The preliminary ratings of the candidates for the presidency of Russia in 2018 are formed by street and telephone polls, online voting on websites. The results of voting in the elections on March 18 and official information about who won the presidential elections will appear no earlier than March 19.
In order to have the most complete picture of the chances of Russian presidential candidates to win, we publish research from several sources at once.
Voting progress on March 18 live
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Popular ranking of presidential candidates online
Official voting on the site topx.techinfus.com/en/ launched in order to see the real rating of applicants online. Due to the peculiarity of rounding the results, there may be a discrepancy in the total amount of percent ± 1%.
Preliminary results as of 18.03.2018:
- The popular rating of Pavel Grudinin is ∼ 58%,
- Vladimir Putin ∼ 18%,
- Vladimir Zhirinovsky ∼ 6%,
- Ksenia Sobchak ∼ 6%,
- Maxim Suraykin ∼ 5%,
- Boris Titov ∼ 2%,
- Grigory Yavlinsky and Sergey Baburin ∼ 2%.
Electoral ratings of candidates
Public Opinion Foundation
FOM is a non-profit organization within the structure of VTsIOM. Today the main customer of the fund's research is the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation
Weekly survey "FOMnibus" on February 26, 2018 73 constituent entities of the Russian Federation, 3,000 respondents took part. The statistical error does not exceed 3.6%.
Vladimir Putin's rating
Imagine there are presidential elections in Russia next Sunday. Please tell me how, which politician would you vote for? (Card, one answer.)

Levada Center Polls
The table shows the ratio in% of respondents who answered the question: “Which politician would you vote for if the presidential elections in Russia were held next Sunday?»
| Candidates, rating | 01.2016 | 04.2017 | 07.2017 | 09.2017 | 11.2017 | 12.2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Putin | 53 | 48 | 66 | 52 | 53 | 61 |
| Zhirinovsky | 3 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| Zyuganov | 4 | 3 | - | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Mironov | 1 | 1 | - | <1 | 1 | 2 |
| Sobchak | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Yavlinsky | - | - | - | - | <1 | 1 |
| Ekaterina Gordon | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Boris Titov | - | - | - | - | - | <1 |
| Shoigu | 2 | 1 | - | <1 | 1 | - |
| Navalny | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Medvedev | <1 | 1 | - | <1 | – | - |
| Others | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| I don’t know who I would vote for | 17 | 19 | 16 | 23 | 15 | - |
| Wouldn't vote | 11 | 13 | - | 9 | 11 | 9 |
| I don't know if I would vote or not | 9 | 10 | - | 9 | 10 | 10 |
The legal status of a foreign agent no longer allows the Levada Center to publish the results of research on the presidential elections.
VCIOM polls
The ratio of votes of respondents who are definitely ready to go to the elections and who answered the question: “Which candidate would you vote for in the elections if they took place next Sunday and the list looked like this?»
| Candidate | Jan. 10, 2018 | Jan. 15, 2018 | Jan. 28, 2018 | Feb 04, 2018 | Feb 11, 2018 | Feb 18, 2018 | Feb 26, 2018 | Mar 04, 2018 | Mar 09, 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V.V. Putin | 81.1 | 73.2 | 69.9 | 71.4 | 71.5 | 69.5 | 69.1 | 69.7 | 69 |
| Grudinin P.N. | 7.6 | 6.1 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 7 |
| Zhirinovsky V.V. | 4.2 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 5 |
| Sobchak K.A. | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 2 |
| Yavlinsky G.A. | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1 |
| Titov B.Yu. | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0 |
| Baburin S.N. | - | - | - | - | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1 |
| Suraykin M.A. | - | - | - | - | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 |
| I am at a loss to answer | 4.4 | 5.5 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 10.6 | 10.4 | 10.7 | 11 |
| I will come and ruin the newsletter | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0,6 | 1 |
According to experts, the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion traditionally demonstrates a high level of support for the authorities, since 100% of the company's shares belong to the state.
Published earlier anti-rating of candidates contains the names of those for whom the Russians do not want to vote in the elections.
Election results, who won
The final rating of candidates for the presidency of Russia was published on March 19, 2018.

you can't vote for Putin it will be very bad
It’s not that the people are for Grudinin, we didn’t have time to really recognize him, or rather, to say that Putin and his “friends” clapping their hands at him are fed up, to put it mildly.
they forgot that the humpback and Yeltsin ruined the country for so many years. And the officials from whom gave him. And he restored the regions after the fires and supports the birth rate. Sows quietly. Or you are naively thinking Chubais is so easy to kick. And Sternin linden is one such collective farm in the whole of Russia. the rest of the chairpersons are stupid. Heads turn on your assholes to think. Putin will merge in the shit. From yourself, start raising the country at least one put one in the field not a warrior. For 20 years we got used to whine and complain about life.
I will probably vote for Grudinin, although he will not be able to win THIS TIME: he started late, not promoted. But if he picks up 20 percent, it will be a signal for the “ilita” that next time anything is possible. And somehow it is unrealistic to pay a lot for Grudinin. Too good.
Here, probably, mostly young people are so zealous for P.N. Grudinin. I am a pensioner, at one time, when I was younger in the 90s, together with many I also zealously supported Yeltsin. They believed in his promises of quick general welfare from the new democratic regime. And what they got, it's better not to remember. Everything happened like in a banana republic: devaluation of the ruble, strikes, delayed wages and pensions ... This is all the result of a complete demolition of the old. How can a civilized country allow itself such a thing. Only gradual reforms. Now we have somehow stabilized this Yeltsin democracy. Now why break everything again. This is definitely a step back, like stepping on the same rake. If this happens with us, oh, our western friends will rejoice again, otherwise they are somehow depressed today. Why would ???…. are they so worried about our poverty-stricken people?
Putin is Yeltsin's henchman! You chose it, since then the Americans and us have been milked, seeming stability! It's time to give power to the people! Then they had to vote for Zyuganov, but now for Grudinin, so he will bring normal order.
Astrakhan for Grudinin !!!
Only for Grudinin! Stop feeding the thieves!
I agree with the supporters of PN Grudinin, I vote for Grudinin and persuade my wife, otherwise only Putin is being played around the clock on all channels for 18 years in a row the santabarbara has been resting.
The charter of the communist party says, “All power to the people !. And so it was. Glory and honor to the people of labor. Officials did not steal so brazenly. and now they are openly afraid of no one and nothing. I always listen to the current president during his communication with the people, so to speak. He never gives a direct answer to tricky questions - one water. It seems that he himself does not know what and how to do. And he stayed too long in the presidents. Enough! Grudinin is a good business executive, his people live in prosperity and he will pull the country out of the shameful pit of corruption. Let's vote for Grudinin. Maybe it will work if the whole world takes it!
For 18 years, Putin completely destroyed the country, the number of the poor during this time increased many times as well as the gap between the poor and the rich. Every year our city turns into a village, industrial enterprises are closed (ruined), everything is being pulled apart. People have become angry, nervous, it is impossible to make ends meet. But every day more and more liquor stores are opening. Putin decided to simply destroy the Russian nation.
I will vote only for GRUDININ and I urge everyone to vote for Pavel Nikolaevich if you want to save the country.