The 2025 Leningrad Oblast gubernatorial election took place on 12–14 September 2025, on common election day. Incumbent Governor of Leningrad Oblast Aleksandr Drozdenko was re-elected to a fourth term in office.

Background Vice Governor of Leningrad Oblast Aleksandr Drozdenko was elected Governor of Leningrad Oblast in May 2012 by the Legislative Assembly of Leningrad Oblast, replacing retiring three-term incumbent Valery Serdyukov. Drozdenko resigned in May 2015 triggering an early gubernatorial election, which he overwhelmingly won in September 2015 with 82.10% of the vote. Governor Drozdenko ran for a third term in 2020 and won it with an even larger 83.61%.

Initially Governor of Leningrad Oblast was limited for just two consecutive terms so Drozdenko would have been term-limited in 2025 (his 2012–2015 term was reset). 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. Initially Aleksandr Drozdenko asked Legislative Assembly of Leningrad Oblast to uphold the term-limit and the Assembly decided not to amend the regional law. However, in December 2023 Legislative Assembly nonetheless lifted term limits, which allowed Drozdenko to seek another term in 2025.

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

Candidates In Leningrad Oblast candidates for Governor of Leningrad Oblast can be nominated only by registered political parties. Candidate for Governor of Leningrad Oblast should be a Russian citizen and at least 30 years old. Candidates for Governor of Leningrad Oblast should not have a foreign citizenship or residence permit. Each candidate in order to be registered is required to collect at least 7% 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.Aleksandr DrozdenkoUnited Russia Incumbent Governor of Leningrad Oblast (2012–present)RegisteredAndrey LebedevLiberal Democratic Party Member of Legislative Assembly of Leningrad Oblast (2011–present)Former Member of State Duma (2008–2011)2015 and 2020 gubernatorial candidateRegisteredSergey LisovskyThe Greens JournalistEcological activistRegisteredSergey MalinkovichCommunists of Russia Member of Altai Krai Legislative Assembly (2021–present)Chairman of the Communists of Russia party (2022–present)Perennial candidate2024 presidential candidateRegisteredIgor NovikovSR–ZP Member of Magadan Oblast Duma (2005–present)BusinessmanRegisteredLarisa MukhinaCommunist Party Member of Koltushi Council of Deputies (2023–present)Ecological activistFailed to qualifyAleksey FedorovRodina Member of Murino Council of Deputies (2019–present)Homeowners association chairmanDid not fileViktor PerovParty of Social Protection Former Member of Slantsy Council of Deputies (2005–2014)Perennial candidate2015 Communists of Russia gubernatorial candidate2019 Saint Petersburg gubernatorial candidateDid not fileMaksim VishnevskyCivic Initiative Homeowners association chairmanDid not file

Eliminated in the primary Mikhail Makarov (United Russia), Member of Legislative Assembly of Leningrad Oblast (2020–present)

Declined Nikolay Kuzmin (CPRF), Member of Legislative Assembly of Leningrad Oblast (2007–2014, 2016–present), former Member of State Duma (2014–2016), 2015 gubernatorial candidate

Candidates for Federation Council Head candidate,political partyCandidates for Federation CouncilStatusAleksandr DrozdenkoUnited Russia * Konstantin Patrayev, former First Vice Governor of Leningrad Oblast (2012–2015), Russian Army veteran* Sergey Perminov, incumbent Senator (2020–present)* Tatyana Tyurina, Deputy Chairwoman of the Legislative Assembly of Leningrad Oblast (2021–present), Member of the Legislative Assembly (2016–present)RegisteredAndrey LebedevLiberal Democratic Party * Nikita Belousov, manager* Vyacheslav Dyubkov, former Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of Leningrad Oblast (2011–2016)* Veronika Gribanova, Member of Legislative Assembly of Leningrad Oblast (2025–present)RegisteredSergey LisovskyThe Greens * Konstantin Gribach, ecoactivist, journalist* Tatyana Lavrenko, culture club manager* Marina Tikhonova, community activistRegisteredSergey MalinkovichCommunists of Russia * Andrey Gindos, drum teacher, perennial candidate* Yulia Nagornaya, lawyer* Valery Porubov, individual entrepreneurRegisteredIgor NovikovSR–ZP * Oleg Knyazyuk, security specialist* Aleksandra Novozhilova, special education school principal* Vera Yurchenkova, children rehabilitation centre directorRegistered

Finances All sums are in rubles. Financial Report Source Drozdenko Lebedev Lisovsky Malinkovich Novikov First TBA 304,000 226,500 226,500 300,000 Final TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD

Polls Fieldwork datePolling firm Drozdenko Lebedev Novikov Malinkovich LisovskyNoneLead14 September 20252025 election84.26.73.02.72.21.277.55–19 August 2025WCIOM82.87.23.13.61.71.675.6

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;"| Aleksandr Drozdenko (incumbent) | style="text-align:left;"| United Russia | | 84.21 |- | style="background-color:"| | style="text-align:left;"| Andrey Lebedev | style="text-align:left;"| Liberal Democratic Party | | 6.69 |- | style="background-color:"| | style="text-align:left;"| Igor Novikov | style="text-align:left;"| A Just Russia – For Truth | | 3.02 |- | style="background-color:"| | style="text-align:left;"| Sergey Malinkovich | style="text-align:left;"| Communists of Russia | | 2.65 |- | style="background-color:"| | style="text-align:left;"| Sergey Lisovsky | style="text-align:left;"| The Greens | | 2.20 |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Valid votes | | 98.77 |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Blank ballots | | 1.23 |- 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 | | 62.79 |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Registered voters | | 100.00 |- | colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"| |- style="font-weight:bold" | colspan="4" |Source:

Governor Drozdenko re-appointed incumbent Senator Sergey Perminov (United Russia) to the Federation Council.

See also 2025 Russian regional elections

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