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.
Grudinin is the hope to cleanse our country of the ugly scab that has not grown over these decades. Putin is the final death of the country.
How much you can fool your people, humiliate them, leading to total impoverishment. The ability to think was castrated in young people, our children, and a disrespectful attitude towards their country, to its great history was instilled. Only consumers-buyers are raised from them. The stupidity and illiteracy that education brought to us plays into the hands of the ruling regime. It is easier to lead the illiterate anywhere, even to the slaughter, just feed them.
They say that mostly pensioners vote for Putin. But I am also a pensioner. You need to turn on your brains, be able to analyze the situation, root your soul for the Power, for which, indeed, it is insulting. From the strongest in the world, the country has been turned into a raw materials appendage, there is no industry of its own, agriculture has been ruined, health care and education have been turned, in fact, into something opposite to what they should be directed towards. There is no social policy, because those pitiful handouts that are thrown to people cannot be called social policy. The police, the prosecutor's office, the courts work either for money or by order, which also means for money. I know what I am talking about, I am the chairman of the board of the Association of Owners with six years of experience, and over the years I have become convinced of the inaction of these, if I may say so, institutions of power. Housing and utilities policy is just a rip-off, because resources are in the hands of greedy and unscrupulous owners, and no one explains to us why tariffs are steadily and constantly growing. Nobody explains to us sensibly why the prices for food and all goods are growing. A pitiful penny will be added to the pension, prices immediately rise, and how much you add to your pension - everything is eaten up by the excessive greed of uncontrolled traders. We need government regulation! Control is needed! Otherwise, why does the State exist on our taxes? Only - for Grudinin to get out of this swamp! Pavel Nikolaevich is in good health, because the burden will be very heavy. But we support you and we really hope for you. God bless you! L.A.
oh, how you want to go back in the 90s !!!
It is hard to believe that Putin is 10 times ahead of Grudinin. This is the invention of those who dream of seeing Putin again at the helm. Putin will not deviate from his course, and the population will continue to grow impoverished and destitute. Therefore, people turn on their heads when you go to the elections on March 18.
What the hell is this? Why is only the Communist Party nominated in the bulletin Grudinin? And where is the PDS NPSR? Where is the Left Front?
we vote for Grudinin, because if anyone will raise and save our Motherland, only he
I vote for Grudinin! I believe, I hope only in him!
Only for Grudinin, tired of inaction on domestic policy.
There are no worthy candidates among all the candidates! Why not !?!? Because they exposed themselves thanks to the stolen money! Their people did not choose and did not nominate candidates! So think about it when you tick the boxes on March 18, 2018 ...
Grudinin? Perhaps, only he was not going to become president, but agreed only because he was asked. Well, let's say it passes, and then what? will it not work out, like a dog that has broken loose from the chain, freed itself, and what to do, and does not know, will they not control him, will he not become a puppet ?????
We are family, relatives and colleagues for Grudinin !!!
Note all candidates from Moscow, only one from the Moscow region. Something is not clean here