The election of the governor of the city of Sevastopol was held in Sevastopol on September 10, 2017 on a single voting day . The governor was elected for a term of 5 years. These elections were the first direct elections of the head of the city since 1994 [1] .
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| Election of the governor of the city of Sevastopol | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| September 10, 2017 | |||
| Voter turnout | 34.2% | ||
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| Candidate | Dmitry Ovsyannikov | Roman Kiyashko | Ilya Zhuravlev |
| The consignment | United Russia | Communist Party | LDPR |
| Votes | 77 406 (71.05%) | 17 890 (16.42%) | 8286 (7.61%) |
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| Candidate | Ivan Ermakov | Nikolay Kryazhev | |
| The consignment | Patriots of Russia | Communist Party | |
| Votes | 2323 (2.13%) | 546 (0.50%) | |
 TEC Election Results | |||
| Election result | Dmitry Ovsyannikov elected governor in the first round | ||
As of January 1, 2017, 301,548 voters were registered in Sevastopol. [2]
The chairman of the Sevastopol City Election Commission is Alexander Petukhov. [3]
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Previous Events
On March 18, 2014, the Chairman of the Coordinating Council for the organization of the Sevastopol City Administration for the Support of Life of Sevastopol Aleksey Chaly , together with the Chairman of the State Council of the Republic of Crimea Vladimir Konstantinov and the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Crimea Sergey Aksenov , signed an Agreement with the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin on the adoption of the Republic of Crimea in Russian Federation . As part of Russia, subjects were formed - the Republic of Crimea and the city of federal significance Sevastopol [4] .
On April 1, 2014, deputies of the Legislative Assembly of Sevastopol decided that the Governor of the city of Sevastopol is the highest official of the new subject of the federation. On the same day, they unanimously decided to appoint Alexei Chaly as acting governor of the city. [5] .
On April 14, 2014, Alexei Chaly invited Vladimir Putin to appoint Sergei Menyailo as acting governor of Sevastopol [6] . On the same day, Menyailo was appointed Acting Governor [7] . On September 17, 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed the candidacy of Sergei Menyailo for election to the post of head of Sevastopol [8] . On October 9, 2014, the Legislative Assembly of Sevastopol elected Menyailo Governor of Sevastopol [9] .
Since August 2014, Menyailo has been in conflict with the chairman of the Legislative Assembly of Sevastopol, Alexei Chaly. By the end of 2015, the conflict turned into a confrontation between the executive and legislative authorities of the city, which led to the resignation of Alexei Chaly [10] [11] [12] .
July 28, 2016 Sergei Menyailo resigned as governor of Sevastopol of his own free will [13] . Six days earlier, supporters of Alexei Chaly began collecting signatures under an appeal to Vladimir Putin to dismiss Sergei Menyailo and initiating a referendum on the election of the head of Sevastopol [14] Dmitry Ovsyannikov was appointed interim governor [13] .
On November 25, 2016, the Legislative Assembly of Sevastopol adopted in the second (final) reading a law on direct elections of the head of the city. [15]
Key Dates
- On June 6, 2017, the Legislative Assembly of Sevastopol scheduled the elections for September 10, 2017 (single voting day). [sixteen]
- May 26 published the calculation of the number of signatures required for registration of the candidate. [17]
- from June 6 to July 6 - the period of nomination of candidates. [18]
- the campaign period begins on the day the candidate is nominated and ends one day before the election day.
- from July 7 to July 16 - submission of documents for registration of candidates, application forms must be accompanied by sheets with signatures of municipal deputies. [18]
- September 9 is the day of silence.
- September 10 is voting day.
Nomination and registration of candidates
In the city of Sevastopol, candidates are nominated only by political parties that have the right to participate in elections, or their regional branches. [nineteen]
Each candidate upon registration must submit a list of three people, one of which, if a candidate is elected, will become a representative of the regional government in the Federation Council . [nineteen]
Municipal Filter
In Sevastopol, candidates must collect signatures of 10% of municipal deputies. In this case, signatures must be obtained in at least three quarters of the inner-city municipalities . [19] According to the calculation of the election commission, each candidate must collect from 12 to 13 signatures of deputies of at least 8 intra-city municipalities. [17]
Candidates
| Candidate [20] | Position (at the time of nomination) | The consignment nominations | Status | Candidates for Council of the Federation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergey Baburin | Chief Researcher, Institute for Social and Political Studies, RAS | ROS | registration denied (documents required for registration are not submitted) | |
| Ivan Ermakov | retiree | Patriots of Russia | registered | |
| Ilya Zhuravlev | deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the city of Sevastopol, chairman of the committee on urban economy | LDPR | registered | |
| Roman Kiyashko | assistant to the State Duma deputy Dmitry Novikov | Communist Party | registered | |
| Vadim Kolesnichenko | Secretary General of the Crimean Football Union | Air defense | registration denied (did not overcome the municipal filter) | |
| Nikolay Kryazhev | Deputy Director of ChU DPO "Training Center" Caucasus "" | Communist Party | registered | |
| Denis Merkulov | retiree | YPRES | registration denied (documents required for registration are not submitted) | |
| Dmitry Ovsyannikov | Acting Governor of Sevastopol | United Russia | registered | |
| Victor Rezanov | Deputy Director General for Legal Issues of the Board of Judicial Experts “Assessment, land relations and other forensic economic expertise” | The people against corruption | registration denied (did not overcome the municipal filter) | |
| Nikita Shtykov | Professor, Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Moscow Polytechnic University | Green | registration denied (documents required for registration are not submitted) |
Case Studies
| Poll | Turnout | Ovsyannikov | Zhuravlev | Kiyashko | Ermakov | Kryazhev | Spoil newsletter | Will not go to the polls | Difficult reply |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VTsIOM, August 10-20, 2017 | - | 53% | four % | four % | 3% | 0% | 2% | 7% | 24% |
| VTsIOM forecast, August 10-20, 2017 | - | 69.5% | 14.3% | 9.3% | 3.2% | 0.4% | 3.3% | - | - |
Election Results
| A place | Candidate | The consignment | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one. | Dmitry Ovsyannikov | United Russia | 77 406 | 71.05% | |
| 2. | Roman Kiyashko | Communist Party | 17 890 | 16.42% | |
| 3. | Ilya Zhuravlev | LDPR | 8286 | 7.61% | |
| four. | Ivan Ermakov | Patriots of Russia | 2323 | 2.13% | |
| five. | Nikolay Kryazhev | Communist Party | 546 | 0.50% | |
| Invalid Newsletters | 2502 | 2.30% | |||
| Total | 108 953 | 100 % | |||
| Valid Newsletters | 106 451 | 97.70% | |||
| Turnout | 108 953 | 34.20% | |||
| Total number of voters | 318 578 | ||||
International Reaction
On September 12, 2017, the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union, Federica Mogherini, outlined the EU's position on the elections held on the peninsula. Mogherini said that the EU does not recognize the elections in Crimea and Sevastopol, since these territories belong to Ukraine [22] .
Notes
- ↑ Ivan Zhilin . The city of one voter , Novaya Gazeta (August 17, 2017). Date of treatment September 4, 2017.
- ↑ Information on the total number of voters and referendum participants registered in the city of Sevastopol as of January 1, 2017 .
- ↑ Message from the Chairman of the Sevastopol City Election Commission Alexander Yuryevich Petukhov .
- ↑ The Agreement on the Admission of the Republic of Crimea to the Russian Federation was signed // President of Russia
- ↑ The charter of Sevastopol will be accepted until the end of April - Chaly
- ↑ Sevastopol will head the ex-deputy commander of the Black Sea Fleet
- ↑ Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated April 14, 2014 No. 242 "On the Acting Governor of the city of Sevastopol" Archived copy of April 18, 2014 on Wayback Machine
- ↑ Putin proposed candidates for the post of leaders of Crimea and Sevastopol :: Politics :: RosBusinessConsulting (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment June 15, 2017. Archived December 24, 2014.
- ↑ TASS: Politics - Sergey Menyaylo elected as Governor of Sevastopol
- ↑ Change me vs Chaly: parted on nationalization | SEVKOR.RU
- ↑ The conflict between Sergey Menyaylo and Alexei Chaly may end in resignations - Newspaper. Ru
- ↑ Analyst: conflict with Chaly influenced Sergey Menyailo’s Forgo rating | RIA News
- ↑ 1 2 http://kremlin.ru/acts/news/52601
- ↑ Vadim Nikiforov. Sevastopol accumulates signatures for the resignation of the governor of Kommersant.ru, 07/25/2016
- ↑ RosInvest.Com news: Sevastopol straightened out gubernatorial elections: For the first time, citizens will elect the head of the city in September 2017
- ↑ Resolution of the Legislative Assembly of the city of Sevastopol dated June 6, 2017 No. 884 "On the appointment of the election of the Governor of the city of Sevastopol" . Date of treatment June 15, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 Decree of the Sevastopol City Election Commission No. 154 / 768-1 of May 26, 2017 “On the number of persons whose signatures must be collected to support the nomination of a candidate for the post of Governor of the city of Sevastopol, and the number of intra-city municipalities of the city of Sevastopol, in which it must be obtained support for the nomination of a candidate for the post of Governor of the city of Sevastopol ” . Date of treatment June 15, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 Decree of the Sevastopol City Election Commission No. 156 / 780-1 of June 7, 2017 "On the Calendar Plan of Measures for the Preparation and Holding of Elections of the Governor of the City of Sevastopol" . Date of treatment June 15, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Law of the city of Sevastopol dated March 17, 2017 No. 330-ЗС "On the election of the Governor of the city of Sevastopol" . Date of treatment June 15, 2017.
- ↑ Information about the candidates . GAS "Elections". Date of treatment June 15, 2017.
- ↑ Summary table of election results . GAS "Elections" .
- ↑ The European Union does not intend to recognize the elections in Crimea and Sevastopol . runews24.ru. Date of appeal September 12, 2017.