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.
I am for Putin, he is a real president
The year of my birth was indicated incorrectly on the electoral lists. Where did the data for the lists come from?
The dumping of bulletins in Lyubertsy is a shame for such things to criminal responsibility with a demonstrative flogging so that others will not disdain and a term of 10 years for betraying his people.
In this election I will support Sobchak…. absolutely zero attitude towards everyone, and it is hard to believe that someone will change something, but she has an obvious plus, as it seemed to me, this is desire and interest ... it is this “spark” of concern that wins my voice)
Let him do the defense industry, he is good at it, and let someone else try to develop the country
Maxim Alexandrovich Suraykin
Putin is the best president !!
I have just voted at polling station No. 1390 in Moscow. Neither the consultant, nor the observers, nor the employee issuing the ballots could answer my question, what is the Gus election system. Those. As always, I signed the ledger, received the ballot and threw it into a transparent plastic box. After the flow of voters subsides (by the evening), it will be possible to throw anything into these boxes. Isn't Ella Pamfilova ashamed to fool people's heads? And what does the Gus election system have to do with it, when everything is impersonal? And you will oversleep your Grudinin, because will not be able to control stuffing.
He worked as a rural teacher for 20 years.
He started under Yeltsin, when there was poverty. Then the "successful Putin years" And what is the result ?!
Salary 11,155 rubles per month (higher category, higher education, Honorary Worker of Education)
1) to vote for Putin - to agree to poverty for another 6 years ?!
When the oligarchs are fattening, having billions and trillions stolen from the people!
I don't want another 6 years of poverty!
2) Under Yeltsin it was a pleasure to work at school, because I went to teach the children, I tried to prepare for lessons, hold interesting events, and studied additionally for free !!! ...
What did Putin give me? For more than ten years now I have not seen children, I only see pieces of paper. Analyzes, inquiries, diagnostics, monitoring and what not. This paperwork takes me 60-70% of the time. The most important thing is that no one needs these pieces of paper in FIG. Children from this will not become smarter. and instead of devoting myself to working with children, I sit and write unnecessary pieces of paper.
To vote for Putin is to agree to do paperwork for another 6 years, or rather, paperwork, instead of teaching children. I do not want!
And 3) the most important thing. Under Putin, teachers and doctors have become the country's biggest criminals. Not a day goes by without a teacher, doctor, or school being spat on TV all over the country. Because they know that these people cannot protect themselves in any way. Not a single oligarch was imprisoned under the vaunted Putin, not a single thief was imprisoned (Serdyukov even went for a promotion, they will also release Ulyukaev and put him in another position)
And teachers and doctors are reviled and humiliated in every possible way.
I don’t want to feel like a criminal in this country for another 6 years !!!
What do we see under Putin ?! The prosecutor’s office doesn’t get out of schools; the transport inspectorate, the tax (!), And the SES, and the ecology, and who just wasn’t there, are checking them. Only Minatom has not checked us yet. And each office writes out 5-7-10-30 thousand fines for some incorrectly written piece of paper. We are not lawyers, we do not know all the delays in legislation. And who else should the state (Putin) take money from, if not from the people ?! Not from the oligarchs! For them, and the tax is minimal, Putin abolished the progressive tax almost as soon as he became king.
To vote for Putin - to agree to be tipped and humiliated by all possible inspections for another 6 years ?! I do not want it!
Everyone who will read this post, support me, do not vote for Putin! This is the protégé of the oligarchs. He doesn't need ordinary people!
And he made teachers criminals!
At least for the Tatar, but not for Putin! Tatars treat us better than Putin!
What a custom comment! I am 50, I worked under Putin and under Yeltsin and many before them. What made you so happy to go to work under Yeltsin? It was also financially. But the whole world was ashamed. President drunk! Tell your little ones your tales.
Electing a new president now is like voluntarily committing suicide. Complete uncertainty, disappointing forecasts and a high probability that things will go all to one place) We need to save the country, and this can only be done by WE. (I hope it turned out not too pretentious ... but this is my opinion)