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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.[1][2][3]

Presidential elections

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2000

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2000 election. Blue indicates a win by Putin, red a win by Zyuganov, grey a win by Tuleyev.
2000 presidential election
Candidate Party Votes %
Vladimir Putin Independent 39,740,467 53.4
Gennady Zyuganov Communist Party 21,928,468 29.5
Grigory Yavlinsky Yabloko 4,351,450 5.9
Aman Tuleyev Independent 2,217,364 3.0
Vladimir Zhirinovsky Liberal Democratic Party 2,026,509 2.7
Konstantin Titov Independent 1,107,269 1.5
Ella Pamfilova For Civic Dignity 758,967 1.0
Stanislav Govorukhin Independent 328,723 0.4
Yury Skuratov Independent 319,189 0.4
Alexey Podberezkin Spiritual Heritage 98,177 0.1
Umar Dzhabrailov Independent 78,498 0.1
Against all 1,414,673 1.9
Source: Nohlen & Stöver,[4]

2004

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2004 election. Grey indicates a win by Putin, red a win by Kharitonov.
2004 presidential election
Candidate Party Votes %
Vladimir Putin Independent 49,558,328 71.9
Nikolay Kharitonov Communist Party 9,514,554 13.8
Sergey Glazyev Independent 2,850,610 4.1
Irina Khakamada Independent 2,672,189 3.9
Oleg Malyshkin Liberal Democratic Party 1,405,326 2.0
Sergey Mironov Russian Party of Life 524,332 0.8
Against all 2,397,140 3.5
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

2012

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2012 election. Blue indicates a win by Putin.

United Russia nomination

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For Against
614 100.0% 0 0.0%
Source:[5]

General election

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2012 presidential election
Candidates Party Votes %
Vladimir Putin United Russia 45,602,075 63.60
Gennady Zyuganov Communist Party 12,318,353 17.18
Mikhail Prokhorov Independent 5,722,508 7.98
Vladimir Zhirinovsky Liberal Democratic Party 4,458,103 6.22
Sergey Mironov A Just Russia 2,763,935 3.85
Source:[6]

2018

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2018 election. Gray indicates a win by Putin.
2018 presidential election
Candidates Party Votes %
Vladimir Putin Independent 56,430,712 76.69
Pavel Grudinin Communist Party 8,659,206 11.77
Vladimir Zhirinovsky Liberal Democratic Party 4,154,985 5.65
Ksenia Sobchak Civic Initiative 1,238,031 1.68
Grigory Yavlinsky Yabloko 769,644 1.05
Boris Titov Party of Growth 556,801 0.76
Maxim Suraykin Communists of Russia 499,342 0.68
Sergey Baburin Russian All-People's Union 479,013 0.65
Source: CEC

2024

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2024 election. Gray indicates a win by Putin.

The Russian Constitution was amended in 2020 to remove a limit that prohibited presidents from serving more than two consecutive terms. This allowed Putin to run for office again in 2024.[7]

2024 presidential election
Candidates Party Votes %
Vladimir Putin Independent 76,277,708 88.48
Nikolay Kharitonov Communist Party 3,768,470 4.37
Vladislav Davankov New People 3,362,484 3.90
Leonid Slutsky Liberal Democratic Party 2,795,629 3.24
Source: CEC

Prime Minister nominations

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1999

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For Against Abstaining No voting
233 51.8% 84 18.7% 17 3.8% 105 23.3%
Source:[8]

2008

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For Against Abstaining No voting
392 87.1% 56 12.4% 0 0.0% 2 0.4%
Source:[9]

References

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  1. ^ Kobak, Dmitry; Shpilkin, Sergey; Pshenichnikov, Maxim S. (2018-06-01). "Putin's Peaks: Russian Election Data Revisited". Significance. 15 (3): 8–9. doi:10.1111/j.1740-9713.2018.01141.x. ISSN 1740-9705.
  2. ^ Fadel, Leila; Ansell, Ben (14 March 2024). "Why Russia holds presidential elections even though Putin is all but assured a win". NPR.
  3. ^ "'Everything in Russia is fraudulent': Inside Putin's 'sham' election". ABC News. 2024-03-15. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
  4. ^ "University of Essex". Archived from the original on 2013-07-04. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  5. ^ "Единая Россия" выдвинула Путина кандидатом в президенты РФ от партии
  6. ^ Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation
  7. ^ Hutcheson, Derek S.; McAllister, Ian (2021). "Consolidating the Putin Regime: The 2020 Referendum on Russia's Constitutional Amendments" (PDF). Russian Politics. 6: 355–376.
  8. ^ Справка о результатах голосования по вопросу: Дать согласие на назначение Председателя Правительства РФ
  9. ^ Справка о результатах голосования по вопросу: Дать согласие на назначение Председателя Правительства РФ
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