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This is a collection of scientific, public opinion polls that have been conducted relating to the 2012 Russian presidential election.
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This is a collection of scientific, public opinion polls that have been conducted relating to the 2012 Russian presidential election.
| Poll source | Date |  |  |  |  |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Putin YeR | Zyuganov KPRF | Zhirinovsky LDPR | Prokhorov Ind | Mironov SR | ||
| Levada | 16–20 Dec 2011 | 39% | 26% | 8% | 4% | 6% |
| Levada | 20–23 Jan 2011 | 54% | 27% | 5% | 2% | 1% |
| FOM | 21–22 Jan 2012 | 52.2% | 18.0% | 10.8% | 6.7% | 6.6% |
| FOM | 28–29 Jan 2012 | 52.6% | 28.9% | 3.7% | 2.9% | 2.9% |
| FOM | 4–5 Feb 2012 | 58.7% | 15.0% | 12.2% | 7.2% | 5.1% |
| FOM | 11–12 Feb 2012 | 35.0% | 54.7% | 2.5% | 1.4% | 4.0% |
| VCIOM | 11–12 Feb 2012 | 58.6% | 14.8% | 9.4% | 8.7% | 7.7% |
| Levada | 17–20 Feb 2012 | 52% | 24% | 3% | 2% | 1% |
| FOM | 18–19 Feb 2012 | 58.7% | 16.2% | 8.8% | 8.6% | 6.1% |
| VCIOM | 25–26 Feb 2012 | 51.9% | 25.1% | 7.7% | 3.7% | 2.1% |
| Candidate | 24 December 2011 | 24–25 December 2011 | 7 January 2012 | 14 January 2012 | 14–15 January 2012 | 21 January 2012 | 28 January 2012 | 12 February 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vladimir Putin | 45% | 44% | 48% | 52% | 45% | 49% | 52% | 55% |
| Mikhail Prokhorov | 4% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 6% |
| Gennady Zyuganov | 10% | 12% | 10% | 11% | 11% | 8% | 9% | |
| Vladimir Zhirinovsky | 8 % | 11 % | 9 % | 9 % | 10 % | 9 % | 8 % | 8 % |
| Sergey Mironov | 5 % | 4 % | 5 % | 4 % | 3 % | 6 % | 4 % | 5 % |
| Grigory Yavlinsky | 2 % | 2 % | 2 % | 1 % | 1 % | |||
| Dmitry Mezentsev | — | — | 0 % | 0 % | — | |||
| Other | — | 2 % | — | 0 % | 1 % | |||
| Would not vote | 10 % | 9 % | 9 % | 10 % | 10 % | 9 % | 11 % | 9 % |
| Plan to ruin ballot | — | 1 % | — | — | 1 % | |||
| Don't know | 12 % | 12 % | 10 % | 9 % | 13 % | 9 % | 10 % | 8 % |
| Sample Size | 1,600 | 3,000 | 1,600 | 1,600 | 3,000 | 1,600 | 1,600 | 1,600 |
| Poll Source | VTSIOM [1] | FOM [2] | VTSIOM [1] | VTSIOM [1] | FOM [3] | VTSIOM [4] | VTSIOM [1] | VTSIOM [1] |
According to a "Levada Center" opinion poll from September 2011, 41% of Russian people wanted to see Putin be a candidate in the 2012 elections as opposed to 22% for Medvedev, while 10% wanted someone else and 28% were unsure. [5]
| Candidate | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Vladimir Putin | 59.3% | 58.3% |
| Mikhail Prokhorov | 9.6% | 9.2% |
| Gennady Zyuganov | 18.2% | 17.7% |
| Vladimir Zhirinovsky | 7.4% | 8.5% |
| Sergey Mironov | 4.3% | 4.8% |
| Spoiled ballot | 1.5% | |
| Refused to answer | 31.7% | |
| Sample Size | 159,161 | |
| Poll Source | FOM [6] | VTSIOM [7] [6] |
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