2000 Russian Presidential Election
Putin's first election26 March 2000 · The managed succession
Presidential elections were held in Russia on 26 March 2000. Incumbent prime minister and acting president Vladimir Putin, who had succeeded Boris Yeltsin after his resignation on 31 December 1999, sought a four-year term in his own right and won in the first round.
Held in wartime. This election took place while the country was engaged in Second Chechen War (1999–2000). Conflicts →
Held amid the Second Chechen War with state television campaigning for the incumbent; competitive by later standards, but the tilt was already structural.
President before
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Elected President
Vladimir Putin
Independent
Winning share
53.4%
Turnout
68.6%
The result
Vladimir Putin
Independent · 39,740,434 votes
53.44%
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Gennady Zyuganov
Communist Party · 21,928,471 votes
29.49%
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Grigory Yavlinsky
Yabloko · 4,351,452 votes
5.85%
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Aman Tuleyev
Independent · 2,217,361 votes
2.98%
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Vladimir Zhirinovsky
Liberal Democratic Party · 2,026,513 votes
2.72%
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Konstantin Titov
Independent · 1,107,269 votes
1.49%
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Ella Pamfilova
For Civic Dignity · 758,966 votes
1.02%
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Stanislav Govorukhin
Independent · 328,723 votes
0.44%
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Yury Skuratov
Independent · 319,263 votes
0.43%
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Alexey Podberezkin
Spiritual Heritage · 98,175 votes
0.13%
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Umar Dzhabrailov
Power of Reason · 78,498 votes
0.11%
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Against all
1,414,648 votes
1.90%
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