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 votes
71.25%
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Gennady Zyuganov
Communist Party · 13,243,550 votes
17.96%
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Vladimir Zhirinovsky
Liberal Democratic Party · 6,988,510 votes
9.48%
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Andrei Bogdanov
Democratic Party · 968,344 votes
1.31%
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