The 2025 Krasnodar Krai gubernatorial election took place on 12–14 September 2025, on common election day. Incumbent Governor of Krasnodar Krai Veniamin Kondratyev was re-elected to a third term in office.

Background Veniamin Kondratyev, Deputy Head of the Directorate of the President of the Russian Federation and former Deputy Governor of Krasnodar Krai, was appointed acting Governor of Krasnodar Krai in April 2015 after three-term incumbent Alexander Tkachov was appointed Minister of Agriculture of Russia. Kondratyev, officially an Independent, was nominated for a full term by United Russia and won the September 2015 election with 83.64% of the vote. Governor Kondratyev was perceived as vulnerable prior to the 2020 election, however, he received the approval of President Vladimir Putin to run for a second term and won it with 82.97% as a United Russia candidate.

Initially Governor of Krasnodar Krai was limited for just two consecutive terms so Kondratyev would have been term-limited in 2025. However, in December 2021 "On Common Principles of Organisation of Public Authority in the Subjects of the Russian Federation" law was enacted, which lifted term limits for Russian governors. Krasnodar Krai followed suit and lifted the restrictions, which allowed Kondratyev to seek another term in 2025.

In December 2024 two tankers fell apart in the Kerch Strait, causing a massive oil spill that hit the resort town of Anapa in Krasnodar Krai. In January 2025 President Putin criticised the authorities of Krasnodar Krai for insufficient fuel oil cleanup efforts, which could cause challenges for Kondratyev's re-election. Experts also claimed that to run for another term Kondratyev should also overcome tensions in the local elite.

In March 2025 during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin Governor Kondratyev announced his intention to run for a third term and received Putin's endorsement.

Candidates In Krasnodar Krai candidates for Governor of Krasnodar Krai can be nominated only by registered political parties. Candidate for Governor of Krasnodar Krai should be a Russian citizen and at least 30 years old. Candidates for Governor of Krasnodar 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. 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.Denis KhmelevskoySR–ZP Member of Legislative Assembly of Krasnodar Krai (2017–present)2020 gubernatorial candidateRegisteredVeniamin KondratyevUnited Russia Incumbent Governor of Krasnodar Krai (2015–present)RegisteredAleksandr SafronovCommunist Party Member of Krasnodar City Duma (2020–present)Former Deputy Chairman of the City Duma (2020–2021)2020 gubernatorial candidateRegisteredIvan TutushkinLiberal Democratic Party Member of Legislative Assembly of Krasnodar Krai (2017–present)2020 gubernatorial candidateRegistered

Eliminated at the convention Anatoly Perepelin (United Russia), Head of Tikhoretsky District (2012–present) Andrey Vorushilin (United Russia), Head of Kurganinsky District (2015–present)

Declined Kaplan Panesh (LDPR), Member of State Duma (2021–present) Nikita Sirazetdinov (New People), aide to Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Vladislav Davankov

Candidates for Federation Council Head candidate,political partyCandidates for Federation CouncilStatusVeniamin KondratyevUnited Russia * Aleksey Kondratenko, incumbent Senator (2015–present)* Vladimir Porkhanov, Member of Legislative Assembly of Krasnodar Krai (2012–present), Krasnodar Krai Clinical Hospital No.1 chief doctor (2004–present)* Yevgeny Shendrik, Member of Legislative Assembly of Krasnodar Krai (2012–present), Hero of Russia (2000)Nominated

Finances All sums are in rubles. Financial Report Source Khmelevskoy Kondratyev Safronov Tutushkin First 300,000 17,000,000 1,200,000 200,000 Final 1,335,000 50,000,000 7,340,610 573,000

Polls Fieldwork datePolling firm Kondratyev Safronov Tutushkin KhmelevskoyNoneLead14 September 20252025 election83.28.64.53.00.774.65–19 August 2025WCIOM74.113.26.73.22.860.9

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;"| Veniamin Kondratyev (incumbent) | style="text-align:left;"| United Russia | | 83.17 |- | style="background-color:"| | style="text-align:left;"| Aleksandr Safronov | style="text-align:left;"| Communist Party | | 8.56 |- | style="background-color:"| | style="text-align:left;"| Ivan Tutushkin | style="text-align:left;"| Liberal Democratic Party | | 4.51 |- | style="background-color:"| | style="text-align:left;"| Denis Khmelevskoy | style="text-align:left;"| A Just Russia – For Truth | | 3.01 |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Valid votes | | 99.26 |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Blank ballots | | 0.74 |- 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 | | 68.64 |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Registered voters | | 100.00 |- | colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"| |- style="font-weight:bold" | colspan="4" |Source:

Governor Kondratyev re-appointed incumbent Senator Aleksey Kondratenko (United Russia) to the Federation Council.

See also 2025 Russian regional elections

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