The preliminary ratings of 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 percentages ± 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 Suraikin ∼ 5%,
- Boris Titov ∼ 2%,
- Grigory Yavlinsky and Sergey Baburin ∼ 2%.
Electoral ratings of candidates
Public Opinion Foundation
FOM is a non-profit organization in the structure of VTsIOM. Today the main customer of the fund's research is the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation
Weekly poll "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 Public Opinion Research Center 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 Russian presidential candidates was published on March 19, 2018.

Corruption, paid medicine and education, the Plato system, poverty, freezing pensions, the Unified State Exam, huge tariffs and a wild rise in prices ... I do not want to continue.
Don't see my comment? Or are you printing only in favor of Grudinin? Well, how could I not get it right at once, because according to your version, he has as much as 60% of the votes. Time wasted.
Tatyana, we have moderation of comments, it's impossible to publish everything at once. Now we will publish your comments;)
The headlines on the Internet about Grudinin alone are worth something. Some headlines sharply denounce other candidates, others lift him to the skies. The opinion is that he has enough money for everything, and that is from strawberries (you won't earn much on it). Putin at least "carries" the whole country and international affairs on himself, only it is annoying and insulting for his entourage, you don't even need to be a specialist in physiognomy. Well, and this one, who knows where it came from, we did not see his achievements at any post, even at the municipal level (only courts for land, and the filing at the last moment of documents for closing foreign accounts, although the law should have been closed before submitting documents to the CEC ) apparently thought this number would pass him, but Zyugagov apparently brought him to his senses), but nowadays everyone knows how to speak beautifully. In general, except for charisma, there is nothing else to take votes. Agile, swindling warehouse. You should be afraid of such people and keep them away from government and government money.
We need to keep Putin and his friends away from power ... When Putin was elected for the first time, they thought he would turn everything back on a normal track ... The first term did not work out ... We thought that the second would correct the situation ... But no, the third term, and apparently, the fourth will continue the robbery and sale of Russia ... All of its international achievements are nothing compared to the situation in the country ... The role of Russia is determined by international capital - a source of raw materials ... The role of China is a labor force ... Together, we will feed the whole of Europe and America while Putin is at the helm , United Russia and the thieves' oligarchic power ...
Well, yes, Putin has already brought the country, so much further. And you would pay less attention to the headlines and pay more attention to the content. The whole orgy "with bills and billions" is on order. Everyone who was really interested in knowing the truth already knows the whole story. And whoever repeats nonsense - either does not know how to search for information, or does not want
Did you know anything about Putin when Yeltsin slipped him into the country. What was so outstanding at that time that Putin had done besides the sale of Russia with Sobchak in St. Petersburg and criminal cases against him. Grudinin was in politics, since childhood he worked at a state farm, the same state farm headed and achieved considerable results on the territory of the state farm, built schools, kindergartens, hospitals, housing, created conditions for a normal life for workers of the state farm with a salary of 78 thousand rubles, free vacancies at the state farm no for 6 years. Even the northerners in the north do not receive a salary of 78 thousand rubles, and you are praising Putin, and Putin is not even a candle to Grudinin.
Citizens, pay attention! Recently, the news feed in the media has noticeably changed in favor of multiple screenings of various cases of our current president to the detriment of other news.Moreover, it is so obtrusive and obvious that it even catches the eye. At the same time, it is also clearly noticeable that in the prescribed pre-election videos of the "Elections 2018" series they cover more or less sanely all candidates, except for Pavel Nikolaevich. The question is why? They show everyone where they were and what they did, and about him - again some billions, shareholders, illegal propaganda materials, etc. rave. Delirium - because Grudinin P.N. do not even give a detailed answer! At the same time, his visits to factories, factories, institutes and interviews with journalists, where he gave more than detailed explanations and answers to all these topics, are not shown. This is such overt and biased negative pressure on the candidate that it is even disgusting to watch and listen. Those. This does not add honor to the media, it is clear that there is no objectivity or attempts to at least find out the truth firsthand, and at the same time, it does not add confidence to the current government!
I am a pensioner and I will vote for People's President Grudinin.
President Grudinin. Hospade rzhach. This bottom, if only changed the surname to a more sonorous one. In principle, the rules are stuffing. And of course I will vote for Putin. You will not be able to mislead us with American sixes. By the way, pour more ram on Putin before the elections. This will convince us to vote for him even more!
You will be in the first carriage - to develop the Far Eastern hectares ...
Yes, it looks like you really got sent! And your name is right! ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE!!!
Grudinin is an American puppet and an offshore billionaire oligarch. sponsored through Abramovich. he was nominated by the Communist Party of the Russian Federation who have twice betrayed the Russian people. for the first time in 1991 when Zyuganov, a member of Polozkov's party, together with Gorbachev liquidated the USSR. the second time in 1996 when Zyuganov won the presidential elections and gave the victory to Yeltsin. then Zyuganov sold deputy seats from the Communist Party to Khodorkovsky's supporters. now grudinin / zyuganov want to curtail the powers of the president and introduce a parliamentary republic (because the West is afraid of Putin, they want him to leave and in the future there would not even be an opportunity for a strong leader to appear). Yavlinsky and Sobchak and Navalny are also in favor of a parliamentary republic. Zyuganov wants to return Semibankirshchina in the form of a supervisory body over the president (this group will have to include oligarchs whom no one will elect) and without the permission of this group the president will not be able to do anything. it was already in the 90s, and they really liked it. Further, the right hand of Grudinin Boldyrev, the creator of the Yabloko party together with Yavlinsky. And after all this, you want to entrust the country to these people? sorry, but if you entrust them with the country, then Russia will very quickly cease to exist. first there will be a civil war, and then just disintegration into many small states. I understand that the United States wants this, but ordinary Russian people do not need this. therefore only Putin2018, at the moment there is no alternative to him.
In nonsense ... Only the socialist path of development will save Russia from plunder and destruction ... The FRS controls the oligarchic thieves' power in Russia, headed by Putin ... The FRS, IMF, WTO - the world is ruled by capital ...
Ask the people who betrayed him. The GDP is growing, and the people are becoming poor!
I will vote for Grudinin.
working half-beggar. 45 years old.
Zabaykalsky Krai.
The fact that Grudinin does not appear on TV is not his fault, but a misfortune. Sobchak and Zhirik on TV please, because everyone knows that they are not competitors. But Grudinin is another matter. They will pour mud and won't give an answer.
A lot of mud is being poured on Grudinin, which means that a real presidential candidate has finally appeared from the people and the Russian people see and understand this perfectly well, and the Putinists are afraid
So it turns out that FOM was doing a survey probably on Mars. Why is there such a big difference? Let Putin be given 100% and no elections are needed.