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 votes
64.35%
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Gennady Zyuganov
Communist Party · 12,318,353 votes
17.38%
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Mikhail Prokhorov
Independent · 5,722,508 votes
8.08%
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Vladimir Zhirinovsky
Liberal Democratic Party · 4,458,103 votes
6.29%
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Sergey Mironov
A Just Russia · 2,763,935 votes
3.90%
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