Electoral history of Vladimir Zhirinovsky

Electoral history of Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Member of the State Duma (1993–2022), Deputy Chairman of the State Duma (2000–2011) and Leader of Liberal Democratic Party (1991–2022). Liberal Democratic presidential candidate 1991, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2012 and 2018.

Presidential elections 1991 1991 presidential electionPresidential candidateVice Presidential candidatePartyVotes%Boris YeltsinAlexander RutskoyIndependent45,552,04158.6Nikolai RyzhkovBoris GromovCommunist Party13,395,33517.2Vladimir ZhirinovskyAndrey ZavidiyaLiberal Democratic Party6,211,0078.0Aman TuleyevViktor BocharovIndependent5,417,4647.0Albert MakashovAleksei SergeyevIndependent2,969,5113.8Vadim BakatinRamazan AbdulatipovIndependent2,719,7573.5Against all1,525,4102.0Source: Nohlen & Stöver, University of Essex,

1996 First round of 1996 presidential electionCandidatePartyVotes%Boris YeltsinIndependent26,665,49535.8Gennady ZyuganovCommunist Party24,211,68632.5Alexander LebedCongress of Russian Communities10,974,73614.7Grigory YavlinskyYabloko5,505,7527.4Vladimir ZhirinovskyLiberal Democratic Party4,311,4795.8Svyatoslav FyodorovParty of Workers' Self-Government699,1580.9Mikhail GorbachevIndependent386,0690.5Martin ShakkumIndependent277,0680.4Yury VlasovIndependent151,2820.2Vladimir BryntsalovRussian Socialist Party123,0650.2Aman TuleyevIndependent3080.0Against all1,163,9211.6Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Colton

2000 2000 presidential electionCandidatePartyVotes%Vladimir PutinIndependent29,740,46739,5Gennady ZyuganovCommunist Party21,928,46829.5Grigory YavlinskyYabloko4,351,4505.9Aman TuleyevIndependent2,217,3643.0Vladimir ZhirinovskyLiberal Democratic Party2,026,5092.7Konstantin TitovIndependent1,107,2691.5Ella PamfilovaFor Civic Dignity758,9671.0Stanislav GovorukhinIndependent328,7230.4Yury SkuratovIndependent319,1890.4Alexey PodberezkinSpiritual Heritage98,1770.1Umar DzhabrailovIndependent78,4980.1Against all1,414,6731.9Source: Nohlen & Stöver, University of Essex

2008 2008 presidential electionCandidates Party Votes %Dmitry MedvedevUnited Russia52,530,71271.2Gennady ZyuganovCommunist Party13,243,55018.0Vladimir ZhirinovskyLiberal Democratic Party6,988,5109.5Andrei BogdanovDemocratic Party968,3441.3Source: Nohlen & StöverNohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1661

2012 2012 presidential electionCandidates Party Votes %Vladimir PutinUnited Russia45,602,07563.60Gennady ZyuganovCommunist Party12,318,35317.18Mikhail ProkhorovIndependent5,722,5087.98Vladimir ZhirinovskyLiberal Democratic Party4,458,1036.22Sergey MironovA Just Russia2,763,9353.85Source: Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation

2018 2018 presidential electionCandidates Party Votes % Vladimir PutinIndependent56,430,71276.69 Pavel GrudininCommunist Party 8,659,206 11.77 Vladimir ZhirinovskyLiberal Democratic Party 4,154,985 5.65 Ksenia SobchakCivic Initiative 1,238,031 1.68 Grigory YavlinskyYabloko 769,644 1.05 Boris TitovParty of Growth 556,801 0.76 Maxim SuraykinCommunists of Russia 499,342 0.68 Sergey BaburinRussian All-People's Union 479,013 0.65Source: CEC

State Duma elections 1993

In 1993, Vladimir Zhirinovsky ran for the State Duma from Shchyolkovo single-member constituency, in all subsequent elections, he ran on the party list.

Shchyolkovsky single-member constituencyCandidates Party Votes %Vladimir ZhirinovskyLiberal Democratic Party34.51%Nikolay PashinIndependent12.94%Oleg NovikovChoice of Russia11.62%Aleksey AdrovCivic Union10.47%Vladimir KulbidaIndependent5.49%Vladimir SolodovnikovYavlinsky–Boldyrev–Lukin4.22%against all15.03% Total 100%Source:

State Duma Chairman elections 2003 Candidate PartyFor Boris Gryzlov United Russia 352 Sergey Baburin Rodina 79 Ivan Melnikov Communist Party 69 Vladimir Zhirinovsky Liberal Democratic Party 51 Source: Спикером Госдумы избран Борис Грызлов

2011 Candidate PartyFor Sergey Naryshkin United Russia 238 Ivan Melnikov Communist Party 208 Vladimir Zhirinovsky Liberal Democratic Party 204 Sergey Mironov A Just Russia 203 Source: Госдума избрала своим спикером Сергея Нарышкина

Belgorod Oblast gubernatorial election, 1999 Candidates Party Votes %Yevgeny SavchenkoOur Home – Russia53.46Mikhail BeskhmelnitsynCommunist Party19.71Vladimir ZhirinovskyLiberal Democratic Party17.72Vladimir BezymyannyIndependent1.78Vladimir NabokaIndependent0.27against all3.86 Total 100Source: Сводная таблица результатов выборов главы администрации Белгородской области

Commissioner for human rights election, 2004 In 2004, Zhirinovsky was nominated by his party for office of the commissioner for human rights in Russia. To qualify for the second round, a candidate needed to win 300 votes in the State Duma. Of five candidates only Vladimir Lukin was able to cross the threshold and was later confirmed with 333 votes in favor. +Results of the 13 February 2004 Russian commissioner for human rights election Candidates NominatorFor Against Abstain No voteVladimir Lukin President of Russia335 1 0 114Vladimir Zhirinovsky Liberal Democratic Party187 33 5 225Natalya Yakovleva Members of the Duma38 45 9 358Georgiy Rudov Members of the Duma18 41 9 382Aleksandr Lagutin Members of the Duma10 61 2 377Source: ХРОНИКА заседания Государственной Думы 13 февраля 2004 года

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