# Electoral history of Vladimir Putin

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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.

## Presidential elections
### 2000

2000 presidential election :
| Candidate | 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 | Against all | Against all | 1,414,673 | 1.9 |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver, |||||

### 2004

2004 presidential election :
| Candidate | 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 | Against all | Against all | 2,397,140 | 3.5 |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver |||||

### 2012
#### United Russia nomination

| For | For | Against | Against |
| 614 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
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#### General election

2012 presidential election :
| Candidates | 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 |
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### 2018

2018 presidential election :
| Candidates | 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

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.
2024 presidential election :
| Candidates | Candidates | Party | Votes | % |
| | Vladimir Putin | Independent | 76,277,708 | 88.48 |
| | Nikolay Kharitonov | Communist Party | 3,768,470 | 4.37 |
| | Vladislav Davankov | New People | 3,362,484 | 3.90 |
| | Leonid Slutsky | Liberal Democratic Party | 2,795,629 | 3.24 |
| Source: CEC |||||

## Prime Minister nominations
### 1999

| For | For | Against | Against | Abstaining | Abstaining | No voting | No voting |
| 233 | 51.8% | 84 | 18.7% | 17 | 3.8% | 105 | 23.3% |
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### 2008

| For | For | Against | Against | Abstaining | Abstaining | No voting | No voting |
| 392 | 87.1% | 56 | 12.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.4% |
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