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[edit]

1991[edit]

1991 presidential election
Presidential candidate		Vice Presidential candidate	Party	Votes	%
	Boris Yeltsin	Alexander Rutskoy	Independent	45,552,041	58.6
	Nikolai Ryzhkov	Boris Gromov	Communist Party	13,395,335	17.2
	Vladimir Zhirinovsky	Andrey Zavidiya	Liberal Democratic Party	6,211,007	8.0
	Aman Tuleyev	Viktor Bocharov	Independent	5,417,464	7.0
	Albert Makashov	Aleksei Sergeyev	Independent	2,969,511	3.8
	Vadim Bakatin	Ramazan Abdulatipov	Independent	2,719,757	3.5
Against all				1,525,410	2.0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, University of Essex, Voice of Russia

1996[edit]

First round of 1996 presidential election
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Boris Yeltsin	Independent	26,665,495	35.8
	Gennady Zyuganov	Communist Party	24,211,686	32.5
	Alexander Lebed	Congress of Russian Communities	10,974,736	14.7
	Grigory Yavlinsky	Yabloko	5,550,752	7.4
	Vladimir Zhirinovsky	Liberal Democratic Party	4,311,479	5.8
	Svyatoslav Fyodorov	Party of Workers' Self-Government	699,158	0.9
	Mikhail Gorbachev	Independent	386,069	0.5
	Martin Shakkum	Independent	277,068	0.4
	Yury Vlasov	Independent	151,282	0.2
	Vladimir Bryntsalov	Russian Socialist Party	123,065	0.2
	Aman Tuleyev	Independent	308	0.0
Against all			1,163,921	1.6
Source: Nohlen & Stöver,^[1] Colton^[2]

2000[edit]

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, University of Essex

2008[edit]

2008 presidential election
Candidates		Party	Votes	%
	Dmitry Medvedev	United Russia	52,530,712	71.2
	Gennady Zyuganov	Communist Party	13,243,550	18.0
	Vladimir Zhirinovsky	Liberal Democratic Party	6,988,510	9.5
	Andrei Bogdanov	Democratic Party	968,344	1.3
Source: Nohlen & Stöver^[3]

2012[edit]

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: Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation

2018[edit]

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

State Duma elections[edit]

1993[edit]

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

Shchyolkovsky single-member constituency
Candidates		Party	Votes	%
	Vladimir Zhirinovsky	Liberal Democratic Party	104,874	34.5%
Others			181,662	59.8%
Source: CEC Archived 2018-03-31 at the Wayback Machine

State Duma Chairman elections[edit]

2003[edit]

Candidate		Party	For
	Boris Gryzlov	United Russia	352	78.2%
	Sergey Baburin	Rodina	79	17.6%
	Ivan Melnikov	Communist Party	69	15.3%
	Vladimir Zhirinovsky	Liberal Democratic Party	51	11.3%
Source: Спикером Госдумы избран Борис Грызлов

2011[edit]

Candidate		Party	For
	Sergey Naryshkin	United Russia	238	52.9%
	Ivan Melnikov	Communist Party	208	46.2%
	Vladimir Zhirinovsky	Liberal Democratic Party	204	45.3%
	Sergey Mironov	A Just Russia	203	45.1%
Source: Госдума избрала своим спикером Сергея Нарышкина

Belgorod Oblast gubernatorial election, 1999[edit]

Candidates		Party	%
	Yevgeny Savchenko	Our Home – Russia	53.4
	Mikhail Beskhmelnitsyn	Communist Party	19.8
	Vladimir Zhirinovsky	Liberal Democratic Party	17.4
	Vladimir Bezymyanny	Independent	2.0
	Vladimir Naboka	Independent	0.3
Source: Губернаторские выборы - 1999

References[edit]

^ Nohlen, D; Stöver, P (2010). Elections in Europe: A data handbook. p. 1642. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7.
^ Timothy J. Colton (2000). Transitional Citizens: Voters and What Influences Them in the New Russia. Harvard University Press. pp. 234–5. ISBN 9780674029804. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1661 ISBN 9783832956097

[1] Nohlen, D; Stöver, P (2010). Elections in Europe: A data handbook. p. 1642. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7.

[2] Timothy J. Colton (2000). Transitional Citizens: Voters and What Influences Them in the New Russia. Harvard University Press. pp. 234–5. ISBN 9780674029804. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

[NS-3] Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1661 ISBN 9783832956097

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