List of elections featuring Gennady Zyuganov as a candidate
Gennady Zyuganov
Electoral history of Gennady Zyuganov, Member of the State Duma (1993–present), and Leader of Communist Party (1993–present). Communist presidential candidate, 1996, 2000, 2008 and 2012.
Presidential elections
1996
First round of 1996 election. Grey indicates a win by Yeltsin, red a win by Zyuganov.
First round of 1996 presidential election
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
Boris Yeltsin |
Independent |
26,665,495 |
35.8
|
|
Gennady Zyuganov |
Communist Party |
24,211,686 |
32.5
|
|
Alexander Lebed |
Congress of Russian Communities |
10,974,736 |
14.7
|
|
Grigory Yavlinsky |
Yabloko |
5,550,752 |
7.4
|
|
Vladimir Zhirinovsky |
Liberal Democratic Party |
4,311,479 |
5.8
|
|
Svyatoslav Fyodorov |
Party of Workers' Self-Government |
699,158 |
0.9
|
|
Mikhail Gorbachev |
Independent |
386,069 |
0.5
|
|
Martin Shakkum |
Independent |
277,068 |
0.4
|
|
Yury Vlasov |
Independent |
151,282 |
0.2
|
|
Vladimir Bryntsalov |
Russian Socialist Party |
123,065 |
0.2
|
|
Aman Tuleyev |
Independent |
308 |
0.0
|
Against all |
1,163,921 |
1.6
|
Source: Nohlen & Stöver,[1] Colton[2]
|
Second round of 1996 election. Grey indicates a win by Yeltsin, red a win by Zyuganov.
2000
2000 election. Blue indicates a win by Putin, red a win by Zyuganov, grey a win by Tuleyev.
2000 presidential election
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
Vladimir Putin |
Independent |
39,740,467 |
53.4
|
|
Gennady Zyuganov |
Communist Party |
21,928,468 |
29.5
|
|
Grigory Yavlinsky |
Yabloko |
4,351,450 |
5.9
|
|
Aman Tuleyev |
Independent |
2,217,364 |
3.0
|
|
Vladimir Zhirinovsky |
Liberal Democratic Party |
2,026,509 |
2.7
|
|
Konstantin Titov |
Independent |
1,107,269 |
1.5
|
|
Ella Pamfilova |
For Civic Dignity |
758,967 |
1.0
|
|
Stanislav Govorukhin |
Independent |
328,723 |
0.4
|
|
Yury Skuratov |
Independent |
319,189 |
0.4
|
|
Alexey Podberezkin |
Spiritual Heritage |
98,177 |
0.1
|
|
Umar Dzhabrailov |
Independent |
78,498 |
0.1
|
Against all |
1,414,673 |
1.9
|
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, University of Essex
|
2008
2012
2012 presidential election
|
Candidates
|
Party
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
Vladimir Putin |
United Russia |
45,602,075 |
63.60
|
|
Gennady Zyuganov |
Communist Party |
12,318,353 |
17.18
|
|
Mikhail Prokhorov |
Independent |
5,722,508 |
7.98
|
|
Vladimir Zhirinovsky |
Liberal Democratic Party |
4,458,103 |
6.22
|
|
Sergey Mironov |
A Just Russia |
2,763,935 |
3.85
|
Source: Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation
|
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