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Candidate for President of Russia – people officially registered as a candidate forPresident of the Russian Federation. As of 2025, 36 people participated in theelections of the President of Russia.

Eight candidates participated in the2018. Four candidates participated in the next election, held inMarch 2024.

According to the in force at the timeConstitution, thePresident is elected together with theVice President for five years.

According to thenew Constitution, the position of Vice President was abolished, and the President is elected for a six years (until 2012 for a four years).

• The second round to determine the winner was held only once, during the 1996 election.
• Communist party's nominees has always taken second place.
• Most often participated in the electionsVladimir Zhirinovsky (6 times).
• Only 3 women have been presidential candidates:Ella Pamfilova in 2000,Irina Khakamada in 2004 andKsenia Sobchak in 2018.
• The largest number of presidential candidates (11) were registered in the 2000 election. The smallest number (4) were registered in the 2008 and 2024 elections.
• The youngest presidential candidate wasKsenia Sobchak (aged 36) in the 2018 election, the oldest isNikolay Kharitonov (aged 75) in the 2024 election.

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