2018 Moscow Oblast gubernatorial election

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2018 Moscow Oblast gubernatorial election
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  2013 9 September 2018 2023  
  Governor A. Vorobyov official portrait (cropped).jpg Blank.png
Candidate Andrey Vorobyov Konstantin CheremisovLiliya Belova
Party United Russia Communist Green Alliance
Popular vote1,338,029278,148160,771
Percentage62.52%12.99%7.51%

  Blank.png Blank.png Boris Nadezhdin.jpg
CandidateKirill ZhigarevIgor ChistyukhinBoris Nadezhdin
Party LDPR SR Party of Growth
Popular vote123,54298,99593,223
Percentage5.77%4.63%4.36%

2018 Moscow Oblast gubernatorial election map.svg
Municipal results (blue – Vorobyov, red – Cheremisov)

Governor before election

Andrey Vorobyov
United Russia

Elected Governor

Andrey Vorobyov
United Russia

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]

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Candidates

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

CandidatePartyOffice
Blank.png Liliya Belova Green Alliance Advisor to the Chairman of the Green Alliance party
Governor A. Vorobyov official portrait (cropped).jpg Andrey Vorobyov United Russia Incumbent Governor of Moscow Oblast
Blank.png Kirill Zhigarev Liberal Democratic Party Member of the Moscow Oblast Duma
Boris Nadezhdin.jpg Boris Nadezhdin Party of Growth Former Member of the State Duma
Blank.png Konstantin Cheremisov Communist Party Member of the Moscow Oblast Duma
Blank.png Igor Chistyukhin A Just Russia Member of the Moscow Oblast Duma

Other candidates

Results

Summary of the 9 September 2018 Moscow Oblast gubernatorial election results
CandidateParty1st round
Votes%
Andrey Vorobyov United Russia UR1,338,02962.52%
Konstantin Cheremisov Communist Party CPRF278,14812.99%
Liliya Belova Green Alliance GA160,7717.51%
Kirill Zhigarev Liberal Democratic Party LDPR123,5425.77%
Igor Chistyukhin A Just Russia JR98,9954.63%
Boris Nadezhdin Party of Growth PG93,2234.36%
Valid votes2,092,70897.78%
Blank ballots47,5952.22%
Turnout2,140,30338.51%
Registered voters5,557,721

Official results [3]

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