamchatka Krai (2016–present)RegisteredVladimir SolodovUnited Russia Incumbent Governor of Kamchatka Krai (2020–present)RegisteredDmitry TyurinCommunists of Russia LawyerRegisteredYegor BukhanovIndependent Housing and utility services executiveFailed to qualifyAlyona DidenkoIndependent Water utilities employeeFailed to qualifyAleksey NikolayevIndependent Activist2015 Communists of Russia gubernatorial candidate2020 gubernatorial candidateFailed to qualifyDmitry AvdeyevIndependent Cultural directorDid not fileLeonid KalyayevIndependent Middle school deputy principalDid not fileNatalya KolginaIndependent Lyceum principalDid not fileYevgeny MiroshnichenkoIndependent DentistDid not fileDmitry PirozhnikovIndependent Water utility executiveDid not fileNatalya TeterevkovaParty of Pensioners Member of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky City Duma (2022–present)Russian Red Cross Society regional directorDid not file

Declined Valery Kalashnikov (LDPR), Member of Legislative Assembly of Kamchatka Krai (2016–present), 2015 and 2020 gubernatorial candidate Aleksandra Novikova (SR–ZP), Member of Legislative Assembly of Kamchatka Krai (2021–present)

Candidates for Federation Council Head candidate,political partyCandidates for Federation CouncilStatusVasilina KuliyevaLiberal Democratic Party* Valery Kalashnikov, Member of Legislative Assembly of Kamchatka Krai (2016–present), 2015 and 2020 gubernatorial candidate* Vasily Kolyadka, Member of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky City Duma (2017–present), aide to State Duma member Arkady Svistunov * Irina Rykova, Member of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky City Duma (2012–2017, 2022–present), school principalRegisteredRoman LitvinovCommunist Party* Lyubov Lazutkina, Member of Legislative Assembly of Kamchatka Krai (2021–present)* Valery Matveyenko, party secretary * Galina Pesotskaya, Member of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky City Duma (2022–present), aide to State Duma member Nikolay KharitonovRegisteredVladimir SolodovUnited Russia* Svetlana Galante, former Member of Legislative Assembly of Kamchatka Krai (2011–2021), 1996 Olympic judoka* Nadezhda Gogoleva, Member of Civic Chamber of Kamchatka Krai (2024–present), military base club chief * Boris Nevzorov, incumbent Senator (2011–present)RegisteredDmitry TyurinCommunists of Russia* Maksim Chaly, military base security guard* Oksana Murzina, children musical school principal * Vladislav Pavlov, water utility engineerRegistered

Finances All sums are in rubles. Financial Report Source Avdeyev Bukhanov Didenko Kalyayev Kolgina Kuliyeva Litvinov Miroshnichenko Nikolayev Pirozhnikov Solodov Teterevkova Tyurin First 75,000 4,570,000 29,000 1,745,000 50,000 130,000 400,000 120,000 5,000 1,580,000 26,357,150 100,000 14,475,000 Final 75,000 4,570,000 29,000 1,745,000 50,000 15,130,000 1,150,000 120,000 5,000 1,580,000 40,000,000 100,000 26,910,000

Polls Fieldwork datePolling firm Solodov Kuliyeva Litvinov TyurinNoneLead14 September 20252025 election63.013.813.35.14.849.2March – August 2025INSOMAR5912178442

Results

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" ! style="text-align:left;" colspan=2| Candidate ! style="text-align:left;"| Party ! width="75"|Votes ! width="30"|% |- | style="background-color:"| | style="text-align:left;"| Vladimir Solodov (incumbent) | style="text-align:left;"| United Russia | | 62.97 |- | style="background-color:"| | style="text-align:left;"| Vasilina Kuliyeva | style="text-align:left;"| Liberal Democratic Party | | 13.82 |- | style="background-color:"| | style="text-align:left;"| Roman Litvinov | style="text-align:left;"| Communist Party | | 13.30 |- | style="background-color:"| | style="text-align:left;"| Dmitry Tyurin | style="text-align:left;"| Communists of Russia | | 5.13 |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Valid votes | | 95.21 |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Blank ballots | | 4.79 |- style="font-weight:bold" | style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Total | | 100.00 |- | style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" colspan="6"| |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Turnout | | 46.48 |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Registered voters | | 100.00 |- | colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"| |- style="font-weight:bold" | colspan="4" |Source:

Governor Solodov re-appointed incumbent Senator Boris Nevzorov (United Russia) to the Federation Council.

See also 2025 Russian regional elections

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