Russian presidential elections
Russian presidential elections determine who will serve as the president of Russia for the next six (formerly four from 1996 to 2012 and five from 1991 to 1996) years.[1]
Since the establishment of the position of the President of Russia in 1991, the presidential elections have taken place eight times: in 1991, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2018, and 2024.[2][3] The next presidential election is scheduled for March 2030.
Electoral legislation
Russian presidential elections are governed by the Russian Constitution, the Federal law on basic guarantees of electoral rights and the right to participate in referendums of citizens of the Russian Federation and the federal law on Presidential elections of the Russian Federation. The provisions of the electoral legislation were constantly evolving, but the foundations of the electoral system remained unchanged.
Laws on elections of the President of Russia were adopted four times. From 1991 to 2003, before each election a new law was adopted: in 1991,[4] in 1995,[5] in 1999,[6] and in 2003.[7] Currently, there is a federal law "on Presidential elections of the Russian Federation" #19-FZ from January 10, 2003, in the version from December 5, 2017.[8][9]
Candidates
Eligibility
The Russian Constitution sets out the following requirements for presidential candidates:[10]
- Be at least 35 years old;
- Be a resident in Russia for at least 20 years;
- Do not have a foreign citizenship or residence permit in a foreign country, either at the time of the election or at any time before.
In addition, the Federal Law "On the elections of the President of the Russian Federation" sets additional requirements, according to which, candidates may not be persons:[11]
- Recognized incapable by court or kept in places of deprivation of liberty by the sentence of the court;
- Sentenced to deprivation of liberty for committing grave and (or) particularly grave crimes and having on the day of voting not removed and outstanding previous conviction for the specified crime;
- Condemned to imprisonment for Commission of the serious crime which criminal record is removed or extinguished - before the expiration of 10 years from the date of removal or repayment of criminal record;
- Sentenced to imprisonment for committing a particularly serious crime, the conviction of which is withdrawn or repaid - before the expiration of 15 years from the date of removal or repayment of the criminal record;
- Convicted for committing extremist crimes under the Criminal Code of Russia and having on the day of voting not removed and outstanding previous conviction for the specified crime;
- Subjected to administrative punishment for Commission of the administrative offenses provided by articles 20.3 (propaganda or public demonstration of Nazi attributes or symbols, or attributes or symbols of extremist organizations, or other attributes or symbols, propaganda or public demonstration of which is prohibited by Federal law) and 20.29 (production and distribution of extremist materials) of the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offenses if vote on the presidential elections takes place before the termination of term during which the person is considered to be subjected to administrative punishment;
- Concerning which the sentence of court on deprivation of its right to hold the state positions within a certain term came into force;
- Holding the position of President of the Russian Federation for the second consecutive term on the date of official publication of the decision on appointment of election of the President of the Russian Federation.
Gender
Of all the candidates for President of Russia, only three were female. These were
No. | Year | Picture | Name | Party | Votes |
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1 | 2004 | Irina Khakamada | Independent | 2,672,189 (3.9%) | |
2 | 2018 | Ksenia Sobchak | Civic Initiative | 1,226,145 (1.7%) | |
3 | 2000 | Ella Pamfilova | For Civic Dignity | 758,966 (1.0%) |
Perennial candidates
Out of all the candidates, eight have participated in the elections more than once (of these, only two won the election each time, Boris Yeltsin and Vladimir Putin). The record for participation in the elections is held by Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who participated in the elections six times, from the first election in 1991 to 2018 (except the 2004 election). Vladimir Putin has participated in five elections. Gennady Zyuganov was a candidate four times. Aman Tuleyev and Grigory Yavlinsky were candidates three times, while in 1996 Tuleyev withdrew his candidacy a few days before the election, and Yavlinsky also tried to run in 2012, but was rejected. Boris Yeltsin, Nikolay Kharitonov and Sergey Mironov were candidates twice.
Electoral results of perennial candidates | |||||||||
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Candidate | 1991 | 1996 (1) | 1996 (2) | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2018 | 2024 |
Yeltsin | 57.3% | 35.3% | 53.8% | ||||||
Tuleyev | 6.8% | <0.1% | 3.0% | ||||||
Zhirinovsky | 7.8% | 5.7% | 2.7% | 9.4% | 6.2% | 5.7% | |||
Zyuganov | 32.0% | 40.3% | 29.2% | 17.7% | 17.2% | ||||
Yavlinsky | 7.3% | 5.8% | 1.0% | ||||||
Putin | 53.0% | 71.3% | 63.6% | 76.7% | 87.28% | ||||
Mironov | 0.8% | 3.9% | |||||||
Kharitonov | 13% | 4.31% |
Procedure
Nomination of candidates
Candidates can be nominated by a political party or run as independents. To officially nominate candidates, a party congress (for party candidates) or an initiative group meeting (for independent candidates) must be held. In any case, regardless of the method of nomination, a candidate must submit to the CEC consent to be nominated by a specific political party or a specific initiative group.
Political party
To be nominated by a political party, a party congress must be held. At least one delegate from at least half of the federal subjects (i.e. at least 46 delegates) is required to nominate a candidate.[13]
A political party can only nominate one candidate. Also, the same candidate can only be nominated by one political party. At the same time, political parties may not nominate candidates at the congress, but may decide to support a candidate nominated by another party or an independent candidate. However, in this case, such party de jure will not participate in the election campaign, it will not be indicated in ballots, information stands and other official documents.
Candidates nominated by political parties with factions in the State Duma (the lower house of the Russian parliament) or in legislatures at least one-third of the federal subjects are exempt from collecting signatures and are automatically included in the ballots.[14]
All candidates from other political parties must gather 100,000 signatures.[14][15]
Independent candidates
To nominate an independent candidate, a meeting of the initiative group of voters must be held. The initiative group must consist of at least 500 Russian citizens who have the right to vote. At the same time, unlike political party congresses, initiative groups do not require representation of federal subjects (all members of the group can be residents of the same federal subject).[16]
To participate in the election, an independent candidate must gather 300,000 signatures.[14][17]
Popular vote
The elections are held on the second Sunday of the month when the previous elections were held.[8] If this day coincides with a day preceding a holiday day, or this Sunday falls on the week including a public holiday or Sunday is duly announced a work day, elections are called for the next Sunday.[18]
The president is elected by direct popular vote
Election calendar
The typical periods of the presidential election process are as follows, with the dates corresponding to the 2018 election:
- Since September 2016 (legislative election) – Public announcement of the intention to participate in the election.
- December 2017 – Central Election Commission.
- December 2017 to January 2018 – Nominating conventions (including the conventions of the initiative groups for the nomination of independent candidates). Candidates file their Statement of Candidacy with the Central Election Commission.
- January to February 2018 – Collection of signatures for candidates from non-parliamentary parties and independent candidates.
- December 2017 to February 2018 – Registration of candidates.
- February and March, 2018 – Agitation in mass media (including debates).
- March 17, 2018 – Day of silence (ban on any agitation).
- March 18, 2018 – Election Day.
- April 7, 2018 – Day of silence (during the second round).
- April 8, 2018 – Second round (if necessary).
- May 7, 2018 – Inauguration Day.
Video surveillance of the elections
In December 2011, Russian
Video surveillance systems were used in the 2018 election, with cameras installed at 80% of election stations. In addition, cameras were installed for the first time in the territorial election commissions, which carry out the counting of votes at the level of cities and districts.[26]
List of Russian presidential elections
- 1991 Russian presidential election
- 1996 Russian presidential election
- 2000 Russian presidential election
- 2004 Russian presidential election
- 2008 Russian presidential election
- 2012 Russian presidential election
- 2018 Russian presidential election
- 2024 Russian presidential election
See also
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