Results of Presidential Elections 1996 - 2004
RESULTS OF 2004 ELECTION COMPARED TO 2000
Central Electoral Commission , 2000, 2004
Presidential election: 14 March 2004, Final result
| Votes | Total Vote % | |
|---|---|---|
| Vladimir Putin | 49,565,238 | 71.3 |
| Nikolai Kharitonov, Communist | 9,513,313 | 13.7 |
| Sergei Glazyev, Ind. | 2,850,063 | 4.1 |
| Irina Khakamada, Ind. | 2,671,313 | 3.8 |
| Oleg Malyshkin, LDPR | 1,405,315 | 2.0 |
| Sergei Mironov, Russian Party of Life | 524,324 | 0.7 |
| Against all | 2,396,219 | 3.4 |
| Electorate | 108,064,281 | % Electorate |
| Invalid vote | 578,824 | 0.5 |
| Valid vote | 68,925,785 | 63.8 |
| Total vote | 69,504,609 | 64.3 |
Source: Final result, Central Electoral Commission, pr2004.cikrf.ru/etc/svod.xls, 2 April 2004.
Statements by International Election Observation Mission
Presidential election : 26 March 2000
| Candidates | Total Vote % | Number |
|---|---|---|
| Vladimir Putin | 52.9 | 39,740,434 |
| Gennady Zyuganov, Communist | 29.2 | 21,928,471 |
| Grigory Yavlinsky, Yabloko | 5.8 | 4,351,452 |
| Aman-Geldy Tuleev | 3.0 | 2,217,361 |
| Vladimir Zhirinovsky, LDPR | 2.7 | 2,026,513 |
| Konstantin Titov, Union of Right Forces (not official party candidate) | 1.5 | 1,107,269 |
| Ella Pamfilova, For Citizen's Worth | 1.0 | 758,966 |
| Stanislav Govorukhin | 0.4 | 328,723 |
| Yuri Skuratov | 0.4 | 319,263 |
| Aleksei Podberezkin, Spiritual Heritage | 0.1 | 98,175 |
| Umar Dzhabrailov | 0.1 | 78,498 |
| Against all | 1.9 | 1,414,648 |
| Electorate | 109,372,046 | |
| Total Valid Votes | 68.0 | 74,369,773 |
| Invalid Votes | 0.6 | 701,003 |
| Total Votes | 68.6 | 75,070,776 |
Source: Final result, Central Electoral Commission, www.fci.ru, 6 April 2000.
1996 Presidential election result
| 16/6: First Round | 3/7: Second Round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Vote % | Number | Vote % | Number |
| Boris Yeltsin | 35.8 | 26,665,495 | 54.4 | 40,203,948 |
| Gennadii Zyuganov | 32.5 | 24,211,686 | 40.7 | 30,102,288 |
| Alexander Lebed | 14.7 | 10,974,736 | - | - |
| Grigorii Yavlinsky | 7.4 | 5,550,752 | - | - |
| Vladimir Zhirinovsky | 5.8 | 4,311,479 | - | - |
| Six other candidates: S. Fedorov, M. Gorbachev and others | 2.2 | 1,636,950 | - | - |
| Against all candidates | 1.6 | 1,163,921 | 4.9 | 3,604,462 |
| Electorate | 108,495,023 | 108,600,730 | ||
| Total valid vote | 68.7 | 74,515,019 | 68.1 | 73,910,698 |
| Invalid Votes | 1.4 | 1,072,120 | 1.1 | 780,592 |
| Total turnout | 69.7 | 75,587,139 | 68.8 | 74,691,290 |
Source: Central Electoral Commission, 1996. Vybory Presidenta Rossiiskoi Federatsii 1996: Elektoral'naya Statistika. Moscow: Izdatelstvo "Ves' Mir"; pages 128-130.
Public Opinion on the Yeltsin Years
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