In less than a quarter the country will elect a President Russian Federation. The next elections are due to take place on March 18, 2018. It's worth checking out the terms and conditions. next elections, which change almost every year.

In 2017, an amendment to the law “On Presidential Elections” was adopted. The most important change is the elimination of absentee ballots. Now you can vote at any polling station by simply submitting an application. All the major changes were thought up to increase people's turnout in the 2018 elections.

Back in 2006, the electoral legislation abolished the turnout threshold. But previously, in order for elections to be recognized as valid, at least 50% of voters had to take part in them. So in 2018, elections will be considered valid even with low voter turnout.

The turnout threshold for the 2018 Russian presidential elections has been raised

Experts believe that due to new amendments to the law “On Presidential Elections,” which abolished absentee ballots, voter turnout will increase by 5 million. The new amendments abolish absentee ballots and include citizens in voter lists according to electronic applications, also legislate the possibility of video surveillance at polling stations and simplify the work of election observers. On the last presidential elections 1,600,046 Russians voted using absentee ballots. But one can only imagine how many people really wanted to vote, but at the time of the elections they were not at their place of registration. At the same time, they did not want to get involved with absentee ballots, because in order to receive them, it takes a lot of time and effort. So, most likely, all these simplifications with “papers” will help many people cast their votes in the next elections.

But at the same time, many believe that voter turnout will still be very low and perhaps even lower than last year. After all, many people simply refuse to vote for their own reasons.

Experts also believe that the situation can be changed by improving conditions. Namely: we need to inform all Russians as much as possible, remove all bureaucratic barriers and try by all means to increase the accessibility of polling stations.

The elections have finally taken place! Most likely, the results have already been calculated. Soon it will be officially known who won the presidential race and who will rule the country for the next 6 years.

According to the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation, the turnout in the regions of the Russian Federation has become known. Thus, the overall turnout in the Russian presidential elections on March 18, 2018 was 59.9%.

In Moscow, voter turnout was 52.7%, in St. Petersburg 55.5%, in Sevastopol 65.7%.

Voter turnout in the Altai Republic was 59.4%, the Tyva Republic was 83.4%, the Khakassia Republic was 59.8%, Altai region- 60.4%. In the Omsk region, voter turnout in the Russian presidential elections was 55.6%, which was not the highest figure among other regions. In the Republic of Bashkorostan - 64.8%, Perm region— 57.1%, Kurgan region 57.0%, Orenburg region — 60,6%.

In the Astrakhan region, 53 percent of voters visited polling stations, and in the Samara region, 60.1%. Also in the Saratov region the turnout was 57.2, and in the Ulyanovsk region it was 0.2% higher. The Kabardino-Balkarian Republic showed a record turnout of 83.3 percent, the Republic of Dagestan is not far behind with 72%. In the republics of Adygea, with 63.3%, and Ingushetia, with 70.9%, the turnout is slightly lower.

The Karachay-Cherkess Republic was able to attract 73.3% of voters, while Kalmykia and Komi only 61.9 and 55.3 percent, respectively. The turnout in Karelia was only 51.3%, being one of the lowest. In Crimea, 63.9% of voters came to vote, in the republics of Mari El, with 60.2 percent, and Mordovia, with 70.1 percent, voting took place in the presidential election.

In Ivanovo (53.3%), Kirov (57.5%) and Kostroma (56%) regions, turnout rates turned out to be quite low. But in the Kaluga region they turned out to be slightly higher and amounted to 62.5%. In the Chechen Republic, voters also very actively showed an active civic position, and 81.1 percent of voters there came to the polls. In the republic North Ossetia— Alania, the turnout was 75.4%, which is a good result, and the Republic of Tatarstan was nearby, with 69.2%.

In Krasnodar and Stavropol region 64.2 and 63 percent of voters turned out for the elections, respectively. In the Arkhangelsk region, the percentage was 53.9. In the Belgorod region - 65.5%, and in Bryansk - 72.5 percent. In Penza (65.7%), Volgograd (59.9%), Vologda (58.9%) and Voronezh (56.2%) regions, the percentage of voters who took part in the presidential elections turned out to be quite close.

In the Kursk, Leningrad and Moscow regions, turnout was 57.5, 56.8 and 56.5 percent, respectively.

In the Lipetsk region, voter turnout was 64 percent, and in the Murmansk and Nizhny Novgorod regions 60.2 and 52.4 percent. The Nizhny Novgorod and Oryol regions scored 59 and 65.2%. In the Vladimir (59.5%), Pskov (59, Cool, Rostov (57.3) and Ryazan (59.5) regions, the percentage of voter turnout did not exceed 60 percent.

In the Smolensk and Tver regions, turnout was 55.9 and 51.7 percent, respectively. In the Tambov and Tula regions, the percentage of voters who voted in the elections was slightly higher.

In the last region, which was the last to finish voting in Russia, the voter turnout percentage was 55.5%.

In St. Petersburg in 2012, by 20:00 the turnout was 50.19 percent, and by 20:00 in 2018 - 55.47 percent. In the Leningrad region in 2012, turnout at the time of polling station closure was 54.75 percent, and in 2018 - 56.75 percent.

Putin called for relegating group and party interests to the background

Priority should be given to long-term national interests country, the president said and called on the election rivals to dialogue.

“Of course, an election campaign is always a special period, it is always associated with special emotions, often they overwhelm, of course, but this happens almost everywhere, we are no exception here. The main thing is that we have the opportunity to join forces in the future to work constructively for the benefit of the country,” Putin said.

The Central Election Commission clarified the turnout in the Russian presidential elections

According to preliminary data, it is 67.98%, as reported in the official Telegram channel of the Central Election Commission. According to the head of the commission, Ella Pamfilova, no serious violations were recorded. At the same time, the election results were canceled in five polling stations in three regions - Dagestan, Kemerovo and Tyumen regions.

Vladimir Putin took first place in the elections with 76.6% of the votes. Today Putin will meet with his rivals in the elections, said Kremlin Secretary Dmitir Peskov. However, he did not answer the question of how the Kremlin assesses the candidates’ potential and whether it will be used in the future.

The Murmansk region took second place in turnout for elections in the Northwestern Federal District

The Murmansk region took second place in terms of turnout in the Northwestern Federal District, second only to the Leningrad region.

On this moment 100% of all ballots processed. 76.37% of all voters in Murmansk voted for the current Russian President Vladimir Putin. In second place is Pavel Grudinin (8.86%), third place goes to Vladimir Zhirinovsky (7.9%).

Turnout in Russian presidential elections since 2000. Dossier

During the presidential election campaigns, the highest turnout was recorded on March 2, 2008. It was 69.81% (in total 74 million 849 thousand 264 people voted). However, in absolute numbers, the largest number of citizens of the Russian Federation voted in the early presidential elections on March 26, 2000 - 75 million 181 thousand 73 people (68.70%). The fewest voters, both in share and in absolute numbers, took part in the voting on March 14, 2004 - 64.38% (69 million 572 thousand 177). In the elections of March 4, 2012, 65.34% of citizens included in the voter lists voted (71 million 780 thousand 800).

This is nonsense. What they write here.

I was an observer myself. Why is the turnout 67%. An entire region has been added (Crimea) + 2 million people. Plus people came from Donbass and Lugansk. Many of them received Russian citizenship. Their lives, especially the Crimeans, depended 100% on Putin’s Victory, which means their participation in the elections. They came.

Further. What they write here is that people were discharged. Do you understand what you are writing about? Or does education not allow you to understand the stupidity of your remark? The percentage of turnout is calculated based on the number of registered voters, that is, people registered in a given territory. “A family of 4 people came, voted, one was not on the list, he could not vote this time because he was not on the list. Example: 67% Out of 100 people, 67 came to vote. One was removed. That means 99 remained. But he can’t vote. The point is to remove him from the list if he can’t vote and it doesn’t affect turnout at all.

Doesn't your gray matter tell you that the liberal gentlemen themselves provoked such a turnout? Many of my friends haven’t gone before, but this time they did. Many did not vote for Putin, for example. You ask, why did you go all of a sudden?! They used to go there and they joked about me for going there. Have I infected you with a desire to go to the Elections? One actually told me: I don’t want to stand on the same level as Lesha Navalny. Then there was a lecture and obscenities about Navalny. The man has a legal education and he simply sorted out the terms and reasons for which he was punished and what kind of furry paw he has since he is free. In general, he did not want to be with him, and to be the one who fell for his calls. Others, as it turned out, have relatives in Ukraine: in Donetsk, Lugansk, friends there. One person at work had guys come to work from Donbass and he didn’t want anyone other than Putin to win, because judging by the speeches, if it weren’t for Putin, everything could have unfolded. Some have relatives in Crimea. He didn’t want to go at all, they persuaded him. Many went because they watched the debates and became scared, what if these guys won. In St. Petersburg, many of those who have voted for 40 years because they remember how Sobchak flew away with victory in 1996 because people did not come to the elections and Yakovlev won. And the authorities made every effort to get people to come.

The problem with all these experts is that they do not understand one truth: the authorities don’t need empty statistics. The point was for people to REALLY come to the polls. Putin doesn’t step on the same mistake twice. In 1996, he led Sobchak’s headquarters in the elections for the Governor of St. Petersburg and the situation was similar. According to polls, Sobchak trashed Yakovlev. But people didn’t go: “He’ll win anyway,” and Yakovlev won. Putin remembered this and therefore he needed a nosebleed for a REAL APPEARANCE, not a fictitious one. Did no one notice that, for example, there was an unrealistic campaign specifically for turnout? In St. Petersburg there were more advertisements about Turnout and elections than advertisements of the candidates themselves.

As Karen Shakhnazarov said: “Did you really think that the person who annexed Crimea, the person who did not allow Donbass and Lugansk to be destroyed, could lose in the Elections?! Did you really believe in that?

The authorities' task was to ensure turnout. The authorities did everything to make people believe that the elections are fair and liberals and characters like Navalny and Sobchak did everything to make people believe that the elections are fair and their vote matters.

For the sake of turnout, the Central Election Commission even turned a blind eye to Grudinin’s lies. He should have been removed from the elections, but they didn’t. What was Sobchak carrying? There are a bunch of articles there. Nothing. Everything is fine. Lesha Navalny earned his suspended sentence replaced with a real one. But again, he was and is free. Just so that no one can say that the government is eliminating competitors and the elections are not fair.

What about the debates? Just look at how Solovyov shuts people’s mouths if he doesn’t agree with them, and how he behaved at the debates. There is a difference? Yes, they were all ears, except that they didn’t show a striptease.

The Central Election Commission has officially summed up the results of the presidential elections in the Russian Federation. They “meeted the requirements that had to be met,” that is, they were competitive, transparent, strictly in accordance with the law, and the results were calculated reliably, said the Chairman of the Russian Central Election Commission

However, the day before, Ella Pamfilova promised to check the entire electoral system of St. Petersburg, since it was from this region that the most complaints were received, more than 200 in the 5 post-election days. “We will check everything inside and out. I will meet with all observers and representatives of parties and headquarters,” said the head of the Central Election Commission, adding that she has “serious complaints.”

Ella Pamfilova, presumably, has grounds for dissatisfaction. She has long been critical of the St. Petersburg City Electoral Commission - the 2016 State Duma elections, spoke about “unscrupulous administrative resources” and persistently recommended recounting the results in district No. 217 (an old friend of Ella Pamfilova’s, they say, ran there). But the anger of the CEC chairman did not lead to either the cancellation of the elections or serious personnel changes.

Even before the elections, the deputy chairman of the Central Election Commission scolded the St. Petersburg City Electoral Commission because of the huge number of absentee ballots and several thousand “double” and “triple” absentees - people who received more than one absentee certificate. Secondly, already on election day, observers reported violations at polling stations, but the City Electoral Commission did not particularly react to them, sending all incoming applications to territorial election commissions, which still have not made decisions on many complaints.

The results of the elections in St. Petersburg are indeed replete with oddities. About some of them. But the final figures could well have attracted the attention of CEC specialists.

The main task of the organizers of the presidential elections, as has been said more than once, was to ensure high turnout. In St. Petersburg, according to official data, it ultimately amounted to 63.7% - the percentage was higher than in the 2012 elections (62.27%). At the same time, fewer voters came - in 2012, election commissions issued 2.4 million ballots, in 2018 - 2.32 million. Perhaps this anomaly raised questions.

The first thing that caught the observer's eye was a sharp decline number of voters in the city. As of January 1, 2018, according to official data from the same State Election Committee, there were 3.817 million voters in St. Petersburg. And on the morning of election day, March 18, just under 3.5 million were added to the lists at all polling stations. Officially, the City Electoral Commission explained this by updating the lists: they say, everyone who died or left was removed. But about 330 thousand people could hardly disappear in two and a half months - for comparison: in 2017, the number of voters in St. Petersburg, on the contrary, increased by 5 thousand. Mora, it seems, was not observed in January-February.

According to the ex-chairman of the City Election Commission, this is simply impossible. “Before the 2012 elections, we added 250 thousand people to the lists, who for various reasons were not included there. In addition, the city’s population grows by 100 thousand people every year, and the number of voters decreases? This is surprising,” the specialist noted.

All observers noted a large number of voters using absentee ballots; It’s logical to assume that this know-how from the 2018 elections influenced the result. Many voters, upon arriving at the polling station, discovered that they were either not included in the list for some unknown reason, or were absent altogether without their knowledge, being assigned to some other regions or even abroad. According to a source in the City Electoral Commission, about 170 thousand people received absentees from St. Petersburg to other regions (this is the only figure in the calculations, known only from words, that is, approximately).

After summing up the voter results, there were already 3.632 million people in the city. From the start of voting to the closure of polling stations, their number grew at each polling station. In total, about 157 thousand additional people came during the day, which is noticeably less than the number of missing people.

These 157 thousand included both those who were absent from the city and those who were simply deleted from the voter list. But another 180 thousand never reached the polling stations and do not know whether they were crossed out or detached.

But if they were detached from St. Petersburg, it means that someone was attached to St. Petersburg - a sudden desire to change places swept the whole country before the elections. The State Election Commission could not name the number of absentee voters who arrived in the city, but this figure can be calculated. In total, 316,142 people came to all polling stations with absentee ballots. And a total of 419 thousand were absent. Considering that 170 thousand “went” outside the city, about 250 thousand remain - these are those who changed their voting location within St. Petersburg. Having detached from one area, they attached to another, respectively, these numbers are equal. With the deduction of 250 thousand from total number attached, 316 thousand, it turns out 66 thousand “extra” - obviously, these are those who were attached to St. Petersburg from other regions.

So, 170 thousand absentee voters from St. Petersburg, 250 thousand changed their voting place within the city, 66 thousand nonresidents arrived in the city, and 180 thousand were crossed out and never found out about it. In total, it turns out that 666 thousand people, about 18% of voters, based on the real number of 3.8 million, were somehow affected by electoral manipulations.

Technically, there is not necessarily a violation here. The people’s right to express their will was not violated (a ballot was eventually issued to everyone who encountered a problem at the polling station), the reduction of the voter list was also not a violation, and obtaining an absentee ballot was completely legal. Unless, of course, it was carried out without the knowledge of the voter or under duress, but no one has proven this yet. In order for a person to unsubscribe, a passport, a personal statement and, most importantly, the citizen’s signature on the request are required. It turns out that someone received people’s personal data and used it. On the other hand, the proceedings require a statement from the victim, and the vast majority of voters were quite satisfied with receiving a ballot. The City Electoral Commission says that everything that happened was a big technical error.

Simply by reducing the initial base and mass issuance/acceptance of absentee ballots (and we must assume that every absentee almost certainly voted, otherwise there is no need to fence the garden), the organizers managed to increase the percentage of turnout, which was what was required of them.

Judging by the fact that the elections themselves were recognized by the Central Election Commission as having taken place and meeting all the criteria, there will be no serious consequences from Ella Pamfilova’s statements. No one will under any circumstances question the presidential election. The most that dissatisfied people can expect is minor adjustments in individual areas and some personnel changes. A smooth replacement of the GEC leadership is possible closer to the next elections.

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In Russia, presidential elections ended on March 18. The results were followed by Russian and foreign media, and the country is still waiting for the results.

In this regard, the elections were a little different from the previous ones: here, absentee ballots were not needed, and there was a list for candidates; and observers made access easier for polling stations. And the turnout is off the charts this year.

In the evening everyone was waiting for the preliminary results to appear. The Central Election Commission must sum up the results of the counting at the territorial election commissions by March 20, and 22 of the federal subjects will have already summed up the results. It is already known that by March 29 the country will officially announce who will vaccinate it for another 6 years.

Results of candidates for the presidency of the Russian Federation

The Central Election Commission informs that, according to data as of this morning, the current leader, Vladimir Putin, is in the lead. The communist Grudinin follows him with a large lag, and the odious Zhirinovsky closes the top three.

Putin can now safely call the winners, since after counting 80% of the protocols, his result was more than eloquent - 76.18%

By the way, Vladimir Vladimirovich has already stated earlier that changes are coming in the country after the inauguration. He added that as soon as he is re-elected, there will be personnel changes in the government.

When asked by journalists about Medvedev, he said that he was thinking about it (meaning whether Dmitry Anatolyevich will continue to be prime minister).

2018 election turnout

One of the main signs of the legitimacy of any election is turnout. And during these elections, the authorities did everything to ensure that as many people as possible came to vote.

RBC journalists already wrote back in 2016 that, according to sources, there was a discussion about ensuring a huge turnout of 70 percent between the vice-governors of domestic policy and deputy head of administration Sergei Kiriyenko.

This year the turnout was around 67 percent - and this is the highest figure in the entire history of presidential elections in our country.

Elections 2018: results. Unprecedented support for Putin's candidacy explained in Crimea

Senator from the Republic of Crimea Sergei Tsekov, in an interview with a correspondent of the Federal News Agency, told how Crimeans voted in the elections.

“Perhaps the past elections can be compared with referendums on the status of Crimea; this is the most striking and appropriate analogy. I am referring to both the 1991 referendum and the 2014 plebiscite. The mood in society is incredibly similar.

I am both a participant and organizer of both referendums. And I cannot help but note that in 1991, society was very worried about what was happening in Ukraine; everyone was concerned about a possible surge of nationalism. And everyone perceived the restoration of autonomy as a gesture of protection in the event that Ukraine became independent.

The 2014 referendum was also preceded by a certain excitement, but everyone understood that there would be no movement back to Ukraine. Crimea was supposed to move forward towards Russia.

During the voting, everyone had a feeling inside big holiday. This was very noticeable: people came happy to the polling stations, shared their joy in conversations, and many took photographs. After all, everyone understands that the reunification of Crimea and Russia is main holiday for residents of the peninsula.

Despite all this, I will emphasize once again that the turnout was high. Observers from 20 countries monitored the observance of the legality of the electoral process. And they saw high level organization of the elections, noted that they were held in strict accordance with the rules of law.

Putin collected almost 85% of votes in elections outside Russia

The CEC reported a 98 percent turnout of voters registered abroad. Previously official representative Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova called the turnout at foreign polling stations unprecedented

The share of voters who voted for the current head of state Vladimir Putin in the presidential elections in polling stations outside Russia was even higher than average, according to data from the Central Election Commission (CEC), an RBC correspondent reports.

In general, Putin in the elections of March 18, 2018, according to the Central Election Commission, was supported by 76.67% of those who took part in the vote. At the same time, preliminary (after receiving information from 299 out of 394 polling stations) data on the progress of voting outside Russia shows that his candidacy was supported by 84.89% of those who came to the polls (almost 254 thousand people). For comparison, in 2012, only 73.24% of voters (approximately 323.7 thousand people) voted for Putin at foreign polling stations.