Then-All-Russia People's Front executive committee chairman and former State Duma member Andrey Bocharov was appointed acting Governor of Volgograd Oblast in April 2014, replacing first-term Governor Sergey Bozhenov, who served in office for just two years.

[3] Initially the Governor of Volgograd Oblast was limited for just two consecutive terms so Bocharov would have been term-limited in 2024.

[4] Volgograd Oblast followed suit and lifted the restrictions, which allowed Bocharov to seek another term in 2024.

Each candidate in order to be registered is required to collect at least 5% of signatures of members and heads of municipalities.

Governor Bocharov re-appointed incumbent Senator Nikolai Semisotov (United Russia) to the Federation Council.