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Russia 2018 Presidential Election
Russian presidential election held March 2018. Putin won re-election with 77% of the vote. His strongest challenger, Navalny, was barred from running.
Russia 2018 Presidential Election is one of the tracked elections shaping power in Russia.
- Date
- March 18, 2018
- Country
- Russia
- Contested
- President of Russia
- Winner
- Vladimir Putin
- Candidates
- 2
What stands out
- The winner finished 76.7% ahead of the next contender.
Outcome in context
Putin won re-election with 76.7% of the vote. Alexei Navalny was barred from running due to a contested fraud conviction. The election followed Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea and came months before the Novichok poisoning of Sergei Skripal in the UK.
Keep exploring
- Country contextOpen Russia to connect this election to institutions, leadership, and the broader national sequence.
- Office at stakeSee why President of Russia matters and how it fits into the constitutional structure.
- Winner profileJump from the result to Vladimir Putin's political profile, offices, and related entities.
- Candidate fieldFollow the 2 linked candidates and compare who contested this race.
