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 Sergei 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 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 were held 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 find it difficult 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 Russian presidential candidates was published on March 19, 2018.

I agree. There is no need to put up with Putin and his oligarchs. You need to change the government and choose a worthy person who is rooting for your country.
For the leader who has long been expected. For Grudinin!
Only Grudinin, Putin's enough dastal, for justice !!!
Better to blush with Pavel Grudinin than blush from Putin's economic policies. For PAVL GRUDININ !!!!!
Putin is for crime and the State Department, Grudinin is for the Communist Party, justice and peace for all the peoples of the country Russia - Russia, Zhirik is for beer suckers and clothes buyers. This will suit me.
volgograd for sternin! The circle of friends is small business. They have completely pulled up already!
We will vote only for Pavel Nikolaevich Grudinin. This power is enough to mock the people. Everything is falling around. Large enterprises are collapsing, they are closed, people are being laid off. The situation is very disastrous. For Grudinin P.N.
Volgograd.
The whole family will vote for Pavel Nikolaevich Grudinin. It is necessary to remove this power of AUTHORITY. Volgograd.
GRUDININ only GRUDININ was tired of the team of criminals, tired already 16 years ago
The constant lies of our government deprived the people of their confidence in it. I will vote for Grudinin.