| Campaigned For: | 2012 Russian presidential election |
| Candidate: | Gennady Zyuganov First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (1993-present) Leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in the State Duma (1993-present) Member of the State Duma (1993-present) |
| Affiliation: | Communist Party of the Russian Federation |
The Gennady Zyuganov presidential campaign, 2012 was the presidential campaign of Gennady Zyuganov in the 2012 Russian presidential election. This was the fourth presidential campaign of Zyuganov, who had been a candidate in both the 1996, 2000, and 2008 elections.
In September 2011, Zyuganov became the CPRF's candidate for the 2012 presidential election. Zyuganov declared that the election would be a referendum on "a 20 year experiment" of the liberalization of the Russian political sphere.[1] Zyuganov referred to the existing government as a, "gang of folks who...have humiliated the country."[1]
In the 2012 Russian presidential election on 4 March 2012, Zyuganov once again came in second place by receiving 17% of the vote.[2]
See main article: Political positions of Gennady Zyuganov. Zyuganov promised a return to socialism and an end to Russia's economic decline.[1]