Leader of the Liberal-Democratic Party Vladimir Zhirinovsky came in a distant third with 5.65% of the vote, while TV personality and socialite Ksenia Sobchak (nominated by the Civil Initiative party) garnered 1.68% ending up in fourth place.
Next trailing far behind are head of the Yabloko Party’s federal political committee Grigory Yavlinsky (1.05%), Chairman of the Party of Growth and Russian Presidential Envoy for Entrepreneurs’ Rights Boris Titov (0.76%), Maxim Suraikin, nominated by the Communists of Russia party (0.68%) and head of the Russian People’s Union party Sergei Baburin (0.65%).
A record-setting 56.43 million Russian voters threw their support behind Putin. In 2000, he received 52.94% of the ballots and was backed by 39.74 million people. Four years later, Putin secured 71.31% of the vote and more than 49.5 million people cast their ballots in favor of him.
During the 2012 election, 45.6 million Russians or 63.60% of voters backed Putin. In 2018, Putin took part in the presidential election for the fourth time.
The Central Election Commission is due to publish the final figures within three days. In 2012, Putin was inaugurated on May 7. He is due to be re-inaugurated six years from that date, following his landslide election victory.
TASS
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