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 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.
By the hand, I also want to urge everyone to come with your own and only for Grudinin, if you want to change life for the better ... ... I think everyone has long understood where our current elite is leading us ...
For example, I respect G. Yavlinsky, but he ought to be president somewhere in Europe. Too intelligent. Sobchak already had his own state-House-2. And Putin! There are a lot of secrets around his personal life. And our people respect family values. Yes, and a lot of PR. A bad service, he is rendered by his weak government: Russian athletes have been disgraced, pensioners are beggars, students have penny scholarships, and state employees are ready to break each other like dogs because of stimulation. I live in Siberia, rich in oil, gas, and in the village we drown ourselves with wood. The roads are smashed. And the answer to the local, regional and presidential authorities is the same: life has become fun, life has become good. Not a country, but just a Comedy Club. But the manners are imperial! I give my
voice for Pavel Grudinin.
Putin is apparently so confident in his victory that he has not yet proposed to the people his pre-election program for the country's development for the next 6 years. And the people want to know how the country will develop in the next 6 years, if he wins. In what direction will the development go, what priorities will be identified. Or everything will go on as usual in a descending order: the industry is falling apart, there are not enough jobs, agriculture is not developing, problems in medicine and education, the poor get poorer, the rich get richer ... Well, why such a life for the people for another 6 years? ... For the People's President P.N. Grudinin for the development of the country, for the welfare state !!!
Putin is a disgrace to Russia! Grudinin we are with you. For a long time there was no business executive at the head of the Russian state.
I look at the photos of male candidates and think. Who do they show their fists to ??? For us, ordinary people from the provinces, like me? Whom do they threaten with their fists?
Only for Grudinin - we will not miss our chance
This is the last chance for the people to overthrow the oligarchic power. Our president is Grudinin!
I live in a village, coal 2800t.r per ton, a cart of firewood 5000t.r, and winter half a year Siberia, gasoline 38r per liter, 43 for diesel fuel, with a salary of 9300, my mother worked all her life the same pension and no benefits, Well, what a ***** Putin, drive him with a filthy broom, only Grudinin
Under Vladimir Putin, many good things happened in the country. Well-being depends, again, on ourselves, the inhabitants of this planet. If people take positions in the judiciary, in legal structures, in the police, tax authorities, etc. Work honestly in accordance with the Constitution of the Russian Federation, without bribes, without deception, and justly in the end, work within the country for your people. Don't make it difficult for people to live their life so brazenly, taking away their last salary. Live honestly yourself, and the people will be proud of their country. The structure built up to the level of the president is multifaceted. He cannot watch every civil servant around the clock. The people themselves, being in warm offices, are obliged to work for the good of all our people. Putin dismissed many colonels and generals. I really liked Zhirinovsky's program. And as a politician, he knows the history of Russia in a way that the historian himself probably does not know. I really like his debates. Everything speaks clearly, truthfully and to the point. He worries about his people, and you can see it. Read his program carefully. May God grant health and longevity to V.V. Zhirinovsky. In my opinion, the two strong candidates are V.V. Putin and V.V. Zhirinovsky. I will vote for one of them!
What are you talking about, Natalia! Live honestly, the people will be proud ... the structure is multifaceted, the people themselves must work. Nonsense and more!
We are working, but soon there will be not enough food. There is no need to talk about the prospects in life under this bandit power. Is Putin worried about the people? Do not make me laugh! It feeds only the oligarchs. He has no program! Duplicitous, smart, but extremely DISORDER!
Got shit with the Olympics - it became clear that he was in command of the process with drinking by the Olympians so-called. "Duchessa" !. And the hole in the wall for sample swapping seems to have been made with his permission. And Rodchenkov was taken on purpose for all this! Why do we need such a president?
Zhirinovsky?!? This is a masquerade and only, watch the video on the Internet, how he supports the Ulyanovsk cadets, and offers to encourage such reckless actions of our youth! Only sparks from him and only. I don't see a single worthy candidate for the presidency of our great and perishing country ... Lord, give us strength and patience to overcome the current chaos in power.
Then you just for the fat
PUTIN CAN BE DEFEATED WITH AN EXTREMELY HIGH PREVENTION AT THE ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT!
IF 76% DISSATISFIED WITH PUTIN WILL COME TO THE ELECTIONS AND VOTE FOR THE BREAST, WE WILL HAVE SOCIALISM!
THE VERDICT: WE ARE ACTIVELY AGITATING FOR THE GRUDININA AND FOR THE ATTENDANCE, AND WE WILL RETURN SOCIALISM!
PS: Be sure to come TO THE ELECTIONS WITH YOUR OWN HANDLES, THE POWER CAN GO FOR EVERYTHING!
For what? For promises? Grudinin only promises so far, but does not say how he will do it! He doesn't even have a clue about it! But the village was rebuilt ... and that's all just for the last 5 years! So this PR is needed by someone. Why did you pile up such investments? But after all, with the calculation, but that is the case if the idea with the elections does not work out. After all, they did not invest further than the MKAD. If necessary, they will sell this Potemkin village. They will return their ... interests!
We already had one collective farmer Gorbachev, do you want another one? And the majority is for Putin.