The 2022 Ryazan Oblast gubernatorial election took place on 9âÂÂ11 September 2022, on common election day. Acting Governor Pavel Malkov was elected to a full term.
State Duma member Nikolay Lyubimov was appointed Governor of Ryazan Oblast in February 2017, replacing two-term Governor Oleg Kovalyov. In September 2017 Lyubimov won election for a full term with 80.16% of the vote.
Lyubimov, a Kaluga native, failed to make connections with local elite, and his governance was also described as problematic. On 10 May 2022 Nikolay Lyubimov asked for his resignation along four other governors, Rosstat Head Pavel Malkov was appointed acting Governor of Ryazan Oblast.
Due to the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and subsequent economic sanctions the cancellation and postponement of direct gubernatorial elections was proposed. The measure was even supported by A Just Russia leader Sergey Mironov. Eventually, on 10 June Ryazan Oblast Duma called the gubernatorial election for 11 September 2022.
Only political parties can nominate candidates for gubernatorial election in Ryazan Oblast, self-nomination is not possible. However, candidates are not obliged to be members of the nominating party. Candidate for Governor of Ryazan Oblast should be a Russian citizen and at least 30 years old. Each candidate in order to be registered is required to collect at least 7% of signatures of members and heads of municipalities (199-208 signatures). Also gubernatorial candidates present 3 candidacies to the Federation Council and election winner later appoints one of the presented candidates.
Incumbent Senator Irina Petina was not renominated.
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" ! style="text-align:left;" colspan=2| Candidate ! style="text-align:left;"| Party ! width="75"|Votes ! width="30"|% |- | style="background-color:;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Pavel Malkov (incumbent) | style="text-align:left;"| United Russia | 320,976 | 84.55 |- | style="background-color:| | style="text-align:left;"| Denis Sidorov | style="text-align:left;"| Communist Party | 21,560 | 5.68 |- | style="background-color:;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Dmitry Repnikov | style="text-align:left;"| Liberal Democratic Party | 13,679 | 3.60 |- | style="background-color:;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Natalya Rubina | style="text-align:left;"| Party of Pensioners | 10,160 | 2.68 |- | style="background-color:| | style="text-align:left;"| Grigory Parsentyev | style="text-align:left;"| A Just Russia â For Truth | 8,395 | 2.21 |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Valid votes | 374,770 | 98.73 |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Blank ballots | 4,838 | 1.27 |- style="font-weight:bold" | style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Total | 379,609 | 100.00 |- | style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" colspan="6"| |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Turnout | 379,609 | 42.92 |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Registered voters | 884,553 | 100.00 |- | colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"| |- style="font-weight:bold" | colspan="4" |Source: |
Former Governor Nikolay Lyubimov (United Russia) was appointed to the Federation Council, replacing incumbent Senator Irina Petina (Independent).