In Irkutsk Region all municipal elections have been announced, to be held on September 13 together with the gubernatorial vote, and the main contenders for regional governor are already set. United Russia nominated Sergey Eroshenko, the Communist Party Sergey Levchenko, LDPR Oleg Kuznetsov, A Just Russia Larisa Egorova. Among non parliamentary parties, Arthur Pyanov from Civil Platform and Leonid Karnaukhov from the Pensioners Party became candidates, and the list may still grow.
All municipal elections that will be held in the region together with the gubernatorial election — on September 13 — have been announced as part of a single voting day. Who will be vying for the seat of the head of Pribaikalye?United Russia nominated the acting governor of the region, Sergei Eroshchenko. The Communist Party nominated State Duma deputy Sergei Levchenko. By the way, he has already taken part in gubernatorial elections twice. The regional branch of the LDPR chose Oleg Kuznetsov, a deputy of the region’s Legislative Assembly, as its candidate. The Just Russia party proposed Larisa Egorova, the head of the Irkutsk regional branch of the party.
Among the non-parliamentary political organizations: Civic Platform approved Arthur Pyanov, editor-in-chief of the newspaper Nasha Sibskana, as its candidate at a conference, and the regional branch of the Pensioners’ Party decided at its conference that the candidate would be Leonid Karnaukhov, the leader of the Irkutsk regional branch. By the beginning of next week, the list of candidates may be expanded.