2018 Moscow Oblast gubernatorial election

The 2018 Moscow Oblast gubernatorial election was held on 9 September 2018. To be elected outright, a candidate needed more than 50% of votes; if no-one achieved 50%, a runoff between the top two candidates would have been held 14 days later. Andrey Vorobyov, the incumbent governor, took 62% of the vote, and was thus re-elected for a new term.^[1]

2018 Moscow Oblast gubernatorial election

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Candidate Andrey Vorobyov Konstantin Cheremisov Liliya Belova Party United Russia CPRF Green Alliance Popular vote 1,338,029 278,148 160,771 Percentage 62.52% 12.99% 7.51%   Candidate Kirill Zhigarev Igor Chistyukhin Boris Nadezhdin Party LDPR SR Party of Growth Popular vote 123,542 98,995 93,223 Percentage 5.77% 4.63% 4.36%

Municipal results (blue – Vorobyov, red – Cheremisov)

Governor before election Andrey Vorobyov United Russia Elected Governor Andrey Vorobyov United Russia

Candidates

Six candidates were registered to participate in the election.^[2]

Candidate			Party	Office
		Liliya Belova	Green Alliance	Advisor to the Chairman of the Green Alliance party
		Andrey Vorobyov	United Russia	Incumbent Governor of Moscow Oblast
		Kirill Zhigarev	Liberal Democratic Party	Member of the Moscow Oblast Duma
		Boris Nadezhdin	Party of Growth	Former Member of the State Duma
		Konstantin Cheremisov	Communist Party	Member of the Moscow Oblast Duma
		Igor Chistyukhin	A Just Russia	Member of the Moscow Oblast Duma

Other candidates

Candidates who fail to complete the registration
Candidate	Party	Office	Note
Nikolay Dizhur	Yabloko	Member of the Council of Deputies of the Chekhov	Rejected
Alexey Dulenkov	People's Freedom Party	Member of the Council of Deputies of the Naro-Fominsky District	Rejected
Vladimir Ryazanov	Communists of Russia	Doctor-surgeon	Rejected
Alexander Solonkin	National Course	Journalist	Withdraw
Maxim Shingarkin	Rodina	Entrepreneur	Rejected

Results

Summary of the 9 September 2018 Moscow Oblast gubernatorial election results

Candidate		Party		1st round
				Votes	%
	Andrey Vorobyov	United Russia	UR	1,338,029	62.52%
	Konstantin Cheremisov	Communist Party	CPRF	278,148	12.99%
	Liliya Belova	Green Alliance	GA	160,771	7.51%
	Kirill Zhigarev	Liberal Democratic Party	LDPR	123,542	5.77%
	Igor Chistyukhin	A Just Russia	JR	98,995	4.63%
	Boris Nadezhdin	Party of Growth	PG	93,223	4.36%
Valid votes				2,092,708	97.78%
Blank ballots				47,595	2.22%
Turnout				2,140,303	38.51%
Registered voters				5,557,721
Official results[3]