Candidates in the 2018 Russian presidential election

This article contains the list of candidates associated with the 2018 Russian presidential election.

70 people – 46 independents and 24 party-nominated – informed the Central Election Commission (CEC) that they intended to participate in the election as candidates. 1 January 2018 was the last day that independents could notify the CEC of their intent to participate. Independents had until the end of 7 January 2018 to file registration documents with the CEC, whilst for those nominated by parties the deadline was the end of 12 January. 36 people were nominated to participate in the election – 15 independents and 21 party-nominated candidates. Out of them, eight were registered, 11 withdrew, and 17 were rejected.

Candidates

These candidates have been officially registered by the CEC. Candidates are listed in the order they appeal on the ballot paper (alphabetical order in Russian).

Rejected candidates

Declared candidates who withdrew

Possible candidates who did not run

The following individuals were included in some polls, were referred to in the media as possible candidates or has publicly expressed interest long before the elections but never announced that they would run.

United Russia

File:Alexey Dyumin (2016-02-02).jpg, Alexey Dyumin
Governor of Tula Oblast
File:Матвиенко Валентина Ивановна.jpg, Valentina Matviyenko
Chairwoman of the Federation Council,
Senator from Saint Petersburg
File:Official portrait of Sergey Shoigu.jpg, Sergey Shoygu
Minister of Defence
File:Sergey Sobyanin 5 June 2013.jpeg, Sergey Sobyanin
Mayor of Moscow

Communist party

File:Gennady Zyuganov, 2013.jpeg, Gennady Zyuganov
Deputy of the State Duma

A Just Russia

File:Yelena Drapeko 2018-11-21.jpg, Yelena Drapeko
Deputy of the State Duma

Independent candidates

File:Alexey Chaly (cropped).jpeg, Aleksei Chaly
Former Governor of Sevastopol
File:Dmitri Nikolajewitsch Djomuschkin.jpg, Dmitry Demushkin
Politician
File:S Mavrodi 2012.jpg, Sergey Mavrodi
former Deputy of the State Duma
File:Ohlobyistin Ivan 2.jpg, Ivan Okhlobystin
Actor
File:Rally for science and education (Moscow; 2015-06-06) 144.JPG, Irina Prokhorova
Journalist
File:Roizman Eugene.jpg, Yevgeny Roizman
Mayor of Yekaterinburg

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See also

*List of Russian presidential candidates

References

{{Candidates in the Russian presidential election, 2018

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