2017 Sevastopol gubernatorial election

2017 Sevastopol gubernatorial election
Turnout	34.2%
Acting Governor before election; Dmitry Ovsyannikov; Independent	Elected Governor ; Dmitry Ovsyannikov; Independent

Governor Election in Sevastopol were held on 10 September 2017. It was the second election of the Governor of Sevastopol after the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea, and was the first direct elections for Governor (last time the Governor was elected to the Legislative Assembly).

Background

The previous Governor of Sevastopol Sergey Menyailo, who was appointed after the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea, in the summer of 2016 was appointed representative of Russian President to the Siberian Federal District. The acting Governor was appointed Dmitry Ovsyannikov.

March 14, 2017, the Legislative Assembly of Sevastopol adopted the law on the introduction of direct elections of the Governor.^[1]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Dmitry Ovsyannikov	United Russia	77,406	71.05%
	Roman Kiyashko	Communist Party of the Russian Federation	17,890	16.42%
	Ilya Zhuravlyov	Liberal Democratic Party	8,286	7.61%
	Ivan Yermakov	Patriots of Russia	2,323	2.13%
	Nikolay Kryazhev	Communist Party of Social Justice	546	0.50%
Invalid ballots			2,502	2.30%
Total			108,953	100%

Sources:^[2]

Voter turnout (in the) election was 34%.^[3]

^ "В Севастополе принят закон о прямых выборах губернатора". Regnum.ru. 2017-03-14. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
^ "Результаты выборов". Archived from the original on 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
^ http://tass.ru/politika/4551470 Дмитрий Овсянников набрал 71% голосов на выборах губернатора Севастополя