2012 Russian presidential election
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The 2012 Russian presidential election started on 4 March 2012.[1] The president will be elected for the new, extended term of 6 years.
On 30 June 2011, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said that the 2012 election campaign would be "dirty," while speaking at a regional conference of his United Russia party.[2]
At the United Russia Congress in Moscow on 24 September 2011, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev proposed that his former mentor stand for the Presidency in 2012; an offer which Putin accepted. Putin immediately offered Medvedev to stand on the United Russia ticket in the parliamentary elections in December and becoming Prime Minister of Russia at the end of his presidential term.[3]
All independents had to register by 15 December and candidates nominated by parties had to register by 18 January. The final list was announced on 29 January. On 2 March, outgoing President Dmitry Medvedev addressed the nation on the national television channels about the following presidential election. He invited citizens of Russia to vote in the election to be held on 4 March 2012.[citation needed]
Candidates
The following are individuals who have submitted documents required to be officially registered as a presidential candidate to the Central Election Commission.
Registered candidates
The following candidates have been successfully registered by the Central Election Commission:
- Vladimir Putin, nominated by United Russia
- Gennady Zyuganov, nominated by Communist Party of the Russian Federation
- Sergey Mironov, nominated by A Just Russia
- Vladimir Zhirinovsky, nominated by Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
- Mikhail Prokhorov, independent.[4]
Rejected
The following candidates were denied registration by the Russian Central Elections Committee (CEC).
| Name | Party | Profession | Reason of rejection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grigory Yavlinsky | Yabloko | Politician, Economist | Rejected due to the high quantity of invalid signatures he presented[5] to the CEC (25.66%).[citation needed] |
| Eduard Limonov | Independent | Writer, leader of the unregistered party The Other Russia | Registration request from group of voters turned down on the grounds that the required initiative committee members signatures had not been certified by a notary.[6] |
| Leonid Ivashov | Independent | Colonel General in Reserve, President of the Academy of Geopolitical Affairs | Registration request from group of voters turned down because he did not inform the CEC about holding a meeting in due time.[citation needed] |
| Dmitry Mezentsev | Independent | Governor of the Irkutsk Oblast | Rejected due to the high quantity of invalid signatures he presented.[citation needed] |
| Nicolai Levashov | Independent | Writer | Registration request turned down because at the time of registration attempt he had lived in Russia for less than 10 years.[citation needed] |
| Boris Mironov | Independent | Writer, former leader of the National Sovereignty Party of Russia | Registration request from group of voters turned down on the grounds that the candidate had been previously convicted of writing extremist texts.[7] |
| Svetlana Peunova | Independent | Head of the unregistered political party Volya | Rejected due to the lack of signatures gathered to uphold her bid (243,245 signatures gathered out of the necessary 2 million).[7] |
| Viktor Cherepkov | Independent | Leader of the of the unregistered party Freedom and Sovereignty | Did not present any signatures required for registration.[citation needed] |
| Rinat Khamiev | Independent | Leader of the Chairman of the People's Patriotic Union of Orenburg, CEO of Zorro LLC | Did not present any signatures required for registration.[citation needed] |
| Dmitry Berdnikov | Independent | Leader of the group "Against Criminality and Lawlessness" | Submitted an application on creation of an initiative committee, but later dropped out of the registration process.[citation needed] |
| Lidiya Bednaya | Independent | Unknown | Rejected by the CEC because she didn't provide the necessary documentation.[citation needed] |
Opinion polls
| Candidate | 24 December 2011 | 24–25 December 2011 | 7 January 2012 | 14 January 2012 | 14–15 January 2012 | 21–22 January 2012 | 21 January 2012 | 28 January 2012 | 12 February 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vladimir Putin | 45 % | 44 % | 48 % | 52 % | 45 % | 26 % | 49 % | 52 % | 55 % |
| Mikhail Prokhorov | 4 % | 4 % | 3 % | 2 % | 3 % | 21 % | 4 % | 4 % | 6 % |
| Gennady Zyuganov | 10 % | 12 % | 10 % | 11 % | 11 % | 12 % | 11 % | 8 % | 9 % |
| Vladimir Zhirinovsky | 8 % | 11 % | 9 % | 9 % | 10 % | 8 % | 9 % | 8 % | 8 % |
| Sergey Mironov | 5 % | 4 % | 5 % | 4 % | 3 % | 4 % | 6 % | 4 % | 5 % |
| Grigory Yavlinsky | 2 % | 2 % | 2 % | 1 % | 1 % | 6 % | |||
| Dmitry Mezentsev | — | — | 0 % | 0 % | — | 0 % | |||
| Other | — | 2 % | — | 0 % | 1 % | – | |||
| Would not vote | 10 % | 9 % | 9 % | 10 % | 10 % | 11 % | 9 % | 11 % | 9 % |
| Plan to ruin ballot | — | 1 % | — | — | 1 % | — | |||
| Don't know | 12 % | 12 % | 10 % | 9 % | 13 % | 12 % | 9 % | 10 % | 8 % |
| Sample Size | 1,600 | 3,000 | 1,600 | 1,600 | 3,000 | 1,600 | 1,600 | 1,600 | 1,600 |
| Poll Source | VTSIOM[8] | Public Opinion Fund[9] | VTSIOM[8] | VTSIOM[8] | Public Opinion Fund[10] | Superjob[11] | VTSIOM[8] | VTSIOM[8] | VTSIOM[8] |
A VTsIOM opinion poll published on 14 January 2012 had Putin ahead of the other presidential candidates, scoring a percentage of 48%.[12]
According to VTsIOM on 10–11 December Putin would have 42% of the votes. Russian media informed that the votes would not be enough for Putin to decisively win the first round. His rival Gennady Zyuganov was in second place with 11%, Vladimir Zhirinovsky had 9%; Sergey Mironov – 5%; Grigory Yavlinsky and Mikhail Prokhorov – 1%.
According to a "Levada Center" (considered oppositional[13][14]) opinion poll from September 2011, 41% of Russian people wanted to see Putin be a candidate in the 2012 elections as opposed to 22% for Medvedev, while 10% wanted someone else and 28% were unsure.[15]
See also
References
- ^ "Russia's presidential elections scheduled for March 2012". B92. RIA Novosti. 21 July 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- ^ "Putin says Russian 2012 election will be dirty". Reuters. 30 June 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- ^ "Russia's Putin set to return as president in 2012". BBC News. 24 September 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ^ "Russia billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov to challenge Putin". BBC News. 12 December 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ Kennedy, Val Brickates (24 January 2012). "Russian opposition leader to be left off ballot". MarketWatch. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ "December 30, 2011 — RT News line". Rt.com. 30 December 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ a b Bratersky, Alexander (19 December 2011). "Presidential Race Lacks Independents". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f По данным ВЦИОМ. Cite error: The named reference "vciom-dec2011" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ По данным Фонда «Общественное мнение».
- ^ По данным Фонда «Общественное мнение».
- ^ "Путин и Прохоров – лидеры президентской гонки". Superjob.ru. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ "Putin's and United Russia's ratings on the increase". Voice of Russia. 14 January 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
- ^ Я.Йняршпйн, Р.Рхунмнбю (16 February 2012). "фСПМЮКЭМШИ ГЮК | мЕОПХЙНЯМНБЕММШИ ГЮОЮЯ, 2003 N5(31) | – яРПЮМХЖШ юКЕЙЯЕЪ кЕБХМЯНМЮ". Magazines.russ.ru. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ "Levada Leaves VTsIOM for VTsIOM-A". Eng.yabloko.ru. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ "Россияне о президентских выборах". Levada. 16 September 2011. Archived from the original on 25 September 2011.
External links
- Online webcams in all the polling stations
- "Presidential Vote 2012", The Moscow Times
