2012 Russian Presidential Election
Return amid protest4 March 2012 · The managed succession
Presidential elections were held in Russia on 4 March 2012. There were five officially registered candidates: four representatives of registered parties, and one nominal independent.
Held amid mass protests over the rigged 2011 Duma vote, with credible fraud findings and the strongest opponents excluded.
President before
Dmitry Medvedev
United Russia
Elected President
Vladimir Putin
United Russia
Winning share
64.3%
Turnout
65.3%
The result
| Vladimir Putin | United Russia | 45,602,075 | 64.35% |
| Gennady Zyuganov | Communist Party | 12,318,353 | 17.38% |
| Mikhail Prokhorov | Independent | 5,722,508 | 8.08% |
| Vladimir Zhirinovsky | Liberal Democratic Party | 4,458,103 | 6.29% |
| Sergey Mironov | A Just Russia | 2,763,935 | 3.90% |