List of Russian presidential candidates

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Candidate for President of Russia – people officially registered as a candidate for President of the Russian Federation. As of 2016, 29 people participated in the election of the President of Russia. Three more have been officially registered as candidates, but later withdrew from the elections (however, one of them took part in the previous and subsequent presidential elections). Recently at the moment the elections were in 2012, five candidates participated in them. The next elections will be held in 2018.

1991

According to the in force at the time Constitution, the President is elected together with the Vice President for five years.

Since 1996

According to the new Constitution, the position of Vice President was abolished, and the President is elected for a six years (until 2012 for a four years).

Facts

• Only once, to determine the winner needed to carry out the second round. In the elections of 1996.
• Candidates from the Communist Party has always taken second place.
• Most often participated in the elections Vladimir Zhirinovsky – 5 times.
• In 2000, Ella Pamfilova became the first woman registered as a candidate for president of Russia. Subsequently, the female candidate Irina Khakamada became only in 2004.
• The largest number of candidates for the President of Russia – 11 people in 2000. The smallest number – 4 people in 2008.
• The youngest presidential candidate — Andrei Bogdanov in 2008 (aged 38). The oldest — Gennady Zyuganov in 2012 (aged 67).
• 14 times participated in the election candidates born not in Russia. Despite the ban, they participated in the elections because they were born until 1991, in other republics of the Soviet Union.

See also

• President of Russia
• List of Presidents of Russia
• Elections in Russia

References

Elections and referendums in Russia
Presidential elections	1991 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2018
Legislative elections	1906 1907 (Jan) 1907 (Oct) 1912 1917 1938 1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1980 1985 1990 1993 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2016
Gubernatorial elections	1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2012 2013 2014 2015
Regional elections	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Referendums	1991 1993 (Apr) 1993 (Dec)
See also: Elections and referendums in the Soviet Union