2008 Russian Presidential Election
The placeholder election2 March 2008 · The managed succession
Presidential elections were held in Russia on 2 March 2008. Incumbent president Vladimir Putin was ineligible to run for a third term.
A managed handover: Putin's chosen successor faced no genuine opposition and no real campaign.
President before
Vladimir Putin
Independent
Elected President
Dmitry Medvedev
United Russia
Winning share
71.3%
Turnout
69.7%
The result
| Dmitry Medvedev | United Russia | 52,530,712 | 71.25% |
| Gennady Zyuganov | Communist Party | 13,243,550 | 17.96% |
| Vladimir Zhirinovsky | Liberal Democratic Party | 6,988,510 | 9.48% |
| Andrei Bogdanov | Democratic Party | 968,344 | 1.31% |