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There were over 108,000,000 eligible voters and almost all 95,000 polling stations had [[webcam]]s to observe the voting process. Following criticism of the vote in the [[Russian legislative election, 2011|December elections]], 2 web cameras were decided to stream the activities at each [[polling station]], at an expense of a half billion dollars.<ref>{{Cite news |author= Brooke, James; Golloher, Jessica; Nesnera, Andre de |title= After Big Protests, Russians Vote for President |url= http://www.voanews.com/learningenglish/home/After-Big-Protests-Russians-Vote-for-President--141242183.html |publisher= [[Voice of America]] |date= 2 March 2012 |accessdate= 5 March 2012}}</ref> |
There were over 108,000,000 eligible voters and almost all 95,000 polling stations had [[webcam]]s to observe the voting process. Following criticism of the vote in the [[Russian legislative election, 2011|December elections]], 2 web cameras were decided to stream the activities at each [[polling station]], at an expense of a half billion dollars.<ref>{{Cite news |author= Brooke, James; Golloher, Jessica; Nesnera, Andre de |title= After Big Protests, Russians Vote for President |url= http://www.voanews.com/learningenglish/home/After-Big-Protests-Russians-Vote-for-President--141242183.html |publisher= [[Voice of America]] |date= 2 March 2012 |accessdate= 5 March 2012}}</ref> The cameras were turned off at 20:00 or earlier when the voting ended. |
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===Allegations of voting fraud and electoral violation === |
===Allegations of voting fraud and electoral violation === |
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The 2012 Russian presidential election was held on 4 March 2012.[1] There were five officially registered candidates: four representatives of registered parties and one independent. The election was for a new, extended term of six years.
At the United Russia Congress in Moscow on 24 September 2011, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev proposed that his predecessor, Vladimir Putin 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.[2]
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.[3]
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin received 63.64 percent of the vote with almost 100% of the votes counted.[4][5] With this win he has secured a record third term in the Kremlin.[6][7]
Observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe reported irregularities such as ballot stuffing at about a third of the stations they monitored.[8]
The next presidential election will be in 2018. [9]
Candidates
The following are individuals who submitted documents required to be officially registered as a presidential candidate to the Central Election Commission.
Registered candidates
The following candidates were successfully registered by the Central Election Commission:
- Vladimir Putin, nominated by United Russia and endorsed by Patriots of Russia[10]
- 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.[11]
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[12] 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.[13] |
| 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.[14] |
| 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).[14] |
| 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
Election forecasts
| Poll source | Date | 
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Putin |
Zyuganov |
Zhirinovsky |
Prokhorov |
Mironov | ||
| Levada | 16–20 Dec 2011 | 63 % | 13 % | 12 % | 3 % | 6 % |
| Levada | 20–23 Jan 2011 | 63 % | 15 % | 8 % | 5 % | 5 % |
| FOM | 21–22 Jan 2012 | 52.2 % | 18.0 % | 10.8 % | 6.7 % | 6.6 % |
| FOM | 28–29 Jan 2012 | 54.6 % | 16.9 % | 11.7 % | 6.9 % | 5.9 % |
| FOM | 4–5 Feb 2012 | 58.7 % | 15.0 % | 12.2 % | 7.2 % | 5.1 % |
| FOM | 11–12 Feb 2012 | 60.0 % | 16.7 % | 9.5 % | 7.4 % | 5.0 % |
| VCIOM | 11–12 Feb 2012 | 58.6 % | 14.8 % | 9.4 % | 8.7 % | 7.7 % |
| Levada | 17–20 Feb 2012 | 66 % | 15 % | 8 % | 6 % | 5 % |
| FOM | 18–19 Feb 2012 | 58.7 % | 16.2 % | 8.8 % | 8.6 % | 6.1 % |
| VCIOM | 25–26 Feb 2012 | 59.9 % | 15.1 % | 7.7 % | 8.7 % | 7.1 % |
Open survey
| Candidate | 24 December 2011 | 24–25 December 2011 | 7 January 2012 | 14 January 2012 | 14–15 January 2012 | 21 January 2012 | 28 January 2012 | 12 February 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vladimir Putin | 45 % | 44 % | 48 % | 52 % | 45 % | 49 % | 52 % | 55 % |
| Mikhail Prokhorov | 4 % | 4 % | 3 % | 2 % | 3 % | 4 % | 4 % | 6 % |
| Gennady Zyuganov | 10 % | 12 % | 10 % | 11 % | 11 % | 8 % | 9 % | |
| Vladimir Zhirinovsky | 8 % | 11 % | 9 % | 9 % | 10 % | 9 % | 8 % | 8 % |
| Sergey Mironov | 5 % | 4 % | 5 % | 4 % | 3 % | 6 % | 4 % | 5 % |
| Grigory Yavlinsky | 2 % | 2 % | 2 % | 1 % | 1 % | |||
| Dmitry Mezentsev | — | — | 0 % | 0 % | — | |||
| Other | — | 2 % | — | 0 % | 1 % | |||
| Would not vote | 10 % | 9 % | 9 % | 10 % | 10 % | 9 % | 11 % | 9 % |
| Plan to ruin ballot | — | 1 % | — | — | 1 % | |||
| Don't know | 12 % | 12 % | 10 % | 9 % | 13 % | 9 % | 10 % | 8 % |
| Sample Size | 1,600 | 3,000 | 1,600 | 1,600 | 3,000 | 1,600 | 1,600 | 1,600 |
| Poll Source | VTSIOM[15] | Public Opinion Fund[16] | VTSIOM[15] | VTSIOM[15] | Public Opinion Fund[17] | VTSIOM[15] | VTSIOM[15] | VTSIOM[15] |
According to a "Levada Center" (considered oppositional[18][19]) 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.[20]
Result
Template:Russian presidential election, 2012 There were over 108,000,000 eligible voters and almost all 95,000 polling stations had webcams to observe the voting process. Following criticism of the vote in the December elections, 2 web cameras were decided to stream the activities at each polling station, at an expense of a half billion dollars.[21] The cameras were turned off at 20:00 or earlier when the voting ended.
Allegations of voting fraud and electoral violation
Pravda alleged that industrial plants with a continuous-cycle production have violated the law by bussing workers to polling centres.[22] The chairman of the Moscow Election Committee Valentin Gorbunov countered the accusation saying that this was normal practice and did not constitute a violation. According to Iosif Diskin, a member of the Public Chamber of Russia, there were special observers who controlled that workers have legal absentee certificates. Information about so-called carousel voting was not confirmed.[23] Georgij Fedorov, director of the NGO "Citizens Watch," said that statements from the monitoring group GOLOS about carousel voting in Strogino District were false.[24]
See also
References
- ^ "Russia's presidential elections scheduled for March 2012". B92. RIA Novosti. 21 July 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- ^ "Russia's Putin set to return as president in 2012". BBC News. 24 September 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ^ "'I'm Sure You'll Make Right Choice,' Medvedev Tells Nation". RIA Novosti. 2 March 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ "Putin declared president-elect". Rt.com. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
- ^ Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation. Cikrf.ru. Retrieved on 5 March 2012.
- ^ ‘We won!’ Teary-eyed Putin proclaims victory (PHOTOS, VIDEO), RT, 2012-03-04
- ^ "Vladimir Putin Wins Russian Presidential Elections 2012". Dhruvplanet.com. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
- ^ "Observers slam Russia vote as Putin declares victory". cnn.com. 2012 [last update]. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|year=(help)CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ Herszenhorn, David M. (5 March 2012). "Observers Detail Flaws in Russian Election". New York Times. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
- ^ Official Statement of Political Party "PATRIOTS OF RUSSIA". Patriot-rus.ru (2011-12-19). Retrieved on 5 March 2012.
- ^ "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". Wciom.ru. Retrieved 5 March 2012. Cite error: The named reference "vciom-dec2011" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ "По данным Фонда «Общественное мнение" (PDF). Retrieved 5 March 2012.
- ^ "По данным Фонда «Общественное мнение" (PDF). Retrieved 5 March 2012.
- ^ Алексей Левинсон (16 February 2012). "Страницы Алексея Левинсона". Неприкосновенный запас. 5 (31). Magazines.russ.ru. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|year=/|date=mismatch (help) - ^ "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.
- ^ Brooke, James; Golloher, Jessica; Nesnera, Andre de (2 March 2012). "After Big Protests, Russians Vote for President". Voice of America. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "И пусть нам приснится "карусель"..." Pravda.RU. 4 March 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
- ^ "Иосиф Дискин: Никаких доказательств существования "каруселей" не выявлено". Pravda.RU. 4 March 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
- ^ "Федоров: Не все нарушения подтверждаются". Pravda.RU. 4 March 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
External links
- Online webcams in all the polling stations
- "Presidential Vote 2012", The Moscow Times
