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.
Only Putin.
Navalny will not be allowed to participate in the elections, your Navalny cried. Only Putin and no one else.
Only Navalny!
Tired of seeing people suffer, and the children of officials live like billionaires.
Down with corruption! Down with Putin!
Bulk 20! 8
Only not for Putin, only not for United Russia, a party of crooks and thieves. Zhirinovsky has been losing his mind lately, you shouldn't vote for him either, he is becoming dangerous. Any other candidate will not do more harm to the country than Putin's rule. And in 6 years you will see that democracy will return to the country and more candidates will be admitted to the elections. I am going to vote for Navalny, but I am ready to vote for anyone who has more chances to win against Putin, who has been allowing a swindler from his entourage to plunder and destroy the country for 17 years.
The victory of democracy on a global scale, not only in Russia, is impossible. It is dangerous for those who fight for it. Don't be naive. These ardent fighters for democracy will never allow it to win, its victory is not profitable for them !!!
How many people I know, everyone is against Putin.
I have a grandfather for him, but he watches TV and does not even understand that the problem is from him. although he says that there is one crook around. And so with all the grandmothers ... they, unlike young people, go to the polls, and probably only they vote.
It's simple, there are elections 2018 you have to choose. I only see V.V. Putin, the only president who can defend the country from attacks, if you want from war. In addition to internal problems in the country, it is necessary to solve external ones. And this is much more difficult. If there are external invasions and wars, internal politics cannot be saved.
Only for V.V. Putin.
Only Vladimir Putin.
There cannot and will not be other options.
"He will delight car enthusiasts by abolishing the transport tax and lowering excise taxes on gasoline, replacing VAT with a sales tax, reducing tax pressure on small businesses, and repealing the public procurement law"
- And for some reason the current president does not do this.
Maybe because the country's economy is weak. And Prokhorov, wishing to restrain himself,
also will NOT cut the budget in such ways.
Why is the country's economy weak? Maybe it is worth fighting corruption more constructively? When all ties in the country are based on huge kickbacks, where does a strong economy come from.
Bulk definitely!
for Prokhorov