2000 Russian presidential election

2000 Russian presidential election

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Opinion polls
Registered109,372,043
Turnout68.64% (Decrease 0.14pp)
 
Nominee Vladimir Putin Gennady Zyuganov Grigory Yavlinsky
Party Independent CPRF Yabloko
Alliance Unity, OVR, SPS
Popular vote 39,740,467 21,928,468 4,351,450
Percentage 53.44% 29.49% 5.85%

Results by federal subject
Vladimir Putin:      40–45%      45–50%      50–55%      55–60%      60–65%      65–70%      75–80%      80–85%      85–90%
Gennady Zyuganov:      40–45%      45–50%
Aman Tuleyev:      50–55%

Acting President before election

Vladimir Putin
Independent

Elected President

Vladimir Putin
Independent

Presidential elections were held in Russia on 26 March 2000.[1] Incumbent prime minister and acting president Vladimir Putin, who had succeeded Boris Yeltsin after his resignation on 31 December 1999, sought a four-year term in his own right and won in the first round.

As of 2024, this is the last Russian presidential election in which losers (Gennady Zyuganov and Aman Tuleyev) carried federal subjects. In all subsequent presidential elections, the winner carried all federal subjects.

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1642 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7