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.
Is it really still for 18 years of Putin's rule not tired of listening to his chatter every year in the message the same speech hangs on our ears noodles and reported nothing new called I never voted for him and now I will go for Grudinin only he can raise our country from its knees stop humiliating yourself
Morning broadcast, first channel, pre-election chronicle. "The main candidates" in the opinion of the first-channel Putin are everywhere and around the clock, Sobchak slipped in Berdsk, Zhirinovsky is in a pharmacy, studying pills, Yavlinsky in Novgorod is at the origins of democracy and that's it? Grudinin practically does not exist on the screen! How did this 146% lie!
We have only one option left: everyone to come to the polls and vote for Pavel Grudinin, sign up as observers, don't let scammers steal your vote!
for Putin
GDP can be respected only for the fact that he neatly took the Crimea! And someone thrashed him with this And for the rest, excuse me. Constant levies of gas workers, power engineers, oil workers, constant price increases. And then a cry oh inflation and all the rest up. And everything in a circle. Their appetites are growing and the people are trying to survive. In raising taxes, fines, prices. And it is good to engage in foreign policy, but your people should not be left to survive and the arbitrariness of officials and remember it before the elections how everything will be fine with us after the elections. Only factories that have gone under the bulldozer and shopping centers cannot be returned. And before you vote, think about who !!!!!!! Do not vote for many clowns CIRCUS!
For business executives. I think, and so everyone understands everything without unnecessary remarks.
The only real owner who will put things in order is Zhirinovsky !!! I have been waiting for his strong hand for many years. Some "rags" in power! We need a real man who can make decisions and act !!!
Grudinin President. Thieves to account.
Only for Pavel Nikolaevich Grudinin! Putin has already had enough years to implement his program, but we have what we have. You can offer him to pursue foreign policy in another position, he succeeds.
And where is the column "against all"? and "I will not participate"?
Where is where, you were told for, "Sobchak".
only for V.V. PUTIN There are no more candidates for his place.
GDP is time to retire. Only his team and the geeks who have sucked to the body of Russia vote for him. Crimea-Baikal. We destroy our brothers, and immediately surrender the Far East to China. Where is the logic. About the country's internal problems, Trump is to blame for everything. That Trump has ruined our entire economy. Our factories. Collective farms. Appropriated all natural resources. I also want to note. Previously, the Governor was an elective position. Now appoints the GDP. If so, then the demand, what is happening in the regions with GDP. These are his people, his team. I would also ask why deputies and ministers receive such a salary? If the employee does nothing, or there is no sense in his work, then he will receive nothing. What do we have? Corruption, theft, talentless leadership. What is Chubais alone worth?
GDP, you have long turned into dear Leonid Ilyich from the Communist Party! You are not stupid, resign voluntarily! I understand that your accomplices will falsify the election results in your favor ... In this case, Russia will explode and you will face the fate of Gaddafi! Please leave power and go to the sidelines of history!
For Putin, definitely !!!!!!!!