2018 Russian Presidential Election
Navalny barred18 March 2018 · The managed succession
Presidential elections were held in Russia on 18 March 2018. Incumbent president Vladimir Putin was eligible to run.
Held in wartime. This election took place while the country was engaged in Russo-Ukrainian War (2014–present). Conflicts →
The leading opposition figure, Alexei Navalny, was barred from the ballot; observers reported widespread irregularities.
President before
Vladimir Putin
Independent
President (re-elected)
Vladimir Putin
Independent
Winning share
77.5%
Turnout
67.5%
The result
| Vladimir Putin | Independent | 56,430,712 | 77.53% |
| Pavel Grudinin | Communist Party | 8,659,206 | 11.90% |
| Vladimir Zhirinovsky | Liberal Democratic Party | 4,154,985 | 5.71% |
| Ksenia Sobchak | Civic Initiative | 1,238,031 | 1.70% |
| Grigory Yavlinsky | Yabloko | 769,644 | 1.06% |
| Boris Titov | Party of Growth | 556,801 | 0.76% |
| Maxim Suraykin | Communists of Russia | 499,342 | 0.69% |
| Sergey Baburin | Russian All-People's Union | 479,013 | 0.66% |