Following is a list of Russian presidential candidates by number of votes received, since the first Russian presidential election in 1991.
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Candidate Year Party Popular vote Notes Putin,Vladimir Putin 2024 Independent 76,277,708 Putin,Vladimir Putin 2018 Independent 56,430,712 Medvedev,Dmitry Medvedev 2008 United Russia 52,530,712 Putin,Vladimir Putin 2004 Independent 49,558,328 Putin,Vladimir Putin 2012 United Russia 45,602,075 Yeltsin,Boris Yeltsin 1991 Independent 45,552,041 Yeltsin,Boris Yeltsin 1996 Independent 40,203,948 Second round Putin,Vladimir Putin 2000 Independent 39,740,434 Zyuganov,Gennady Zyuganov 1996 Communist Party 30,102,288 Second round Yeltsin,Boris Yeltsin 1996 Independent 26,665,495 First round Zyuganov,Gennady Zyuganov 1996 Communist Party 24,211,686 First round Zyuganov,Gennady Zyuganov 2000 Communist Party 21,928,471 Ryzhkov,Nikolai Ryzhkov 1991 Communist Party 13,395,335 Zyuganov,Gennady Zyuganov 2008 Communist Party 13,243,550 Zyuganov,Gennady Zyuganov 2012 Communist Party 12,318,353 Lebed,Alexander Lebed 1996 Congress of Russian Communities 10,974,736 Kharitonov,Nikolay Kharitonov 2004 Communist Party 9,514,554 Grudinin,Pavel Grudinin 2018 Communist Party 8,659,206 Zhirinovsky,Vladimir Zhirinovsky 2008 Liberal Democratic Party 6,988,510 Zhirinovsky,Vladimir Zhirinovsky 1991 Liberal Democratic Party 6,211,007 Prokhorov,Mikhail Prokhorov 2012 Independent 5,722,508 Yavlinsky,Grigory Yavlinsky 1996 Yabloko 5,550,752 Tuleyev,Aman Tuleyev 1991 Independent 5,417,464 Zhirinovsky,Vladimir Zhirinovsky 2012 Liberal Democratic Party 4,458,103 Yavlinsky,Grigory Yavlinsky 2000 Yabloko 4,351,452 Zhirinovsky,Vladimir Zhirinovsky 1996 Liberal Democratic Party 4,311,479 Zhirinovsky,Vladimir Zhirinovsky 2018 Liberal Democratic Party 4,154,985 Makashov,Nikolay Kharitonov 2024 Communist Party 3,768,470 Makashov,Vladislav Davankov 2024 New People 3,362,484 Makashov,Albert Makashov 1991 Independent 2,969,511 Glazyev,Sergey Glazyev 2004 Independent 2,850,610 Makashov,Leonid Slutsky 2024 Liberal Democratic Party 2,795,629 Mironov,Sergey Mironov 2012 A Just Russia 2,763,935 Bakatin,Vadim Bakatin 1991 Independent 2,719,757 Khakamada,Irina Khakamada 2004 Independent 2,672,189 Tuleyev,Aman Tuleyev 2000 Independent 2,217,361 Zhirinovsky,Vladimir Zhirinovsky 2000 Liberal Democratic Party 2,026,513 Malyshkin,Oleg Malyshkin 2004 Liberal Democratic Party 1,405,326 Sobchak,Ksenia Sobchak 2018 Civic Initiative 1,238,031 Titov,Konstantin Titov 2000 Independent 1,107,269 Bogdanov,Andrei Bogdanov 2008 Democratic Party 968,344 Yavlinsky,Grigory Yavlinsky 2018 Yabloko 769,644 Pamfilova,Ella Pamfilova 2000 For Civic Dignity 758,966 Fyodorov,Svyatoslav Fyodorov 1996 Party of Workers' Self-Government 699,158 Titov,Boris Titov 2018 Party of Growth 556,801 Mironov,Sergey Mironov 2004 Russian Party of Life 524,332 Suraykin,Maxim Suraykin 2018 Communists of Russia 499,342 Baburin,Sergey Baburin 2018 Russian All-People's Union 479,013 Gorbachev,Mikhail Gorbachev 1996 Independent 386,069 Govorukhin,Stanislav Govorukhin 2000 Independent 328,723 Skuratov,Yury Skuratov 2000 Independent 319,263 Shakkum,Martin Shakkum 1996 Independent 277,068 Vlasov,Yury Vlasov 1996 Independent 151,282 Bryntsalov,Vladimir Bryntsalov 1996 Russian Socialist Party 123,065 Podberezkin,Alexey Podberezkin 2000 Spiritual Heritage 98,175 Dzhabrailov,Umar Dzhabrailov 2000 Independent 78,498 Tuleyev,Aman Tuleyev 1996 Independent 308Withdrew after deadline
See also Russian presidential elections List of Russian presidential candidates
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