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 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 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 election. Blue indicates a win by Putin. United Russia nomination
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For
Against
614 100.0% 0
0.0%
Source:[ 5]
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 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 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]
Prime Minister nominations
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For
Against
Abstaining
No voting
233
51.8% 84
18.7% 17
3.8% 105
23.3%
Source:[ 8]
For
Against
Abstaining
No voting
392
87.1% 56
12.4% 0
0.0% 2
0.4%
Source:[ 9]
