List of Russian presidential candidates by number of votes received explained

Following is a list of Russian presidential candidates by number of votes received, since the first Russian presidential election in 1991.

List

CandidateYearPartyPopular voteNotes
Putin,Vladimir Putin2024Independent76,277,708
Putin,Vladimir Putin2018Independent56,430,712
Medvedev,Dmitry Medvedev2008United Russia52,530,712
Putin,Vladimir Putin2004Independent49,558,328
Putin,Vladimir Putin2012United Russia45,602,075
Yeltsin,Boris Yeltsin1991Independent45,552,041
Yeltsin,Boris Yeltsin1996Independent40,203,948Second round
Putin,Vladimir Putin2000Independent39,740,434
Zyuganov,Gennady Zyuganov1996Communist Party30,102,288Second round
Yeltsin,Boris Yeltsin1996Independent26,665,495First round
Zyuganov,Gennady Zyuganov1996Communist Party24,211,686First round
Zyuganov,Gennady Zyuganov2000Communist Party21,928,471
Ryzhkov,Nikolai Ryzhkov1991Communist Party13,395,335
Zyuganov,Gennady Zyuganov2008Communist Party13,243,550
Zyuganov,Gennady Zyuganov2012Communist Party12,318,353
Lebed,Alexander Lebed1996Congress of Russian Communities10,974,736
Kharitonov,Nikolay Kharitonov2004Communist Party9,514,554
Grudinin,Pavel Grudinin2018Communist Party8,659,206
Zhirinovsky,Vladimir Zhirinovsky2008Liberal Democratic Party6,988,510
Zhirinovsky,Vladimir Zhirinovsky1991Liberal Democratic Party6,211,007
Prokhorov,Mikhail Prokhorov2012Independent5,722,508
Yavlinsky,Grigory Yavlinsky1996Yabloko5,550,752
Tuleyev,Aman Tuleyev1991Independent5,417,464
Zhirinovsky,Vladimir Zhirinovsky2012Liberal Democratic Party4,458,103
Yavlinsky,Grigory Yavlinsky2000Yabloko4,351,452
Zhirinovsky,Vladimir Zhirinovsky1996Liberal Democratic Party4,311,479
Zhirinovsky,Vladimir Zhirinovsky2018Liberal Democratic Party4,154,985
Makashov,Nikolay Kharitonov2024Communist Party3,768,470
Makashov,Vladislav Davankov2024New People3,362,484
Makashov,Albert Makashov1991Independent2,969,511
Glazyev,Sergey Glazyev2004Independent2,850,610
Makashov,Leonid Slutsky2024Liberal Democratic Party2,795,629
Mironov,Sergey Mironov2012A Just Russia2,763,935
Bakatin,Vadim Bakatin1991Independent2,719,757
Khakamada,Irina Khakamada2004Independent2,672,189
Tuleyev,Aman Tuleyev2000Independent2,217,361
Zhirinovsky,Vladimir Zhirinovsky2000Liberal Democratic Party2,026,513
Malyshkin,Oleg Malyshkin2004Liberal Democratic Party1,405,326
Sobchak,Ksenia Sobchak2018Civic Initiative1,238,031
Titov,Konstantin Titov2000Independent1,107,269
Bogdanov,Andrei Bogdanov2008Democratic Party968,344
Yavlinsky,Grigory Yavlinsky2018Yabloko769,644
Pamfilova,Ella Pamfilova2000For Civic Dignity758,966
Fyodorov,Svyatoslav Fyodorov1996Party of Workers' Self-Government699,158
Titov,Boris Titov2018Party of Growth556,801
Mironov,Sergey Mironov2004Russian Party of Life524,332
Suraykin,Maxim Suraykin2018Communists of Russia499,342
Baburin,Sergey Baburin2018Russian All-People's Union479,013
Gorbachev,Mikhail Gorbachev1996Independent386,069
Govorukhin,Stanislav Govorukhin2000Independent328,723
Skuratov,Yury Skuratov2000Independent319,263
Shakkum,Martin Shakkum1996Independent277,068
Vlasov,Yury Vlasov1996Independent151,282
Bryntsalov,Vladimir Bryntsalov1996Russian Socialist Party123,065
Podberezkin,Alexey Podberezkin2000Spiritual Heritage98,175
Dzhabrailov,Umar Dzhabrailov2000Independent78,498
Tuleyev,Aman Tuleyev1996Independent308Withdrew after deadline

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