Electoral history of Gennady Zyuganov

Gennady Zyuganov, member of the State Duma and leader of Communist Party since 1993, has run for presidential candidate, 1996, 2000, 2008 and 2012.

Presidential elections 1996

First round of 1996 presidential electionCandidatePartyVotes%Boris YeltsinIndependent26,665,49535.8Gennady ZyuganovCommunist Party24,211,68632.5Alexander LebedCongress of Russian Communities10,974,73614.7Grigory YavlinskyYabloko5,550,7527.4Vladimir 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

Second round of 1996 presidential electionCandidatePartyVotes%Boris YeltsinIndependent40,203,94854.4Gennady ZyuganovCommunist Party30,102,28840.7Against all1,163,9211.6Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Colton

2000

2000 presidential electionCandidatePartyVotes%Vladimir PutinIndependent39,740,46753.4Gennady 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

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