Elections 2018: list of candidates for the presidency of Russia

On March 18, 2018, presidential elections were held in Russia. Date when the head of state was elected for a six-year term.

The election campaign of the candidates started in December, the budget spent a record 17.69 billion rubles on it, it follows from the CEC resolution.

Live broadcast of the presidential elections in Russia

Due to the peculiarity of rounding the results, there may be a discrepancy in the total amount of percent ± 1%.

2018 presidential candidates

The official start of the election campaign began in December, after the publication of the resolution of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on the appointment of elections on the official website.

The final list of officially registered candidates for the presidency of Russia in the 2018 elections included:

Candidate	Political career	Campaign logo	Registration date	Rating and program
Vladimir Zhirinovsky Liberal Democratic Party	Deputy of the State Duma (since 1993) LDPR Chairman (since 1992)	–	December 29, 2017
Pavel Grudinin Communist Party	Deputy of the Moscow Regional Duma (1997–2011) Chairman of the Council of Deputies of the urban settlement Vidnoye (since 2017)		12 january 2018	Pavel Grudinin's 20 Steps Program Pavel Grudinin's rating
Vladimir Putin Self-nomination	President of Russia (2000-2008, since 2012) Prime Minister of Russia (1999–2000, 2008–2012) Chairman of the United Russia party (2008–2012) FSB director (1998–1999)		6 february 2018	Election program not presented Vladimir Putin's rating
Grigory Yavlinsky Apple Party	Chairman of the Yabloko Party (1993–2008) Deputy of the State Duma (1993–2003) Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg (2011–2016)		7 February 2018	The Road to the Future program Rating by Grigory Yavlinsky
Boris Titov Party of Growth	Chairman of the Party of Growth (since 2016) Commissioner for the Protection of the Rights of Entrepreneurs in Russia (since 2012)		7 February 2018	Growth Strategy Program Boris Titov rating
Sergey Baburin Russian national union	People's Deputy of Russia (1990–1993) Deputy of the State Duma (1994–2000, 2003–2007) Chairman of the ROS party (since 2011)	–	7 February 2018
Maxim Suraykin Communists of Russia	Chairman of the Central Committee of the party "Communists of Russia" (since 2012)	–	8 february 2018	The program "The first 100 days of the Stalinist communist president" Rating of Maxim Suraykin
Ksenia Sobchak Civil Initiative	Member of the Coordination Council of the Russian Opposition (2012—2013) Member of the Political Council of the Civil Initiative Party (since 2017)		8 february 2018	123 Difficult Steps Program Ksenia Sobchak rating

What the newsletter looked like

At a meeting on February 8, the CEC approved the ballot for the 2018 elections, as you can see below. It includes 8 names of candidates in alphabetical order, as required by the Federal Law "On the election of the President of the Russian Federation."

Chronology of preparation and conduct of elections

Key dates in the electoral process:

• December 15, 2017 - The Federation Council has set the presidential elections in Russia for March 18, 2018
• On January 7, the acceptance of documents from self-nominated candidates ended
• On January 12, the acceptance of documents from political pariahs ended
• January 2018 - formation of polling stations
• By 18:00 on January 31, 2018 - submission of voters' signatures to the CEC (300,000 for self-nominated candidates, 100,000 for candidates from parties),
• Until February 10 - publication of the final list of candidates for the presidency of Russia in 2018, officially registered by the CEC.
• February 2018 - formation of precinct election commissions, publication of the election program, its submission to the CEC
• 19.02 - 17.03 - election campaigning in print media, radio and television
• Until March 17 - the right to refuse to participate in elections, to publish the results of polls and forecasts of voting results
• March 17, 2018 - "Day of Silence", a ban on any kind of campaigning
• March 18, 2018 - election date, voting day
• Until April 1, 2018 - publication of the results.
• April 8, 2018 - second round (if necessary).

Election results, who won

Composition of the Central Election Commission (CEC)

The Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation is a federal state body formed in accordance with electoral legislation, organizing elections and referendums in the Russian Federation, independent of other government bodies within its competence.

The seventh composition of the election commission will operate from 2016 to 2021. It has 15 permanent members.