Opinion polling for the 2004 Russian presidential election

This is a collection of scientific, public opinion polls that have been conducted relating to the 2004 Russian presidential election.

2000 polls Date Agency Against All Other Undecided Wouldn't vote Additional candidates26 Mar2000 Result53.429.55.92.73.00.41.00.10.10.41.51.9 1–2 Apr FOM45225431131510 8–9 Apr FOM4622533114187 11 Apr FOM4622533010001487 15–16 Apr FOM471933311518918 Apr FOM47 19 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 8 9 22–23 Apr FOM43 17 3 3 1 5 1 3 0 0 4 6 10 26 Apr FOM43 17 3 3 3 1 0 5 1 3 0 4 6 10 Stepashin 029–30 Apr FOM47 15 4 3 3 3 1 4 1 0 5 7 6 3 May FOM47 15 4 3 3 0 3 1 4 1 5 7 6 Stepashin 06–7 May FOM51 17 4 3 3 2 1 4 1 0 3 5 7 7 MayFirst presidential inaugation of Vladimir Putin10 May FOM51 17 4 3 3 0 2 1 4 1 3 5 7 Stepashin 013–14 May FOM50 18 5 3 3 2 1 4 1 0 2 6 6 20–21 May FOM50 16 4 2 2 2 1 3 1 0 3 6 7 27–28 May FOM48 16 5 3 1 2 2 5 1 1 3 6 7 3–4 Jun FOM50 17 3 3 1 2 2 3 1 1 3 6 8 10–11 Jun FOM46 16 4 4 1 2 3 4 1 1 4 7 7 17–18 Jun FOM47 16 4 4 1 3 2 3 1 1 3 7 9 24–25 Jun FOM45 17 5 4 1 3 2 3 2 0 5 7 8 30 Jun−27 Jul VCIOM50 13 3 3 1 0 6 1 5 3 11 6 Stepashin 01–2 Jul FOM46 15 3 4 2 2 2 5 2 1 4 8 7 8–9 Jul FOM43 15 4 5 1 4 2 4 1 1 5 8 7 15 Jul VCIOM46 19 5 3 4 1 00 3 12 4 15–16 Jul FOM44 18 4 4 1 2 3 4 1 0 4 7 8 20−27 Jul VCIOM40 19 2 2 0 1 2 1 8 13 I. Ivanov 022–23 Jul FOM47 14 3 4 1 3 2 6 1 1 5 7 7 29–30 Jul FOM47 15 3 4 1 3 2 4 2 1 4 7 7 5–6 Aug FOM46 17 4 3 2 2 1 5 2 0 5 7 6 12 AugKursk submarine disaster12–13 Aug FOM46 15 3 4 1 2 1 4 1 1 5 9 7 18−21 Aug VCIOM4013 2 2 0 2 2 0 1 7 16 17 Yeltsin 019–20 Aug FOM4315 34 2 3 2 5 26–27 Aug FOM4216 3 3 2 3 1 6 27–28 AugOstankino Tower fire2–3 Sep FOM4415 4 4 2 3 3 4 213789–10 Sep FOM4315 4 4 1 2 2 4 2159915 Sep VCIOM48 0 13 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 0 016–17 Sep FOM4115 4 5 2 3 2 4 3 1 4 7 8 20−25 Sep VCIOM4114 3 2 0 1 1 0 8 6 12 11 Stepashin 023–24 Sep FOM4116 4 4 2 2 3 4 2 2 5 10 930 Sep VCIOM64 0 7 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 10 30 Sep–1 Oct FOM4215 4 4 2 3 3 4 1 1 5 7 97–8 Oct FOM4217 4 4 2 3 2 3 1 1 5 10 810 Oct VCIOM52 0 11 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 15 14–15 Oct FOM4217 4 4 1 3 2 4 2 1 5 8 821–22 Oct FOM3918 4 5 2 2 2 3 2 0 5 10 927−30 Oct VCIOM4114 2 3 1 1 8 6 15 10 28–29 Oct FOM4416 4 3 2 3 2 4 2 1 5 7 84–5 Nov FOM4315 3 3 2 3 2 4 2 1 6 9 9 11–12 Nov FOM4515 3 4 2 2 2 4 2 1 4 7 8 15 Nov VCIOM540 12 3 3 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 00 7 0 10 18–19 Nov FOM4114 3 5 2 2 3 4 1 1 4 10 10 25–26 Nov FOM4715 4 4 2 2 2 3 2 1 5 6 830 Nov VCIOM56 0 13 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 7 1 10 2–3 Dec FOM4415 3 4 1 2 1 5 2 2 4 10 79–10 Dec FOM 4616 3 4 2 3 2 4 3 1 3 7 9 16–17 Dec FOM 4517 3 3 1 2 1 3 2 1 5 8 9 23–24 Dec FOM 4715 4 3 2 2 2 3 3 1 5 8 9

2001 polls Date Agency Putin Khaka-mada Zyuganov Yavlinsky Zhiri-novsky Lebed Luzhkov Nemtsov Primakov Kiriyenko Tuleyev Shoygu Kasyanov Against All Other Undecided Wouldn't vote Additional candidates13–14 Jan FOM 4816 2 3 2 2 1 3 3 1 4 8 7 18-22 Jan VCIOM 471 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 7 7 10 10 Chernomyrdin020–21 Jan FOM 4814 3 4 1 2 1 4 2 1 57827–28 Jan FOM 4615 3 4 1 3 1 5 3 1 5783–4 Feb FOM47 14 2 4 1 2 1 4 2 1 4 8 910–11 Feb FOM44 15 3 4 2 2 1 4 5 1 5 7 817–18 Feb FOM45 14 3 5 1 2 1 3 2 1 4 8 1123-26 Feb VCIOM 4013 2 3 0 1 2 0 1 7 9 13 10 Stepashin024–25 Feb FOM44 15 3 5 2 2 2 4 4 1 4 9 73–4 Mar FOM47 13 4 4 1 2 1 4 2 1 4 8 910–11 Mar FOM45 17 3 5 2 3 2 3 3 1 5 6 610–11 Mar FOM45 17 3 5 2 3 2 3 3 1 5 6 617–18 Mar FOM45 15 2 4 2 3 1 3 2 1 4 8 1015 Mar VCIOM63 0 8 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 6 1 824–25 Mar FOM46 16 3 5 2 3 1 5 2 1 4 7 6 31 Mar–1 Apr FOM48 15 3 4 1 2 1 4 2 1 5 7 83–14 AprHostile takeover of the NTV television network by government-ovned Gazprom company7–8 Apr FOM42 17 5 4 2 3 2 4 3 1 5 6 814–15 Apr FOM42 16 3 5 2 1 2 5 3 1 5 6 1015 Apr VCIOM57 0 10 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 6 1 1220-21 Apr VCIOM4115 3 2 0 1 0 6 6 11 14 Stepashin121–22 Apr FOM44 15 4 4 2 3 2 4 3 1 5 7 85–6 May FOM42 16 3 4 2 1 3 4 2 1 5 7 1012–13 May FOM 46 15 4 4 2 1 3 4 2 1 5 6 719–20 May FOM44 15 3 5 2 1 3 5 2 1 5 6 926–27 May FOM44 15 3 4 1 2 2 4 3 1 4 8 10 2–3 Jun FOM44 15 3 3 3 1 2 5 3 1 5 7 89–10 Jun FOM43 13 3 5 3 2 2 5 3 1 5 7 915 Jun VCIOM57 0 9 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 7 0 11 16 JunSlovenia Summit 200116–17 Jun FOM46 13 3 4 2 1 2 4 3 0 6 7 1023–24 Jun FOM43 16 3 4 3 2 2 4 3 1 5 7 830 Jun–1 Jul FOM46 14 3 4 2 1 2 3 3 0 6 7 87–8 Jul FOM43 15 3 4 2 1 2 4 3 1 68814–15 Jul FOM44 14 2 3 2 1 2 5 3 1 69815 Jul VCIOM56 0 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 8 1 13 21–22 Jul FOM45 14 3 5 2 1 4 4 3 1 57628–29 Jul FOM45 14 2 4 1 1 2 3 3 1 4994–5 Aug FOM45 14 3 5 2 1 2 3 2 1 4 8 911–12 Aug FOM44 14 2 4 3 1 3 4 4 1 3 7 1018–19 Aug FOM42 15 2 4 2 1 2 4 3 0 5 8 1024-27 Aug VCIOM4012 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 7 8 10 13 Yeltsin125–26 Aug FOM43 14 3 4 2 1 2 4 3 1 6 9 81–2 Sep FOM 47 15 2 3 2 1 2 4 4 2 3 8 118–9 Sep FOM45 16 2 4 2 1 2 4 4 0 5 8 815–16 Sep FOM46 13 2 3 2 1 3 3 3 1 6 10 824-27 Sep VCIOM4711 1 3 0 1 0 0 6 3 10 7 22–23 Sep FOM48 14 2 3 1 1 3 3 3 0 4 10 929–30 Sep FOM49 15 2 3 1 1 2 3 3 0 3 10 96–7 Oct FOM 50 14 1 4 1 1 4 4 3 0 39913–14 Oct FOM49 14 1 3 2 0 3 4 3 0 48817 OctPutin announces Russian withdrawal from the naval base in Cam Ranh, Vietnam and electronic station in Lourdes, Cuba20–21 Oct FOM 51 15 2 0 4 1 4 3 3 1 46927–28 Oct FOM50 13 1 3 2 0 3 4 3 1 5873–4 Nov FOM50 11 2 1 5 2 2 3 2 1 5 8 810–11 Nov FOM49 13 2 3 2 1 2 2 2 1 6 9 815 Nov VCIOM68 0 7 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 4 0 8 17–18 Nov FOM53 12 1 4 2 1 2 3 2 1 3 8 724–25 Nov FOM51 13 2 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 5891 DecTwo largest parties supportive of Vladimir Putin, Unity and OVR, merge into United Russia1–2 Dec FOM52 13 2 4 2 1 2 3 2 3798–9 Dec FOM49 14 1 3 2 1 1 3 2 57815–16 Dec FOM54 12 2 3 1 1 2 3 2 57822–23 Dec FOM 50 13 2 3 2 1 2 2 2 1 578

2002 polls Date Agency Putin Khaka-mada Mironov Zyuganov Yavlinsky Zhiri-novsky Luzhkov Nemtsov Primakov Kiriyenko Tuleyev Shoygu Kasyanov Pamfilova Against All Other Undecided Wouldn't vote Additional candidates12–13 Jan FOM55 12 2 4 1 1 2 3 2 1 567 15 Jan VCIOM69 1 7 1 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 6 0 8 19–20 Jan FOM51 14 2 4 1 0 2 3 3 0 361025-28 Jan VCIOM51 11 2 4 0 1 0 65129Lebed026–27 Jan FOM53 15 2 3 1 1 2 2 2 1 4592–3 Feb FOM52 15 3 4 1 2 2 2 1 2 4679–10 Feb FOM51 14 2 4 1 2 2 4 1 3 47815 Feb VCIOM59 0 8 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 7 0 12 16–17 Feb FOM50 13 1 4 2 2 3 2 1 1 59823–24 Feb FOM52 12 2 5 1 2 2 3 2 1 4782–3 Mar FOM51 13 2 4 1 2 1 3 2 0 4889–10 Mar FOM51 13 2 4 1 2 2 3 2 1 489 15 Mar VCIOM65 8 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 1216–17 Mar FOM48 14 1 5 1 2 2 3 2 1 58923–24 Mar FOM50 14 2 5 1 2 1 2 2 1 67830–31 Mar FOM48 14 2 5 1 2 2 3 1 1 57106–7 Apr FOM49 14 1 4 1 1 2 3 2 1 49913–14 Apr FOM50 17 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 1 36715 Apr VCIOM660823011011050919-22 Apr VCIOM48 12 3 4 2 1 0 0 65911Yeltsin027–28 Apr FOM49 13 2 5 1 2 3 3 1 3 48828 AprAlexander Lebed dies in helicopter crash4–5 May FOM50 14 1 4 1 2 2 4 1 2 48711–12 May FOM48 14 2 4 0 2 3 4 0 1 58815 May VCIOM65 1 7 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 501118–19 May FOM50 13 2 4 1 1 2 4 1 2 48725–26 May FOM48 13 2 5 1 1 1 4 1 3 5891–2 Jun FOM50 13 1 4 1 2 2 4 2 1 5788–9 Jun FOM48 11 1 4 1 2 2 5 0 3 681115–16 Jun FOM46 13 2 4 1 2 4 5 2 1 56822–23 Jun FOM46 13 2 4 1 2 2 4 0 3 69929–30 Jun FOM54 13 2 4 1 1 1 3 3 1 4776–7 Jul FOM49 11 2 5 1 2 2 4 1 3 56913–14 Jul FOM51 13 2 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 48920–21 Jul FOM 52 11 1 5 1 1 3 3 3 0 48827–28 Jul FOM52 10 2 3 1 1 2 3 3 1 5983–4 Aug FOM47 11 1 5 1 2 1 5 1 2 591010–11 Aug FOM53 12 2 4 1 1 1 4 0 2 37815 Aug VCIOM71 0 0 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 7 17–18 Aug FOM49 13 2 6 1 1 2 3 0 2 49824–25 Aug FOM51 11 2 4 1 1 1 4 1 3 48831 Aug–1 Sep FOM52 13 1 4 1 1 2 3 1 2 5987–8 Sep FOM51 14 1 5 1 2 1 3 0 3 37814–15 Sep FOM51 12 2 5 1 1 2 2 0 3 58715 Sep VCIOM71 0 6 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 9 21–22 Sep FOM 52 12 2 5 1 1 2 1 3 2 57728–29 Sep FOM 47 13 2 5 1 2 1 4 1 34975–6 Oct FOM50 13 2 5 1 1 1 4 1 4 57712–13 Oct FOM53 13 2 4 1 1 2 3 2 1 37715 Oct VCIOM71 0 0 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 1 8 19–20 Oct FOM51 14 2 5 1 1 2 3 2 1 49623–26 OctMoscow theater hostage crisis26–27 Oct FOM52 14 2 6 1 2 2 2 2 1 3672–3 Nov FOM54 13 2 6 1 2 1 2 2 0 3869–10 Nov FOM52 14 1 5 1 2 1 3 1 1 39616–17 Nov FOM51 16 2 4 1 2 1 3 2 1 57623–24 Nov FOM51 14 2 6 1 2 1 2 2 0 58730 Nov–1 Dec FOM56 12 1 4 0 1 1 3 2 1 3787–8 Dec FOM53 13 2 5 1 2 1 2 2 1 38714–15 Dec FOM52 16 3 5 1 2 1 3 2 1 36721–22 Dec FOM 52 13 2 7 0 1 1 2 1 1 387

2003 polls Date Agency Putin Glazyev Khaka-mada Gerash-chenko Rybkin Zyuganov Yavlinsky Zhiri-novsky Nemtsov Luzhkov Primakov Tuleyev Shoygu Kasyanov Seleznyov Rogozin Gryzlov Against All Other Undecided Wouldn't vote11–12 Jan FOM55 12 3 5 1 1 1 2 2 1 37618–19 Jan FOM50 16 2 4 0 1 2 3 2 0 47725–26 Jan FOM51 16 2 4 1 1 1 2 2 1 31061–2 Feb FOM50 15 2 5 0 1 1 3 1 1 3898–9 Feb FOM50 14 2 5 1 1 2 3 2 1 49615–16 Feb FOM47 16 2 4 1 1 1 2 2 0 22–23 Feb FOM49 13 2 5 0 1 2 3 2 1 41071–2 Mar FOM48 15 2 5 0 1 1 2 2 0 31088–9 Mar FOM49 16 2 5 1 2 1 2 2 0 310715–16 Mar FOM50 15 3 4 0 1 2 3 3 0 39622–23 Mar FOM51 15 2 4 1 1 2 2 1 1 49729–30 Mar FOM51 14 2 5 1 1 2 3 1 0 31165–6 Apr FOM50 15 3 4 1 1 2 4 1 1 39712–13 Apr FOM50 14 2 5 1 1 2 3 2 0 310717 AprAssassination of Sergei Yushenkov19–20 Apr FOM49 15 2 5 1 1 1 4 2 0 38726–27 Apr FOM48 15 2 4 1 1 1 2 2 0 511710–11 May FOM49 15 2 5 1 1 2 3 2 0 410617 May FOM50 13 2 5 1 1 2 3 2 17–18 May FOM50 13 2 5 1 1 1 3 2 0 411824–25 May FOM48 15 2 5 1 1 2 3 1 0 412731 May–1 Jun FOM50 14 2 5 1 1 2 3 1 0 41067–8 Jun FOM49 14 2 5 1 1 1 2 2 0 510714 Jun FOM50 12 2 6 1 1 2 3 1 0 510714–15 Jun FOM48 14 2 4 1 1 1 3 2 1 5 11721–22 Jun FOM50 14 2 5 1 1 1 2 2 0 510728–29 Jun FOM48 14 2 5 1 1 2 2 2 0 4 1075–6 Jul FOM48 14 2 5 1 1 2 3 2 1 5 10712–13 Jul FOM51 13 2 5 1 1 1 3 2 0 4 9819–20 Jul FOM49 13 2 5 1 1 2 3 2 0 510726–27 Jul FOM49 14 2 5 1 1 1 2 1 0 51082–3 Aug FOM50 12 2 5 1 1 1 2 2 0 51179–10 Aug FOM50 12 2 6 1 1 2 3 1 0 16–17 Aug FOM47 13 2 6 1 1 1 3 2 0 412823–24 Aug FOM49 13 2 6 1 1 1 3 1 1 410830–31 Aug FOM50 13 1 5 1 1 1 3 2 0 5108Sep VCIOM 55 3 11 2 3 2 5 9 Sep ROMIR 61 1 6 2 4 1 3 56–7 Sep FOM48 13 2 5 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 1 410714–15 Sep FOM47 12 2 6 1 2 3 2 2 1 0 1 411820–21 Sep FOM50 12 1 4 2 2 2 2 0 1 1 27–28 Sep FOM48 12 1 5 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 5127Sep–OctRussia-Ukraine territorial dispute over Tuzla island near Crimea4–5 Oct FOM51 12 1 5 1 1 1 3 1 0 01511711–12 Oct FOM49 13 2 4 1 1 1 3 2 0 01411818–19 Oct FOM49 14 1 5 0 1 2 3 1 1 1 1410725–26 Oct FOM50 11 1 4 1 1 1 3 2 0 0 151181–2 Nov FOM51 11 2 4 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 1 41268–9 Nov FOM49 12 2 4 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 413715–16 Nov FOM49 11 2 5 1 1 1 3 2 0 0 1 511818 Nov–23 Dec VCIOM 75 1 4 1 7 1122–23 Nov FOM51 10 2 5 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 413729–30 Nov FOM52 12 2 5 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 41153–4 Dec FOM52 12 2 5 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 7 Dec2003 Russian legislative election13–14 Dec FOM61 5 1 7 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 410518 DecVladimir Putin declares his candidacy20-21 Dec FOM66 4 1 6 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 38623–28 Dec FOM 65 2 0 1 0.5 4 1 5 0 1 1 1 1 0 00038626 DecLDPR nominates Oleg Malyshkin for president

2004 polls