2004 Russian presidential election

Sergey Glazyev(43)Independent(campaign)

Leader of the Rodina party(2003–2004)Deputy of the State Duma(1993–1995 and 1999–2007)Minister of Foreign Economic Relations of Russia(1992–1993)

Glazyev was Minister of Foreign Economic Relations of Russia under Boris Yeltsin, a Communist member of the State Duma and in 2003 became co-chairman of the newly established Rodina party. However, he failed to win the Rodina nomination because of a power struggle with Dmitri Rogozin, and ran as independent candidate. He campaigned as a critic of economic reforms. He argued that post-Communist governments have ignored social justice and promised to improve welfare.

Oleg Malyshkin(52)Liberal Democratic Party(campaign)

Deputy of the State Duma(2003–2007)

Malyshkin was nominated by the Liberal Democratic Party, after the party leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who contested the last three presidential elections, chose not to run again. Malyshkin, a mining engineer, had been an LDPR member since 1991 and the head of security of Vladimir Zhirinovsky. He was elected to the State Duma in 2003.

Vladimir Putin(51)Independent(campaign)

President of Russia(2000–2008 and 2012–present)Prime Minister of Russia(1999–2000 and 2008–2012)Director of the Federal Security Service(1998–1999)

Putin, formerly Prime Minister, was elected President in 2000, and ran for a second term. His popularity remained quite high during his term in office thanks to economic stability and despite controversies on media freedoms. He refused United Russia's invitation to be nominated as party candidate and ran as an independent.

Irina Khakamada(48)Independent(campaign)

Deputy of the State Duma(1993–2003)

Khakamada, the daughter of a Japanese Communist who took Soviet citizenship in the 1950s, emerged as Putin's most outspoken critic. A member of the State Duma for eight years, she lost her seat in 2003. She was a member of the Union of Rightist Forces, but did not run as a party candidate. "I am not afraid of the terrorists in power," she told the daily newspaper Kommersant. "Our children must grow up as free people. Dictatorship will not be accepted."

Nikolay Kharitonov(55)Communist Party(campaign)

Deputy of the State Duma(1993–present)

Kharitonov was the candidate of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, despite not being a member of the party. A former KGB colonel, he was a member of the Agrarian Party of Russia, an ally of the Communist Party. He was put forward after Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov declined to stand for a third time.

Against all

2,396,550

3.48

Total

68,925,431

100.00

Valid votes

68,925,431

99.17

Invalid/blank votes

578,847

0.83

Total votes

69,504,278

100.00

Registered voters/turnout

108,064,281

64.32

Source: CEC

Votes

%

Votes

%

Votes

%

Votes

%

Votes

%

Votes

%

Votes

%

Adygea

184,326

75.61

35,224

14.45

7,319

3.00

3,896

1.60

3,593

1.47

1,220

0.50

6,463

2.65

Altai Republic

65,751

73.03

11,812

13.48

2,974

3.39

3,074

3.51

1,213

1.38

643

0.73

1,495

1.71

Bashkortostan

2,365,768

91.78

102,189

3.96

28,603

1.11

28,748

1.12

12,748

0.49

8,420

0.33

18,356

0.71

Buryatia

298,120

66.58

76,483

17.08

12,812

2.86

32,299

7.21

7,234

1.62

3,461

0.77

11,904

2.66

Chechnya

521,317

92.30

12,950

2.29

3,636

0.64

15,068

2.67

2,052

0.36

2,010

0.36

4,513

0.80

Chuvashia

427,489

67.12

137,093

21.52

18,037

2.83

16,028

2.52

11,408

1.79

3,949

0.62

13,252

2.08

Dagestan

1,263,386

94.61

50,866

3.81

3,231

0.24

3,426

0.26

2,158

0.16

2,255

0.17

5,815

0.44

Ingushetia

147,527

98.18

782

0.52

179

0.12

157

0.10

281

0.19

1,101

0.73

90

0.06

Kabardino-Balkaria

491,916

96.49

11,310

2.22

1,880

0.37

1,562

0.31

722

0.14

611

0.12

1,250

0.25

Kalmykia

114,713

79.23

16,115

11.13

3,283

2.27

5,790

4.00

1,390

0.96

549

0.38

1,692

1.17

Karachay-Cherkessia

204,020

82.28

28,455

11.48

3,949

1.59

3,727

1.50

1,919

0.77

1,086

0.44

3,383

1.36

Karelia

237,778

74.14

32,482

10.13

8,599

2.68

17,364

5.48

7,241

2.26

3,540

1.10

11,414

3.56

Khakassia

135,708

61.41

40,568

18.36

15,287

6.92

8,904

4.03

7,329

3.32

2,336

1.06

8,857

4.01

Komi Republic

322,023

73.59

50,974

11.65

14,558

3.33

16,061

3.67

11,314

2.59

3,691

0.84

15,799

3.61

Mari El

239,483

67.30

64,551

18.14

14,635

4.11

11,522

3.24

8,540

2.40

2,959

0.83

11,017

3.10

Mordovia

560,327

91.35

27,807

4.53

6,172

0.66

4,038

0.66

4,057

0.66

1,471

0.24

4,626

0.75

North Ossetia-Alania

361,248

91.25

24,806

6.27

1,995

0.50

1,795

0.45

1,297

0.33

920

0.23

1,757

0.44

Sakha Republic

326,711

60.76

53,061

11.33

15,675

3.35

40,917

8.74

7,353

1.57

3,430

0.73

16,746

3.58

Tatarstan

1,879,023

82.58

150,048

6.59

54,853

2.41

70,767

3.11

24,644

1.08

23,188

1.02

49,655

2.18

Tuva

102,341

87.53

7,035

6.02

1,525

1.30

2,329

1.99

837

0.72

545

0.47

1,197

1.02

Udmurtia

613,335

75.97

75,506

9.35

32,303

4.00

31,246

3.87

20,961

2.60

6,465

0.80

18,797

2.33

Altai Krai

870,385

67.64

239,222

18.59

52,636

4.09

35,246

2.74

37,691

2.93

9,838

0.76

28,725

2.23

Khabarovsk Krai

473,495

64.52

95,555

13.02

42,096

5.74

37,204

5.07

24,496

3.34

8,215

1.12

45,727

6.23

Krasnodar Krai

1,607,902

67.37

459,807

19.27

98,805

4.14

68,816

2.88

44,653

1.87

13,929

0.58

73,765

3.09

Krasnoyarsk Krai

671,836

60.31

123,553

11.09

191,996

17.23

44,859

4.03

23,160

2.08

7,286

0.65

43,219

3.88

Primorsky Krai

585,850

59.37

167,576

16.98

55,382

5.61

55,565

5.63

42,656

4.32

9,874

1.00

59,976

6.08

Stavropol Krai

733,188

64.54

242,181

21.32

42,948

3.78

32,861

2.89

28,061

2.47

8,354

0.74

40,159

3.54

Amur Oblast

261,781

64.87

75,636

18.74

18,552

3.43

13,952

3.46

13,840

3.43

3,637

0.90

12,850

3.18

Arkhangelsk Oblast

483,022

77.45

58,990

9.46

18,906

3.03

26,204

4.20

11,522

1.85

4,806

0.77

16,732

2.68

Astrakhan Oblast

291,499

66.08

80,643

18.28

21,024

4.77

15,197

3.44

9,677

2.19

2,980

0.68

15,845

3.59

Belgorod Oblast

457,183

54.82

230,326

27.62

41,404

4.96

26,492

3.18

21,356

2.56

6,941

0.83

40,478

4.85

Bryansk Oblast

417,481

63.57

152,874

23.28

26,712

4.07

15,195

2.31

13,131

2.00

6,035

0.92

19,681

3.00

Chelyabinsk Oblast

1,236,952

70.18

249,852

14.18

60,191

3.42

69,903

3.97

43,589

2.47

12,858

0.73

72,215

4.10

Chita Oblast

311,661

72.49

63,530

14.78

13,381

3.11

11,033

2.57

12,304

2.86

4,000

0.93

99,26

2.31

Ivanovo Oblast

326,546

67.21

79,536

16.37

21,090

4.34

17,156

3.53

14,322

2.95

4,382

0.90

19,757

4.07

Irkutsk Oblast

578,241

61.96

156,401

16.76

53,551

5.74

51,951

5.57

37,180

3.98

9,345

1.00

39,283

4.21

Kaliningrad Oblast

278,819

69.86

47,068

11.79

20,063

5.03

17,515

4.39

7,880

1.97

4,342

1.09

20,005

5.01

Kaluga Oblast

327,778

70.16

68,807

14.73

20,966

4.49

17,109

3.66

8,524

1.82

3,058

0.65

17,100

3.66

Kamchatka Oblast

108,057

71.82

13,910

9.25

8,402

5.58

7,593

5.505

3,896

2.59

1,343

0.89

6,463

4.30

Kemerovo Oblast

1,043,186

71.51

165,019

11.31

60,452

4.14

53,001

3.53

50,163

3.44

15,008

1.03

58,663

4.02

Kirov Oblast

459,684

65.52

137,593

19.61

32,212

4.59

23,192

3.31

18,435

2.63

6,807

0.97

19,202

2.74

Kostroma Oblast

219,379

69.22

58,760

18.54

10,168

3.21

8,768

2.77

7,016

2.21

3,213

1.01

7,927

2.50

Kurgan Oblast

327,005

66.94

93,588

19.16

16,955

3.47

11,486

2.35

19,518

4.00

3,523

0.72

13,022

2.67

Kursk Oblast

402,171

65.24

129,919

21.08

23,479

3.81

14,645

2.38

14,591

2.37

5,310

0.86

19,934

3.23

Leningrad Oblast

588,807

77.10

77,691

10.17

24,205

3.17

26,509

3.47

10,210

1.34

8,123

1.06

23,418

3.07

Lipetsk Oblast

399,465

63.62

133,637

21.28

24,439

3.89

14,352

2.29

16,675

2.66

4,700

0.75

28,613

4.56

Magadan Oblast

57,145

70.05

8,444

10.35

3,605

4.42

5,087

6.24

2,497

3.06

780

0.96

3,541

4.34

Moscow Oblast

2,249,167

71.12

336,441

10.64

184,077

5.82

132,942

4.20

49,743

1.57

19,318

0.61

162,251

5.13

Murmansk Oblast

314,098

74.04

34,549

8.14

16,991

4.01

21,355

5.03

10,782

2.54

4,126

0.97

20,325

4.79

Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

1,051,605

65.88

274,862

17.22

62,875

3.94

81,432

5.10

35,136

2.20

12,436

0.78

66,503

4.17

Novgorod Oblast

214,103

71.74

41,481

13.90

10,508

3.52

10,585

3.55

7,245

2.43

2,501

0.84

10,334

3.46

Novosibirsk Oblast

795,509

63.10

272,222

21.59

56,036

4.44

54,830

4.35

22,122

1.75

7,680

0.61

39,453

3.13

Omsk Oblast

699,374

67.03

181,589

17.40

38,408

3.68

42,104

4.04

32,372

3.10

7,755

0.74

32,655

3.13

Orenburg Oblast

612,399

58.79

255,960

24.57

52,017

4.99

27,684

2.66

38,258

3.67

7,597

0.73

37,834

3.63

Oryol Oblast

323,066

61.66

125,903

24.03

20,365

3.89

13,202

2.52

12,009

2.29

4,034

0.77

20,092

3.83

Penza Oblast

477,530

64.56

149,092

20.16

41,559

5.62

18,422

2.49

16,472

2.23

5,380

0.73

23,003

3.11

Perm Oblast

905,707

72.75

125,678

10.10

46,691

3.75

64,463

5.18

32,884

2.64

12,700

1.02

46,954

3.77

Pskov Oblast

265,503

70.79

62,389

16.64

13,106

3.49

11,732

3.13

6,076

1.62

4,411

1.18

9,348

2.49

Rostov Oblast

1,716,325

72.49

336,636

14.22

87.455

3.69

71,206

3.01

55,200

2.33

14,524

0.51

71,108

3.00

Ryazan Oblast

444,939

73.22

83,256

13.70

26,178

4.31

16,205

2.67

10,195

1.68

3,852

0.63

16,509

2.72

Samara Oblast

921,135

63.28

278,371

19.12

68,149

4.68

62,723

4.31

34,194

2.35

13,953

0.96

60,695

4.17

Saratov Oblast

1,017,875

70.79

244,829

17.03

46,051

3.20

36,804

2.56

26,770

1.86

9,055

0.63

42,412

2.95

Sakhalin Oblast

154,204

68.41

31,772

14.10

9,208

4.09

11,292

5.01

5,801

2.57

1,609

0.71

9,677

4.29

Sverdlovsk Oblast

1,506,293

76.34

153,519

7.78

70,906

3.59

109,935

5.57

43,118

2.19

13,147

0.67

55,746

2.83

Smolensk Oblast

314,778

64.91

101,276

20.88

17,902

3.69

14,651

3.02

11,477

2.37

3,796

0.78

17,932

3.70

Tambov Oblast

397,402

63.62

151,831

24.31

19,317

3.09

13,100

2.10

12,337

1.98

3,675

0.59

20,892

3.34

Tomsk Oblast

332,703

67.15

66,185

13.36

18,428

3.72

32,679

6.60

12,172

2.46

5,481

1.11

24,199

4.88

Tula Oblast

482,853

65.50

136,126

18.46

37,498

5.09

23,868

3.24

14,465

1.96

4,494

0.61

32,702

4.44

Tver Oblast

462,268

70.59

100,777

15.39

26,079

3.98

22,820

3.48

12,371

1.89

5,146

0.79

22,402

3.42

Tyumen Oblast

551,259

73.59

84,047

11.22

276,617

3.69

27,484

3.67

21,028

2.81

6,095

0.81

25,493

3.40

Ulyanovsk Oblast

443,386

65.91

129,554

19.26

37,905

5.63

15,692

2.33

14,041

2.09

5,657

0.84

18,996

2.82

Vladimir Oblast

474,175

68.83

106,465

15.45

30,336

4.40

20,589

2.99

16,561

2.40

5,908

0.86

28,611

4.15

Volgograd Oblast

707,613

63.03

246,482

21.95

46,503

4.14

41,324

3.68

24,858

2.21

8,288

0.74

38,620

3.44

Vologda Oblast

469,296

75.77

71,269

11.51

19,583

3.16

20,106

3.25

11,439

1.85

6,500

1.05

16,664

2.69

Voronezh Oblast

786,049

65.28

264,366

21.96

40,620

3.37

35,296

2.93

26,642

2.21

10,518

0.87

32,123

2.67

Yaroslavl Oblast

453,695

70.81

78,009

12.18

31,279

4.88

28,293

4.42

13,988

2.18

5,889

0.92

22,735

3.55

Moscow

2,841,620

68.61

306,085

7.39

260,438

6.29

339,496

8.20

51,068

1.23

25,708

0.62

273,465

6.60

Saint Petersburg

1,566,995

75.12

154,124

7.39

86,259

4.14

140,669

6.74

16,740

0.80

30,475

1.46

80,556

3.86

Jewish Autonomous Oblast

61,590

67.87

14,036

15.47

2,953

3.25

3,701

4.08

3,015

3.32

877

0.97

3,580

3.95

Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug

27,937

84.25

2,593

7.82

552

1.66

1,073

3.24

394

1.19

198

0.60

190

0.57

Chukotka Autonomous Okrug

27,912

87.24

987

3.08

919

2.25

969

3.03

446

1.39

209

0.65

542

1.69

Evenki Autonomous Okrug

6,281

81.09

336

4.34

353

4.56

343

4.43

108

1.39

55

0.71

224

2.89

Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug

480,740

74.84

47,787

7.44

22,526

3.51

33,725

5.25

18,856

2.94

4,415

0.69

29,862

4.65

Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug

48,091

80.55

6,232

10.44

945

1.58

1,314

2.20

1,087

1.82

661

1.11

732

1.23

Koryak Autonomous Okrug

11,050

84.34

641

4.89

310

2.37

428

3.27

218

1.66

104

0.79

163

1.24

Nenets Autonomous Okrug

14,944

76.90

1,638

8.43

520

2.68

764

3.93

391

2.01

246

1.27

770

3.96

Taymyr Autonomous Okrug

15,786

79.05

779

3.90

858

4.30

1,114

5.58

445

2.23

167

0.84

701

3.51

Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug

43,478

72.76

8,569

14.34

1,271

2.13

2,888

4.83

1,347

2.25

559

0.94

748

1.25

Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

245,984

84.50

11,433

3.93

6,925

2.38

10,893

3.94

4,281

1.47

1,378

0.47

8,321

2.86

Baikonur (Kazakhstan)

12,970

83.62

624

4.02

407

2.62

536

3.46

170

1.10

113

0.73

595

3.84

Expatriate voting

232,505

85.13

13,190

4.83

6,522

2.39

10,979

4.02

1,729

0.63

1,165

0.43

5,537

2.03

Source: CEC