2018 Russian elections

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2018 Russian elections
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  2017 18 March (Presidential)
9 September (1st round of Single Voting Day)
16 and 23 September and 11 November (2nd round of Single Voting Day)
16 December (Special gubernatorial election in Primorsky Krai)
2019  

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  Gubernatorial
  Gubernatorial and legislative
  Legislative
  Two legislative elections (including one of another subject)
  Referendum
The logo of the voting day on September 9, 2018 Election09092018.jpg
The logo of the voting day on September 9, 2018

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.

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Overview

Type of electionQuantity
Presidential1
By-elections to the State Duma7
Regional legislative election17
Gubernatorial election17
Regional referendums1

Presidential election

The presidential elections were held on 18 March.

CandidatePartyVotes%
Vladimir Putin Independent56,430,71277.53
Pavel Grudinin Communist Party 8,659,20611.90
Vladimir Zhirinovsky Liberal Democratic Party 4,154,9855.71
Ksenia Sobchak Civic Initiative 1,238,0311.70
Grigory Yavlinsky Yabloko 769,6441.06
Boris Titov Party of Growth 556,8010.76
Maxim Suraykin Communists of Russia 499,3420.69
Sergey Baburin Russian All-People's Union 479,0130.66
Total72,787,734100.00
Valid votes72,787,73498.92
Invalid/blank votes791,2581.08
Total votes73,578,992100.00
Registered voters/turnout109,008,42867.50
Source: CEC

By-elections to the State Duma

The by-elections in four constituencies took place on a single voting day on 9 September:

Gubernatorial and head elections

Gubernatorial elections in 19 subjects of the Federation were held on 9 September. The second round, if necessary, will be held on September 23.

Direct elections

Indirect elections

Regional elections

Autonomous republics and okrugs

Oblasts and krais

Regional referendums

The referendum was held on 18 March.

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