The '''2012 Russian Presidential Election''' are set to take place on March 4th, 2012.
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The '''2012 Russian Presidential Election''' took place on March 4th, 2012.
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Incumbent [[Dmitry Medvedev]] has agreed to step down and will run with United Russia as a possible Prime Minister in the Russian Government, nominating Vladimir Putin as the United Russia Candidate.
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Incumbent [[Dmitry Medvedev]] has agreed to step down and to run with [[United Russia]] as a possible Prime Minister in the Russian Government, nominating Vladimir Putin as the United Russia Candidate.
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Conservative president [[Vladimir Putin]] won the election.
==Candidates==
==Candidates==
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! Party
! Party
! Candidate
! Candidate
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! Previous Candidate
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! Votes
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| [[United Russia]]
| [[United Russia]]
| [[Vladimir Putin]]
| [[Vladimir Putin]]
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| None, Supported [[Dmitry Medvedev]]
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| 63.64%
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| [[Communist Party of the Russian Federation]]
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| Gennady Zyuganov
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| 17.18%
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| None
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| [[Mikhail Prokhorov]]
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| 7.94%
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| [[Liberal Democratic Party of Russia|Liberal Democratic Party]]