Electoral history of Vladimir Putin

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

2000

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

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

United Russia nomination

For		Against

614	100.0%	0	0.0%
Source:^[5]

General election

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

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

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

1999

For		Against		Abstaining		No voting

233	51.8%	84	18.7%	17	3.8%	105	23.3%
Source:^[8]

2008

For		Against		Abstaining		No voting

392	87.1%	56	12.4%	0	0.0%	2	0.4%
Source:^[9]

References

^ Kobak, Dmitry; Shpilkin, Sergey; Pshenichnikov, Maxim S. (1 June 2018). "Putin's Peaks: Russian Election Data Revisited". Significance. 15 (3): 8–9. arXiv:1804.09495. doi:10.1111/j.1740-9713.2018.01141.x. ISSN 1740-9705.
^ Fadel, Leila; Ansell, Ben (14 March 2024). "Why Russia holds presidential elections even though Putin is all but assured a win". NPR.
^ "'Everything in Russia is fraudulent': Inside Putin's 'sham' election". ABC News. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
^ "University of Essex". Archived from the original on 4 July 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
^ "Единая Россия" выдвинула Путина кандидатом в президенты РФ от партии
^ Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation
^ Hutcheson, Derek S.; McAllister, Ian (2021). "Consolidating the Putin Regime: The 2020 Referendum on Russia's Constitutional Amendments" (PDF). Russian Politics. 6: 355–376.
^ Справка о результатах голосования по вопросу: Дать согласие на назначение Председателя Правительства РФ
^ Справка о результатах голосования по вопросу: Дать согласие на назначение Председателя Правительства РФ

[1] Kobak, Dmitry; Shpilkin, Sergey; Pshenichnikov, Maxim S. (1 June 2018). "Putin's Peaks: Russian Election Data Revisited". Significance. 15 (3): 8–9. arXiv:1804.09495. 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. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.

[4] "University of Essex". Archived from the original on 4 July 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2017.

[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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