Electoral history of Vladimir Putin
List of elections featuring Vladimir Putin as a candidate
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 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
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
2012 election. Blue indicates a win by Putin.
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 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
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
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