Moscow March 19 2024: Russian President Vladimir Putin has been resoundingly re-elected to a fifth term in office as Russian voters went to the polls in record-breaking numbers.
Vladimir Putin has been elected president of Russia for the fifth time, according to preliminary data from the Central Election Commission (CEC) and the results of exit polls conducted by the Russian Public Opinion Research Center at 1,400 polling stations. The incumbent head of state won 87% of the votes cast. Taking second place, according to exit polls, was Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) candidate Nikolay Kharitonov, chair of the State Duma Committee on Far Eastern and Arctic Development, with 4.6%, while third place went to New People party candidate and State Duma Deputy Speaker Vladislav Davankov at 4.2%, and fourth place went to Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) candidate and State Duma member Leonid Slutsky at 3.0%, Vedomosti writes.
