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.
To begin with, everyone will not vote for you, then they will vote for you. Personally, I am for Grudinin. Finally, there will be a bright head, and not this storyteller who is doing well. He lives in another state. You understand who it is.
Still, our young people would understand that it is impossible to vote for Putin, as there are many lost among them))
Keep your opinion to yourself, and vote with dignity without offending others. And Grudinin began with deception. Learn history and compare facts. There is no need to insult a big mind.
Pavel Grudinin, this is the one that the country needs!
There is only one option - P.N. GRUDININ. Every NOT indifferent citizen of Russia can draw certain conclusions for himself, including the choice ... To live with dignity or be "drowned" like Mumu ...
I really hope that people in Russia have not forgotten how to think that they can not only quickly believe what they say on the central channels, but can also analyze what is happening in the country now. Are you satisfied with the fact that officials wear a million dollar watch and grandmothers (your mothers) receive a beggarly pension of 9,000? That the current president does not react in any way to the general theft in power? Wouldn't you like to live in a normal welfare state with a decent standard of living? All developed countries live like this. And Russia, with its riches, is that backward? Maybe we just choose the wrong ones? I am for an honest, decent person, a good business executive, Pavel Nikolayevich Grudinin. Using the example of his state farm, he showed that it is possible to build a paradise in Russia too.
Online poll on this site: Putin - 15%, Grudinin - 57%. This is reality! Levada Center: Putin - 61% (146%), this is a fairy tale.
It's better on a state farm than on a plantation or in a corral.)))
Under Mueller's hat ???
I believe P.N. Grudinin
Grudinin is like a breath of fresh air, an honest man proved by his deeds what he is capable of. Let's vote only for Grudinin.
Only P.N. GRUDININ is nobody else. We want to live in a normal, stable country.
At the state farm)))
and the state farm is a joint farm, what do you think is bad? In your opinion, let us be day laborers in our country or even serfs? I’m for OWL HOSE! / this is the answer to anonymous /
Anonymous living as in the state farm named after Lenin is a dream!