2012 Russian presidential election

The 2012 Russian presidential election was a presidential election. It occurred on 4 March 2012 in the Russian Federation. The election was for an extended term of six years.

Incumbent president, Dmitry Medvedev, decided not to run for a second term.

Vladimir Putin, from United Russia, easily won the election. He received 64% of the vote.Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation . Cikrf.ru. Retrieved on 5 March 2012.

 Results 
CandidateVotes%Vladimir Putin45,602,07563.60%Gennady Zyuganov12,318,35317.18%Mikhail Prokhorov5,722,5087.98%Vladimir Zhirinovsky4,458,1036.22%Sergey Mironov2,763,9353.85%Total votes70,864,974100%

 Aftermath 

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe gave an overall positive review of the election, but they did notice some issues. They found that Putin was given more airtime than other candidates. There were also some cases of carousel voting (which is a type of electoral fraud where supporters drive to multiple polling stations and vote multiple times).Police break up anti-Putin protest in Moscow, dozens arrested , Yohoo News, retrieved 5/3/2012 
Ruža Tomašić, a OSCE observer from Croatia, noted that there were no violations at the five polling stations she observed.http://www.tportal.hr/vijesti/svijet/181183/Nisam-vidjela-nepravilnosti-u-Rusiji.html | In Croatian
A few days after the election, 15,000–20,000 people protested in Moscow against the results.Moscow protest: opposition call for civil rights campaign against Vladimir Putin after his election victory, Telegraph, retrieved 11/3/2012 The Communist Party of the Russian Federation did not recognize the results.

 References 

Category:2012 in Russia
Category:2012 elections in Europe
Category:Presidential elections
Category:Politics of Russia
Category:March 2012 events