2025 Leningrad Oblast gubernatorial election
12–14 September 2025
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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.[1] Drozdenko resigned in May 2015 triggering an early gubernatorial election, which he overwhelmingly won in September 2015 with 82.10% of the vote.[2] Governor Drozdenko ran for a third term in 2020 and won it with an even larger 83.61%.[3]
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.[4] Initially Aleksandr Drozdenko asked Legislative Assembly of Leningrad Oblast to uphold the term-limit and the Assembly decided not to amend the regional law.[5] However, in December 2023 Legislative Assembly nonetheless lifted term limits, which allowed Drozdenko to seek another term in 2025.[6]
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.[7]
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.[8] Also gubernatorial candidates present 3 candidacies to the Federation Council and election winner later appoints one of the presented candidates.
Declared
| Candidate name, political party |
Occupation | Status | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aleksandr Drozdenko United Russia |
Incumbent Governor of Leningrad Oblast (2012–present) | Registered | [7][9] | ||
| Andrey Lebedev Liberal Democratic Party |
Member of Legislative Assembly of Leningrad Oblast (2011–present) Former Member of State Duma (2008–2011) 2015 and 2020 gubernatorial candidate |
Registered | [10][11] | ||
| Sergey Lisovsky The Greens |
Journalist Ecological activist |
Registered | [12] | ||
| Sergey Malinkovich Communists of Russia |
Member of Altai Krai Legislative Assembly (2021–present) Chairman of the Communists of Russia party (2022–present) Perennial candidate 2024 presidential candidate |
Registered | [13][14] | ||
| Igor Novikov SR–ZP |
Member of Magadan Oblast Duma (2005–present) Businessman |
Registered | [10][15] | ||
| Larisa Mukhina Communist Party |
Member of Koltushi Council of Deputies (2023–present) Ecological activist |
Failed to qualify | [10][16] | ||
| Aleksey Fedorov Rodina |
Member of Murino Council of Deputies (2019–present) Homeowners association chairman |
Did not file | [17] | ||
| Viktor Perov Party of Social Protection |
Former Member of Slantsy Council of Deputies (2005–2014) Perennial candidate 2015 Communists of Russia gubernatorial candidate 2019 Saint Petersburg gubernatorial candidate |
Did not file | [18][19] | ||
| Maksim Vishnevsky Civic Initiative |
Homeowners association chairman | Did not file | [20] | ||
Eliminated in the primary
- Mikhail Makarov (United Russia), Member of Legislative Assembly of Leningrad Oblast (2020–present)[21]
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[22]
Candidates for Federation Council
| Head candidate, political party |
Candidates for Federation Council | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aleksandr Drozdenko United 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) |
Registered | |
| Andrey Lebedev Liberal 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) |
Registered | |
| Sergey Lisovsky The Greens |
* Konstantin Gribach, ecoactivist, journalist * Tatyana Lavrenko, culture club manager * Marina Tikhonova, community activist |
Registered | |
| Sergey Malinkovich Communists of Russia |
* Andrey Gindos, drum teacher, perennial candidate * Yulia Nagornaya, lawyer * Valery Porubov, individual entrepreneur |
Registered | |
| Igor Novikov SR–ZP |
* Oleg Knyazyuk, security specialist * Aleksandra Novozhilova, special needs school principal * Vera Yurchenkova, children rehabilitation centre director |
Registered | |
Finances
All sums are in rubles.
| Financial Report | Source | Drozdenko | Lebedev | Lisovsky | Malinkovich | Novikov |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | [23] | TBA | 304,000 | 226,500 | 226,500 | 300,000 |
| Final | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Polls
| Fieldwork date | Polling firm | Drozdenko | Lebedev | Novikov | Malinkovich | Lisovsky | None | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2025 | 2025 election | 84.2 | 6.7 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 77.5 |
| 5–19 August 2025 | WCIOM | 82.8 | 7.2 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 75.6 |
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aleksandr Drozdenko (incumbent) | United Russia | 756,885 | 84.21 | ||
| Andrey Lebedev | Liberal Democratic Party | 60,084 | 6.69 | ||
| Igor Novikov | A Just Russia – For Truth | 27,133 | 3.02 | ||
| Sergey Malinkovich | Communists of Russia | 23,825 | 2.65 | ||
| Sergey Lisovsky | The Greens | 19,758 | 2.20 | ||
| Valid votes | 887,685 | 98.77 | |||
| Blank ballots | 11,090 | 1.23 | |||
| Total | 898,775 | 100.00 | |||
| Turnout | 898,775 | 62.79 | |||
| Registered voters | 1,431,472 | 100.00 | |||
| Source: | [24] | ||||
Governor Drozdenko re-appointed incumbent Senator Sergey Perminov (United Russia) to the Federation Council.[25]
See also
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