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 electoral 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 the elections, 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.
I will vote for Grudinin. This is the only candidate who has proven from his own experience that it is possible to change the management system. He created a model of the future of Russia on his collective farm. Read and look on the net for the results of his work. Everyone wants to live the way they live on his collective farm. And just something - no one steals ... ..
BAZHUTIN, NAVALNY AND GRUDININ, these are Putin's real competitors, so they will not be allowed to participate in the elections.
I think Navalny to compare with Grudinin is blasphemy. One looks like Khrushchev and the second ... .. well, we didn't have such a figure in the first places
Putin, of course, is good. But only in foreign policy! What's going on in Russia ?! You live one day, you don't even think about the distant future. I will vote for him if I hear, at least during the election campaign, that you will restore order in Our country. How long can you live in poverty, in the richest country in the world ?? !!!!
How does Putin have such a large%? If the dominant% of comments are against it ??? It's like asking people, did you vote for Putin? He answers no, you say "and I do not." and who then voted for him? If you don't ask someone, they answer “no, not for him”? Personally, I don't have a single friend who voted for Putin, and they don't have friends who voted for him. Duck how then does he have such ratings ??? PS ... I respect Putin very much, he got the country out of its ass, but is already starting to lead to another. I am not against Putin, but a change of power is needed, because current officials are very comfortable living with him now, and the change of power will shake them up, someone will be removed, someone will start stealing less, I hope someone will understand that he is not a king and a god in his region, but everything is so, first of all a servant people! They say in our country there are two troubles - these are fools and roads, it is true there are two of them, but a slightly different interpretation is corruption and fools. Fools are us! Because we grab everything that corrupt officials will present to us. The official or his passion knocks down the child, it turns out that the child was drunk! It's like that, what nonsense. Tractor drivers clean the yard without brushes and just winds circles for GLONASS, for some reason it is not the head of the housing office, but the subordinate (tractor driver) who is to blame, explaining that he was drunk, and attach a record where the tractor driver is not drunk clearly and distinctly explains that the boss ordered him wind circles just like that, because the brushes don't work. This is only the softest part of the situation of insolent officials.
For Navalny? Either you are too young, did not know life in the 90s, or too old, forgot the 90s. Do not bring, Lord, to return to that hard times.What are you talking about? Putin is the one who brought our country out of poverty and the food rationing system. Peace in the country. Isn't that enough?
Putin has such a large percentage, because the Levada Center is the Kremlin's project, as they say - that's what the Levada-litter writes. to continue to deceive the population of Russia.
And what has he done in twenty years?
Why are you surprised? Enter the CEC website. A third of the CEC are representatives of the President. Draw any result.
Putin is the best, you need to vote for him, not for your bulk and not for Sobchak for sure
Just not a savvy and not a Sobchak, they will sell Russia to the Americans right away, and we will live like under Yeltsin, that's enough we've been through it, the youth thinks that they will get into a fairy tale
Putin has a rating of 61 percent ??? Don't make people laugh! Maximum 30 percent.
Elena 17.12 2017 00:40
I would like to get acquainted with Putin's program. Not a word has been said about her.
why does he need a program? everything will be as it is now, he will continue his policy, which is harmful to the country !!!
If Navalny is not allowed, then I will not even go to the polls!
I also! And Europe is still selling gas, oil and wood with leather. Everything has already been sold and do not think that with Navalny there is still something left to sell. I am for Navalny, because you have to be friends with Europe, only in a cunning way.
As always, Putin's rating was inflated. In social networks, it is not a topic about him, so violent protests. Lies from the television screen no longer surprise him. In other ways, like how his team of illiterate financiers who only know how to solve financial problems at the expense of citizens. There is only a fear that the elections will be falsified. But I will go straight to the polls and vote for Grudinin. there will not be his candidacy, we will choose a product similar to him, but definitely not expired.