Electoral history of Vladimir Putin, second and fourth President of Russia and 33rd Prime Minister of Russia.
The legitimacy of 21st century elections in Russia, with their consistent high turn-out for one candidate, have been questioned by academics and observers, although such accusations of fraud and vote-rigging have been consistently denied by Russian officials.
Presidential elections 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,
2004
2004 presidential electionCandidatePartyVotes%Vladimir PutinIndependent49,558,32871.9Nikolay KharitonovCommunist Party9,514,55413.8Sergey GlazyevIndependent2,850,6104.1Irina KhakamadaIndependent2,672,1893.9Oleg MalyshkinLiberal Democratic Party1,405,3262.0Sergey MironovRussian Party of Life524,3320.8Against all2,397,1403.5Source: Nohlen & Stöver
2012
United Russia nomination ForAgainst6140Source:"Единая Россия" выдвинула Путина кандидатом в президенты РФ от партии
General election 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
2024 The Russian Constitution was amended in 2020 to reset the count of served presidential terms. This allowed Putin to run for office again in 2024, despite a limit of two terms. 2024 presidential electionCandidates Party Votes % Vladimir PutinIndependent76,277,70888.48 Nikolay KharitonovCommunist Party 3,768,470 4.37 Vladislav DavankovNew People 3,362,484 3.90 Leonid SlutskyLiberal Democratic Party 2,795,629 3.24Source: CEC
Prime Minister nominations 1999 ForAgainstAbstainingNo voting2338417105Source:Справка о результатах голосования по вопросу: Дать согласие на назначение Председателя Правительства РФ
2008 ForAgainstAbstainingNo voting3925602Source:Справка о результатах голосования по вопросу: Дать согласие на назначение Председателя Правительства РФ
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