Elections in the Russian Federation took place mostly on 9, 16 and 23 September, with the exception of the presidential election, which occurred on 18 March and a special gubernatorial election in Primorsky Krai, which occurred in December.
Type of election | Quantity |
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Presidential | 1 |
By-elections to the State Duma | 7 |
Regional legislative election | 17 |
Gubernatorial election | 17 |
Regional referendums | 1 |
The presidential elections were held on 18 March.
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Vladimir Putin | Independent | 56,430,712 | 77.53 | |
Pavel Grudinin | Communist Party | 8,659,206 | 11.90 | |
Vladimir Zhirinovsky | Liberal Democratic Party | 4,154,985 | 5.71 | |
Ksenia Sobchak | Civic Initiative | 1,238,031 | 1.70 | |
Grigory Yavlinsky | Yabloko | 769,644 | 1.06 | |
Boris Titov | Party of Growth | 556,801 | 0.76 | |
Maxim Suraykin | Communists of Russia | 499,342 | 0.69 | |
Sergey Baburin | Russian All-People's Union | 479,013 | 0.66 | |
Total | 72,787,734 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 72,787,734 | 98.92 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 791,258 | 1.08 | ||
Total votes | 73,578,992 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 109,008,428 | 67.50 | ||
Source: CEC |
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