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 | 53.44% |
| Gennady Zyuganov | Communist Party | 21,928,471 | 29.49% |
| Grigory Yavlinsky | Yabloko | 4,351,452 | 5.85% |
| Aman Tuleyev | Independent | 2,217,361 | 2.98% |
| Vladimir Zhirinovsky | Liberal Democratic Party | 2,026,513 | 2.72% |
| Konstantin Titov | Independent | 1,107,269 | 1.49% |
| Ella Pamfilova | For Civic Dignity | 758,966 | 1.02% |
| Stanislav Govorukhin | Independent | 328,723 | 0.44% |
| Yury Skuratov | Independent | 319,263 | 0.43% |
| Alexey Podberezkin | Spiritual Heritage | 98,175 | 0.13% |
| Umar Dzhabrailov | Power of Reason | 78,498 | 0.11% |
| Against all | — | 1,414,648 | 1.90% |