Understanding Issues in Comparative Politics

Russian Elections

Political Science 111

Mary Baldwin College, Staunton VA 24401

by Prof. Gordon L. Bowen, Ph.D.


Russian Election Results:

Presidential Election of 2008

Duma Election of 2007

 

Russian Election Results:

Presidential Election of 2004

 

Russian Election Results:

Duma Election of 2003

 

Russian Election Results:

Presidential Election of 2000

 

Russian Election Results:

Duma Election of 1999

 

Russian Election Results:

Presidential Election of 1996

 

Russian Election Results:

Duma Election of 1995

 

Russian Election Results:

Duma Election of 1993 


In 2008, voters no longer had the prerogative to vote “against all.”

 

Russian Presidential Election Results,

March 2, 2008

 

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71.32

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17.96

Zhirinovsky (Liberal Democrats)

9.48

Bogdanov (Democrats)

1.31

 

 

 

Turnout: 73.7 million

 


 

Russian Election Results: Parliamentary Election (lower house, or Duma)

December 2, 2007

See also: Washington Post (Dec. 4, 2007).


 

Russian Election Results: Presidential Election of

March 14, 2004

 

Putin

71.31

Kharitonov (CPRF)

13.69

Glazyev (Nationalist)

4.1

Khakamada (Liberal)

3.8

Malyshkin (Liberal Democrats)

2

Mironov (Federation Council Speaker)

0.75

 

 

Turnout: 64.39%; or 69,581,761 of 108 million voters

 

 


Russian Election Results: Duma Election of 2003

 

December 7, 2003

 

“One Russia” (Putin)

37.57%

CPRF

12.61%

Liberal Democratic Party (Fascist)

11.45%

“Motherland” bloc

9.02%

222 seats were distributed to these four parties, based on Proportional Representation.

222 additional individual candidates were elected in single constituencies.  These members of the Duma represent these and other parties.

Turnout: 55.75%

Source: BBC Monitoring (Dec. 19, 2003)

 


Russian Election Results: Presidential Election of 2000

Russian Presidential Election Results,

March 26, 2000

 

Putin

52.6

Zyuganov (CPRF)

29.0

Yavlinsky (Liberal)

5.8

Turnout: 67%

 


Russian Election Results: Duma Election of 1999

(to be developed)


Russian Election Results: Presidential Election of 1996

 

 

source: OMRI RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SURVEY, No. 15, 9 JULY 1996 (http://www.omri.cz/Publications/SR/SR.html)

 

 


Russian Election Results: Duma Election of December 1995

 


Russian Election Results: Duma Election of 1993


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