The 2025 Orenburg Oblast gubernatorial election took place on 12âÂÂ14 September 2025, on common election day. Acting Governor of Orenburg Oblast Yevgeny Solntsev was elected for a full term in office.
Energy executive Denis Pasler, former Chairman of the Government of Sverdlovsk Oblast (2012âÂÂ2016), was appointed acting Governor of Orenburg Oblast in March 2019, replacing two-term Governor Yury Berg. Pasler ran for a full term in 2019 and won the election with 65.94% of the vote. Throughout 2021-2024 numerous sources reported that Pasler was considering resigning early from the gubernatorial office and would return to the private sector, however, those exploits never came to life. Governor Pasler overwhelmingly won re-election in 2024 with 78.14%, while his main challenger, Communist businessman Vladimir Gudomarov, failed to qualify. Pasler was able to easily secure a second term despite deadly April 2024 Orsk Dam collapse, which left Orsk, the second largest city in Orenburg Oblast, flooded for months.
In March 2025 Denis Pasler was named the top contender to replace Yevgeny Kuyvashev as Governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast. On March 26, 2025, Kuyvashev tendered his resignation, later that day President of Russia Vladimir Putin met with Denis Pasler and asked him to become acting Governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast, which Pasler accepted; simultaneously President Putin met with Prime Minister of Donetsk People's Republic Yevgeny Solntsev and asked him to replace Pasler in Orenburg Oblast, which Solntsev also accepted.
In Orenburg Oblast candidates for Governor of Orenburg Oblast can be nominated only by registered political parties. Candidate for Governor of Orenburg Oblast should be a Russian citizen and at least 30 years old. Candidates for Governor of Orenburg Oblast should not have a foreign citizenship or residence permit. Each candidate in order to be registered is required to collect at least 5% of signatures of members and heads of municipalities. Also gubernatorial candidates present 3 candidacies to the Federation Council and election winner later appoints one of the presented candidates.
All sums are in rubles.
|- 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;"| Yevgeny Solntsev (incumbent) | style="text-align:left;"| United Russia | | 83.85 |- | style="background-color:"| | style="text-align:left;"| Denis Baturin | style="text-align:left;"| Communist Party | | 5.93 |- | style="background-color:"| | style="text-align:left;"| Ramil Gafarov | style="text-align:left;"| Communists of Russia | | 3.29 |- | style="background-color:"| | style="text-align:left;"| Oksana Nabatchikova | style="text-align:left;"| A Just Russia â For Truth | | 2.99 |- | style="background-color:"| | style="text-align:left;"| Karina Salikhova | style="text-align:left;"| New People | | 2.41 |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Valid votes | | 98.46 |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Blank ballots | | 1.53 |- style="font-weight:bold" | style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Total | | 100.00 |- | style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" colspan="6"| |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Turnout | | 49.23 |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"| Registered voters | | 100.00 |- | colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"| |- style="font-weight:bold" | colspan="4" |Source: |
Governor Solntsev re-appointed incumbent Senator Yelena Afanasyeva (LDPR) to the Federation Council.