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Electoral history of Vladimir Zhirinovsky

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Vladimir Zhirinovsky
Vladimir Zhirinovsky's results in the presidential elections from 1991 to 2018

Electoral history of Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Member of the State Duma (1993–2022), Deputy Chairman of the State Duma (2000–2011) and Leader of Liberal Democratic Party (1991–2022). Liberal Democratic presidential candidate 1991, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2012 and 2018.

Presidential elections

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1991

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1991 presidential election
Presidential candidate Vice Presidential candidate Party Votes %
Boris Yeltsin Alexander Rutskoy Independent 45,552,041 58.6
Nikolai Ryzhkov Boris Gromov Communist Party 13,395,335 17.2
Vladimir Zhirinovsky Andrey Zavidiya Liberal Democratic Party 6,211,007 8.0
Aman Tuleyev Viktor Bocharov Independent 5,417,464 7.0
Albert Makashov Aleksei Sergeyev Independent 2,969,511 3.8
Vadim Bakatin Ramazan Abdulatipov Independent 2,719,757 3.5
Against all 1,525,410 2.0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, University of Essex, Voice of Russia

1996

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First round of 1996 presidential election
Candidate Party Votes %
Boris Yeltsin Independent 26,665,495 35.8
Gennady Zyuganov Communist Party 24,211,686 32.5
Alexander Lebed Congress of Russian Communities 10,974,736 14.7
Grigory Yavlinsky Yabloko 5,505,752 7.4
Vladimir Zhirinovsky Liberal Democratic Party 4,311,479 5.8
Svyatoslav Fyodorov Party of Workers' Self-Government 699,158 0.9
Mikhail Gorbachev Independent 386,069 0.5
Martin Shakkum Independent 277,068 0.4
Yury Vlasov Independent 151,282 0.2
Vladimir Bryntsalov Russian Socialist Party 123,065 0.2
Aman Tuleyev Independent 308,394 0.0
Against all 1,163,921 1.6
Source: Nohlen & Stöver,[1] Colton[2]

2000

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2000 presidential election
Candidate Party Votes %
Vladimir Putin Independent 29,740,467 39,5
Gennady Zyuganov Communist Party 21,928,468 29.5
Grigory Yavlinsky Yabloko 4,351,450 5.9
Aman Tuleyev Independent 2,217,364 3.0
Vladimir Zhirinovsky Liberal Democratic Party 2,026,509 2.7
Konstantin Titov Independent 1,107,269 1.5
Ella Pamfilova For Civic Dignity 758,967 1.0
Stanislav Govorukhin Independent 328,723 0.4
Yury Skuratov Independent 319,189 0.4
Alexey Podberezkin Spiritual Heritage 98,177 0.1
Umar Dzhabrailov Independent 78,498 0.1
Against all 1,414,673 1.9
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, University of Essex

2008

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2008 presidential election
Candidates Party Votes %
Dmitry Medvedev United Russia 52,530,712 71.2
Gennady Zyuganov Communist Party 13,243,550 18.0
Vladimir Zhirinovsky Liberal Democratic Party 6,988,510 9.5
Andrei Bogdanov Democratic Party 968,344 1.3
Source: Nohlen & Stöver[3]

2012

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2012 presidential election
Candidates Party Votes %
Vladimir Putin United Russia 45,602,075 63.60
Gennady Zyuganov Communist Party 12,318,353 17.18
Mikhail Prokhorov Independent 5,722,508 7.98
Vladimir Zhirinovsky Liberal Democratic Party 4,458,103 6.22
Sergey Mironov A Just Russia 2,763,935 3.85
Source: Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation

2018

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2018 presidential election
Candidates Party Votes %
Vladimir Putin Independent 56,430,712 76.69
Pavel Grudinin Communist Party 8,659,206 11.77
Vladimir Zhirinovsky Liberal Democratic Party 4,154,985 5.65
Ksenia Sobchak Civic Initiative 1,238,031 1.68
Grigory Yavlinsky Yabloko 769,644 1.05
Boris Titov Party of Growth 556,801 0.76
Maxim Suraykin Communists of Russia 499,342 0.68
Sergey Baburin Russian All-People's Union 479,013 0.65
Source: CEC

State Duma elections

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1993

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In 1993, Vladimir Zhirinovsky ran for the State Duma from Shchyolkovsky single-member constituency, in all subsequent elections, he ran on the party list.

Shchyolkovsky single-member constituency
Candidates Party Votes %
Vladimir Zhirinovsky Liberal Democratic Party 104,874 34.5%
Others 181,662 59.8%
Source: CEC Archived 2018-03-31 at the Wayback Machine

State Duma Chairman elections

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2003

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Candidate Party For
Boris Gryzlov United Russia 352 78.2%
Sergey Baburin Rodina 79 17.6%
Ivan Melnikov Communist Party 69 15.3%
Vladimir Zhirinovsky Liberal Democratic Party 51 11.3%
Source: Спикером Госдумы избран Борис Грызлов

2011

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Candidate Party For
Sergey Naryshkin United Russia 238 52.9%
Ivan Melnikov Communist Party 208 46.2%
Vladimir Zhirinovsky Liberal Democratic Party 204 45.3%
Sergey Mironov A Just Russia 203 45.1%
Source: Госдума избрала своим спикером Сергея Нарышкина

Belgorod Oblast gubernatorial election, 1999

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Candidates Party %
Yevgeny Savchenko Our Home – Russia 53.4
Mikhail Beskhmelnitsyn Communist Party 19.8
Vladimir Zhirinovsky Liberal Democratic Party 17.4
Vladimir Bezymyanny Independent 2.0
Vladimir Naboka Independent 0.3
Source: Губернаторские выборы - 1999

References

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  1. ^ Nohlen, D; Stöver, P (2010). Elections in Europe: A data handbook. p. 1642. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7.
  2. ^ Timothy J. Colton (2000). Transitional Citizens: Voters and What Influences Them in the New Russia. Harvard University Press. pp. 234–5. ISBN 9780674029804. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1661 ISBN 9783832956097