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 signatures of voters 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.
If you want this, but if you want to strike, you will still get it ... The election result is a foregone conclusion. We continue to fall.
Evgeniya
Besides Putin V.V there is NO worthy candidate! You have to think with your head when choosing your future.
Once everyone also talked about Brezhnev, then you know what happened. History teaches nothing!
Tatiana is from Chelyabinsk. I don’t know about you there, but in the south and central Russia there are worthy ones. GRUDININ! And of course Stalin would be better, but so far there is no such thing.
What kind of country? Who you don't ask on the street, 80 percent say Grudinin, all sites where they also discuss Grudinin. For some reason, they write everywhere that he has 3 percent) Putin should have kicked Mendel out long ago. Someone had to deal with domestic politics. I am not Russian (orphan). My homeland is the USSR, grew up in Russia, served in hot spots of the Airborne Forces, father of three children, homeless. I am more a Russian patriot than they are, Stalin is needed. Return all resources to the people, close all offshore companies. These oligarchs and officials should be imprisoned. My choice is definitely Grudinin, but he will not be given. At least I dream of seeing him as prime minister. Give us back our homeland Pavel.
I am for Grudinin. Tired of living in poverty with a job.
Break not build. You try to build something yourself. It's hard to agree. One has already ruined RUSSIA, and it is much more difficult to revive when everyone is clever. As in Krylov's fable!
Something like this…
Where does the Motherland begin?
With the spit that was launched into the people,
From Chechens, dancing lezginka,
at the Borovitsky Gate.
Or maybe it starts
from Beslan and explosions in the subway,
And what is ahead of schedule in the elections
again won EdRo.
Where does the Motherland begin?
With capitals fattening with life,
And from the well-fed smiles that we see
on the faces of all top officials.
Or maybe it starts
from a salary of seven thousand rubles?
Since there is no money in the budget
to the nursery and teachers.
Where does the Motherland begin?
From the piano in the Ice Palace,
From the flashing lights, the people scatter,
in Moscow on the Garden Ring.
Or maybe it starts
from the pipe that pumps our gas?
From Skolkovo and the Olympic Games,
that "strong" will make us.
Where does the Motherland begin?
With the police and the FSB,
And hordes of migrants who
in Russian, neither "Me" and not "Be".
Or maybe it starts
with the concepts "not a thief is caught"?
Where the infrastructure is underground
the Prosecutor General himself protects.
Where does the Motherland begin?
From the picture in your primer ...
It's time to plunge into reality,
because the century is not the same in the yard.
Or maybe it starts
from kickbacks budget money?
From those funds that are now in the billions,
in offshore accounts are.
Where does the Motherland begin?
With debauchery and other pleasures,
Since it is good and decency,
now they only cause laughter.
Or maybe it starts
from that song that our mother once sang to us ...?
Think again how you should
when you vote.
I personally, with my entire family and with all my relatives, will vote for People's President Pavel Nikolayevich Grudinin, like this.
I support 100%
I support !!!
Grudinin Prime Minister, Putin President. They will work gloriously for the good of the Fatherland, but for Putin this is not acceptable because he is tied, it's a shame!
If Putin chooses himself again, our Great Russia will not develop again. Again 6 years of standing in one place. 6 years behind Europe and the States. How long can you sit on oil and not build factories? Why graduate young people from universities, if there is nowhere to get a job? Why pay for higher education from 500 thousand rubles for 5 years of study, if salaries in our country are the poorest 8-12 thousand rubles. And just a thrown handout before the elections - an increase in salaries to state employees from January 1, 2018 by a great 4%, translated into rubles 500-600 rubles. Shame on the existing government! Shame on such a government!
I agree with you
If Ksenia Sobchak is chosen, it will be Dom-3. Do we need it?
Who will choose her?
Who wrote here that Putin "will save us from America"? watch less TV. Putin made our country dependent on America, on the dollar, on oil prices, on the IMF, and on sanctions. We constantly look into America's mouth. The oligarchs and Putin also keep money in America. Don't be so goofy. Vote For Grudinin! It's time to deal with your country and not live with an eye on America!