Russian Presidential Election 2012

The 2012 Russian Presidential Election took place on March 4, 2012.

Incumbent Dmitry Medvedev has agreed to step down and to run with United Russia as a possible Prime Minister in the Russian Government, nominating Vladimir Putin as the United Russia Candidate.

Conservative president Vladimir Putin won the election.

## Candidates[edit]

Party  |  Candidate  |  Votes

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United Russia |  Vladimir Putin |  63.64%
Communist Party of the Russian Federation |  Gennady Zyuganov  |  17.18%
None  |  Mikhail Prokhorov |  7.94%
Liberal Democratic Party |  Vladimir Zhirinovsky  |  6.22%
A Just Russia  |  Sergey Mironov  |  3.85%