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{{Infobox election
| country = Russia
| type = presidential
| previous_election = 1996 Russian presidential election
| previous_year = 1996
| next_election = 2004 Russian presidential election
| next_year = 2004
| election_date = 26 March 2000
| turnout = 68.64% ({{decrease}} 0.14[[percentage point|pp]])
| opinion_polls = Opinion polling for the 2000 Russian presidential election
| image_size = 130x130px
| image1 = RIAN archive 100306 Vladimir Putin, Federal Security Service Director (cropped).jpg
| nominee1 = '''[[Vladimir Putin]]'''
| party1 = Independent politician
| alliance1 = [[Unity (Russian political party)|Unity]], [[Fatherland – All Russia|OVR]], [[Union of Right Forces|SPS]]
| colour1 = 227FCF
| popular_vote1 = '''39,740,434'''
| percentage1 = '''53.44%'''
| image2 = Zyuganov-2002 (cropped).jpg
| nominee2 = {{nowrap|[[Gennady Zyuganov]]}}
| party2 = Communist Party of the Russian Federation
| popular_vote2 = 21,928,471
| percentage2 = 29.49%
| image3 = Ba-yavlinsky-g-a-1999-june (sq, cropped).jpg
| nominee3 = [[Grigory Yavlinsky]]
| party3 = Yabloko
| popular_vote3 = 4,351,452
| percentage3 = 5.85%
| map_image = 2000 Russian presidential election (shaded).svg
| map_caption = Results by federal subject <br> '''Vladimir Putin:''' {{legend0|#e6e6ffff|40–45%}} {{legend0|#d0d2ffff|45–50%}} {{legend0|#afb0ffff|50–55%}} {{legend0|#9999ffff|55–60%}} {{legend0|#7777ffff|60–65%}} {{legend0|#5555ffff|65–70%}} {{legend0|#0013b4ff|75–80%}} {{legend0|#00008bff|80–85%}} {{legend0|#000064ff|85–90%}} <br> '''Gennady Zyuganov:''' {{legend0|#ffe5e5ff|40–45%}} {{legend0|#ffd1d1ff|45–50%}} <br> '''Aman Tuleyev:''' {{legend0|#ffbc96|50–55%}}
| title = [[Acting President of Russia|Acting President]]
| posttitle = Elected President
| before_election = [[Vladimir Putin]]
| after_election = [[Vladimir Putin]]
| before_party = Independent politician
| after_party = Independent politician
| registered = 109,372,043
}}

Presidential elections were held in Russia on 26 March 2000.<ref name=NS>[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1642 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}}</ref> Incumbent prime minister and acting president [[Vladimir Putin]], who had succeeded [[Boris Yeltsin]] after his resignation on 31 December 1999, sought a four-year term in his own right and won in the first round.

As of 2024, this is the last Russian presidential election in which losers ([[Gennady Zyuganov]] and [[Aman Tuleyev]]) carried federal subjects. In all subsequent presidential elections, the winner carried all federal subjects.

==Background==
In spring 1998, [[Boris Yeltsin]] dismissed his long-time head of government, [[Viktor Chernomyrdin]], replacing him with [[Sergey Kiriyenko|Sergey Kirienko]]. Months later, in the wake of the August 1998 economic crisis in which the government defaulted on its debt and devalued the [[Russian ruble|rouble]] simultaneously, Kirienko was replaced in favor of [[Yevgeny Primakov]]. In May 1999, Primakov was replaced with [[Sergei Stepashin]]. Then in August 1999, [[Vladimir Putin]] was named prime minister, making him the fifth in less than two years.<ref name=":0">Riasanovsky, N., Steinberg, M. (2011). A History of Russia.</ref> Putin was not expected to last long in the role and was initially unknown and unpopular due to his ties to the Yeltsin government and state security. In the late summer and early fall of 1999, a wave of [[1999 Russian apartment bombings|apartment bombings]] across Russia killed hundreds and injured thousands. The bombings, blamed on the [[Second Chechen War|Chechens]], provided the opportunity for Putin to position himself as a strong and aggressive leader, capable of dealing with the Chechen threat.

Yeltsin had become exceedingly unpopular. Yeltsin was increasingly concerned about the Skuratov, Mercata and Mabetex scandals that had prompted articles of impeachment.<ref name=":1">Myers, S. L. (2015). The new Tsar: The rise and reign of Vladimir Putin.</ref> He narrowly survived impeachment in May 1999. In mid-1999, Yevgeny Primakov and [[Yury Luzhkov|Yuri Luzhkov]] were considered the frontrunners for the presidency.<ref name=":1" /> Both were critical of Yeltsin, and he feared that they might prosecute him and his family for corruption should they ascend to power.<ref name=":2">White, S., Oates, S., & McAllister, I. (2005). Media effects and Russian elections, 1999–2000. ''British Journal of political science'', ''35''(02).</ref> Primakov had suggested that he would be "freeing up jail cells for the economic criminals he planned to arrest."<ref name="Treisman, D. 2012">Treisman, D. (2012). The return: Russia's journey from Gorbachev to Medvedev.</ref>

On 19 December 1999, the Kremlin's [[Unity (Russian political party)|Unity Party]] finished second in the [[1999 Russian legislative election|parliamentary elections]] with 23 percent; the [[Communist Party of the Russian Federation|Communist Party]] was first with 24 percent.<ref name=":1" /> By forming a coalition with [[Yabloko]] and the [[Union of Right Forces]],<ref name=":1" /> Yeltsin had secured a favorable majority in the [[Duma]]. By the December election, Putin's popularity had risen to 79% with 42% saying they would vote for him for president.<ref name="Treisman, D. 2012"/>

[[File:Boris Yeltsin 31 December 1999.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Yeltsin on the day of his resignation, together with Putin and [[Alexander Voloshin]]]]

On New Year's Eve 1999, Yeltsin announced that he would be resigning early in the belief that "Russia should enter the new millennium with new politicians, new faces, new people, who are intelligent, strong and energetic, while we, those who have been in power for many years, must leave."<ref name=":1" /> In accordance with the constitution, Putin became acting president.

The elections would be held on 26 March 2000, as Russian law required an election to be scheduled three months after the office of president is vacated. Before Yeltsin's resignation, the 2000 presidential election had been expected to be held in June or July.<ref name=rew2>{{cite web |url=https://www.belfercenter.org/sites/default/files/legacy/files/electionbulletin9-99.doc |title=Russian Election Watch No. 2, September 1999 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=September 1999|website=www.belfercenter.org |publisher=Harvard University (John F. Kennedy School of Government)|access-date=29 October 2018}}</ref><ref name=rew3>{{cite web |url=https://www.belfercenter.org/sites/default/files/legacy/files/electionbulletin10-99.doc |title=Russian Election Watch No. 3, October 1999 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=October 1999|website=www.belfercenter.org |publisher=Harvard University (John F. Kennedy School of Government)|access-date=29 October 2018}}</ref><ref name=rew4>{{cite web |url=https://www.belfercenter.org/sites/default/files/legacy/files/electionbulletin11-99.doc |title=Russian Election Watch No. 4, November 1999 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=November 1999|website=www.belfercenter.org |publisher=Harvard University (John F. Kennedy School of Government)|access-date=29 October 2018}}</ref> The Duma had originally passed legislation scheduling the first round of the election for 4 June, with a runoff scheduled for 25 June if necessitated.<ref name=rew4/><ref name=rew5>{{cite web |url=https://www.belfercenter.org/sites/default/files/legacy/files/electionbulletin12-99.doc |title=Russian Election Watch No. 5, December 1999 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=December 1999|website=www.belfercenter.org |publisher=Harvard University (John F. Kennedy School of Government)|access-date=29 October 2018}}</ref>

In early 2000 Unity and the Communist Party had developed an alliance in the Duma that effectively cut off Putin's rivals, [[Yevgeny Primakov]], [[Grigory Yavlinsky]], and [[Sergey Kiriyenko|Sergei Kiriyenko]].<ref name=":1" /> Yuri Luzhkov, the reelected Mayor of Moscow, announced that he would not compete for the presidency; Primakov pulled out two weeks after the parliamentary elections.<ref name=":1" /> The early election also reduced the chances that public sentiment would turn against the conflict in Chechnya.<ref name=":3">White, S. (2001). The Russian presidential election, March 2000. ''Electoral Studies'', ''20''(3).</ref>

===New campaign law===
A new federal law, "On the election of the president of the Russian Federation" was passed in December 1999. It required that candidates gather a million signatures to be nominated (although the shortened election meant this was reduced to 500,000).<ref name=":3" />  A majority in the first round was enough to win. Failing that, a second round of voting between the top two candidates would be decided by majority vote.<ref name=":3" />  The new law also created stricter campaign finance provisions.<ref name=":3" /> The new law, in conjunction with the early election would have further helped Putin, who could rely on favorable state television coverage.

==Candidates==
{{main|Candidates in the 2000 Russian presidential election}}

Of 33 candidates nominated, 15 submitted application forms to the [[Central Electoral Committee of Russia]], which registered 12.<ref name=":3" /> They are listed in the Russian alphabetical order they appeared on the ballot.
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
!colspan="3"| Candidate name, age,<br>political party
!Political offices
!Registration date
|-
| style="background:lavender;" |'''[[Stanislav Govorukhin]]'''<br>(64)<br>Independent
|[[File:Stanislav Govorukhin IT MOW 04-11.jpg|130px]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |
|'''Deputy of the [[State Duma]]'''<br><small>(1994-2003 and 2005–2018)</small><br>'''Film director'''
|15 February 2000
|-
| style="background:lavender;" |'''[[Umar Dzhabrailov]]'''<br>(41)<br>Power of Reason
| [[File:Umar Dzhabrailov (council.gov.ru).jpg|130px]]
| style="background-color:#FF403D;" |
|'''Businessman'''
|18 February 2000
|-
| style="background:lavender;" |'''[[Vladimir Zhirinovsky]]'''<br>(53)<br>[[Liberal Democratic Party of Russia|Liberal Democratic Party]]<br>'''([[Vladimir Zhirinovsky 2000 presidential campaign|campaign]])'''
|[[File:Wladimir Schirinowski cropped.jpg|130px]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party of Russia}};" |
|'''Deputy of the [[State Duma]]'''<br><small>(1993–2022)</small><br>'''Leader of the [[Liberal Democratic Party of Russia|Liberal Democratic Party]]'''<br><small>(1991–2022)</small>
|2 March 2000
|-
| style="background:lavender;" |'''[[Gennady Zyuganov]]'''<br>(55)<br>[[Communist Party of the Russian Federation|Communist Party]]<br>'''([[Gennady Zyuganov 2000 presidential campaign|campaign]])'''
|[[File:Zyuganov portrait.jpg|130px]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}};" |
|'''Deputy of the [[State Duma]]'''<br><small>(1993–present)</small><br>'''Leader of the [[Communist Party of the Russian Federation|Communist Party]]'''<br><small>(1993–present)</small>
|28 January 2000
|-
| style="background:lavender;" |'''[[Ella Pamfilova]]'''<br>(46)<br>For Civic Dignity
|[[File:Элла Памфилова.jpeg|130px]]
| style="background-color:#FFC130;" |
|'''Minister of Social Protection<br>of the Population of Russia'''<br><small>(1991–1994)</small>
|15 February 2000
|-
| style="background:lavender;" |'''[[Alexey Podberezkin]]'''<br>(47)<br>[[Spiritual Heritage]]
|[[File:Alexey Podberyozkin.jpg|130px]]
| style="background-color:#1F3C79;" |
|'''Deputy of the [[State Duma]]'''<br><small>(1995–1999)</small>
|29 January 2000
|-
| style="background:lavender;" |'''[[Vladimir Putin]]'''<br>(47)<br>Independent<br>Endorsed by [[Unity (Russian political party)|Unity]], [[Fatherland – All Russia|OVR]] and [[Union of Right Forces|SPS]]<br>'''([[Vladimir Putin 2000 presidential campaign|campaign]])'''
|[[File:Vladimir Putin 31 December 1999-3 (cropped).jpg|130px]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Unity (Russian political party)}};" |
|'''[[Acting President of Russia]]'''<br><small>(1999–2000)</small><br>'''[[Prime Minister of Russia]]'''<br><small>(1999–2000)</small><br>'''[[Director of FSB|Director of the Federal Security Service]]'''<br><small>(1998–1999)</small>
|7 February 2000
|-
| style="background:lavender;" |'''[[Yury Skuratov]]'''<br>(47)<br>Independent<br>'''([[Yury Skuratov#2000 presidential campaign|campaign]])'''
|[[File:SkuratovY.jpg|130px]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |
|'''[[Prosecutor General of Russia]]'''<br><small>(1995–1999)</small>
|18 February 2000
|-
| style="background:lavender;" |'''[[Konstantin Titov]]'''<br>(55)<br>Independent<br>'''([[Konstantin Titov#2000 presidential campaign|campaign]])'''
|[[File:Konstantin Titov.jpg|130px]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |
|'''[[Governor of Samara Oblast]]'''<br><small>(1991–2007)</small>
|10 February 2000
|-
| style="background:lavender;" |'''[[Aman Tuleyev]]'''<br>(55)<br>Independent<br>'''([[Aman Tuleyev#2000 presidential campaign|campaign]])'''
|[[File:Aman Tuleyev (council.gov.ru).jpg|130px]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |
|'''[[Governor of Kemerovo Oblast]]'''<br><small>(1997–2018)</small>
|7 February 2000
|-
| style="background:lavender;" |'''[[Grigory Yavlinsky]]'''<br>(47)<br>[[Yabloko]]<br>'''([[Grigory Yavlinsky 2000 presidential campaign|campaign]])'''

|[[File:Ba-yavlinsky-g-a-1999-june (sq, cropped).jpg|130px]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Yabloko}};" |
|'''Deputy of the [[State Duma]]'''<br><small>(1994–2003)</small><br>'''Leader of the [[Yabloko]] party'''<br><small>(1993–2008)</small>
|15 February 2000
|}

===Withdrawn===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan="3"| Candidate name, age,<br />political party
! Political offices
! Details
! Registration date
! Date of withdrawal
|-
| style="background:lavender;" |'''[[Yevgeny Vadimovich Savostyanov|Yevgeny Savostyanov]]'''<br />(48)<br />Independent
|[[File:Savostyanov.JPG|130px]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |
|'''Kremlin Deputy Chief of Staff'''<br /><small>(1996–1998)</small>
|Supported [[Grigory Yavlinsky]].
| 18 February 2000
| 21 March 2000
|}

==Campaign==
[[Gennady Zyuganov]] and [[Grigory Yavlinsky]] were the two strongest opposition candidates. Zyuganov ran on a platform of resistance to wholesale public ownership, though he supported a return of illegally privatized property to the state.<ref name=":3" /> He opposed public land ownership and advocated for strong public services to be provided by the state. He would also strengthen the country's defense capabilities and would resist expansion by the United States and NATO.<ref name=":3" /> Grigorii Yavlinsky (Yabloko) ran as a free marketer but with measured state control.<ref name=":3" /> He wanted stronger oversight of public money, an end to the black market and reform of the tax system coinciding with an increase in public services.<ref name=":3" /> He also advocated for a strengthened role for the [[State Duma]] and a reduction in the size of the civil bureaucracy.<ref name=":3" /> He was the most pro-Western candidate, but only to an extent as he had been critical of the war in [[Chechnya]] yet remained skeptical of NATO.<ref name=":3" /> One of Putin's major campaign platforms was "dictatorship of the law" and "the stronger the state, the freer the people."<ref name=":0" />

Putin mounted almost no campaign in advance of the 2000 elections. "He held no rallies, gave no speeches, and refused to participate in debates with his challengers."<ref name=":1" /> The extent of Putin's campaign was a biographical interview broadcast on State Television, and a series of interviews with journalists, paid for by [[Boris Berezovsky (businessman)|Boris Berezovsky]], an oligarch who had helped to build the Unity Party in the Yeltsin years.<ref name=":1" /> Putin's platform was best reflected by an "Open letter to Russian voters" that ran in national newspapers on 25 February 2000.<ref name=":3" /> Because he refused to participate in the debates, Putin's challengers had no venue in which to challenge his program, vague as it may have been.<ref name=":3" /> A number of other candidates explained this as a refusal to clarify his position on various controversial issues.

Uncritical state television coverage of Putin's leadership of the conflict in Chechnya helped him to consolidate his popularity as Prime Minister, even as Yeltsin's popularity as president fell.<ref name=":3" /> Analysis of television coverage of the 1999 Duma and 2000 presidential elections found that "it was [[Channel One Russia|ORT]], and state television more generally, that had helped to create a party on short notice"<ref name=":2" /> and that "its coverage... was strongly supportive of the party it had created."<ref name=":2" /> Further, TV channel ORT aggressively attacked credible opponents to Unity and Putin.<ref name=":2" /> Putin "received over a third of the coverage devoted to the candidates on all television channels, as much as Zyuganov (12%), Yavlinsky (11%) and Zhirinovsky (11%) put together."<ref name=":3" />  He received more than a third of print media coverage, and was given outsize coverage even in opposition newspapers.<ref name=":3" />

[[File:Vladimir Putin votes 2000-2 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Vladimir Putin casting his vote]]
Putin announced a new press policy after he won the election. He stated that he believed in "free press" but this should not let the media become "means of mass disinformation and tools of struggle against the state."<ref name=":0" /> He encouraged the state-owned media to control the market and provide the people with "objective information."<ref name=":0" />

==Conduct==
[[File:Бюллетень выборы 2000.png|thumb|left|Ballot paper]]
The decision to conduct the presidential elections also in [[Chechnya]] was perceived as controversial by many observers due to the [[Second Chechen War|military campaign]] and security concerns.<ref>[http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/russia/16275 OSCE final report on the presidential election in the Russian Federation, 26 March 2000] OCSE</ref> The [[1999 Russian legislative election|legislative elections]] held on 19 December 1999 had been suspended in Chechnya for these reasons.

There were many alleged serious forgeries reported that could have affected Putin's victory in the first round.<ref>[http://www.themoscowtimes.com/election_fraud.html Election Fraud Reports] [[The Moscow Times]] {{deadlink|date=August 2025}}</ref><ref>[http://www.lib.ru/HISTORY/FELSHTINSKY/naslednik.txt The Operation "Successor"] [[Vladimir Pribylovsky]] and [[Yuriy Felshtinsky]] {{in lang|ru}}</ref>

===Media bias===
The [[Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe|PACE]] observers delegation concluded that "the unequal access to television was one of the main reasons for a degree of unfairness of the campaign" and that "independent media have come under increasing pressure and that media in general, be they State-owned or private, failed to a large extent to provide impartial information about the election campaign and candidates."<ref name="assembly.coe.int">[http://assembly.coe.int/main.asp?Link=/documents/workingdocs/doc00/edoc8693.htm Ad hoc Committee to observe the Russian presidential election (26 March 2000)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080310003238/http://assembly.coe.int/main.asp?Link=%2Fdocuments%2Fworkingdocs%2Fdoc00%2Fedoc8693.htm |date=10 March 2008 }} [[Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe|PACE]], 3 April 2000</ref>

The PACE delegation also reported that the media got more and more dominated by politically influential owners. The [[Channel One (Russia)|TV channel ORT]] launched a slanderous campaign against Yavlinsky's image as his ratings started to rise sharply, and broadcasters generally nearly ignored candidates who did not fulfill interests of their owners. One of the main independent broadcasters, [[NTV Russia|NTV]], was subject to increasing financial and administrative pressure during the electoral campaign.<ref name="assembly.coe.int"/>

Harassment by the Kremlin was utilized to quiet criticism from domestic independent and opposition media, particularly television broadcasters.<ref name=rew7>{{cite web |url=https://www.belfercenter.org/sites/default/files/legacy/files/electionbulletin2-00.doc |title=Russian Election Watch No. 7, February 2000 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=February 2000 |website=www.belfercenter.org |publisher=Harvard University (John F. Kennedy School of Government)|access-date=31 October 2018}}</ref> State agencies pressured media outlets (especially television outlets) to avoid issuing negative reports on the Chechen War.<ref name=rew7/> The two primary state-controlled media outlets gave overwhelmingly positive coverage to Putin's handling of the war. Multiple Western journalists (such as the [[Boston Globe]]'s [[David Fillipov]]) had been either detained or expelled from the country because they strayed from Russian military guidance in Chechnya.<ref name=rew7/> [[Andrei Babitsky]] (a correspondent for Radio Liberty) was arrested under charges of aiding the Chechens.<ref name=rew7/> Under both Yeltsin and Putin, the Kremlin apparatus was applying financial pressure to Media-Most, a media holding group which had been unfriendly in their coverage.<ref name=rew7/>

On the other hand, Zyuganov received much fairer media coverage than he had been subject to in the previous presidential election.<ref name=rfre2000a>{{cite web |url=http://www.rferl.org:80/specials/russianelection/archives/01-030300.asp |title=Russian Presidental Election 2000 |last=Belin |first=Laura |date=3 March 2000 |access-date=2018-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040215090722/http://www.rferl.org/specials/russianelection/archives/01-030300.asp |archive-date=15 February 2004 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==Opinion polls==
{{main|Opinion polling for the 2000 Russian presidential election}}

==Results==
[[File:Vladimir Putin with Boris Yeltsin-7.jpg|thumb|right|Former president [[Boris Yeltsin]] congratulating Putin on his victory on the day after the election]]

Polling stations were open from 8:00&nbsp;a.m. to 8:00&nbsp;p.m. Putin won on the first ballot with 53.4% of the vote. Putin's highest official result was 85.42% in [[Ingushetia]], while his lowest achievement was 29.65% in neighboring [[Chechnya]]. Zyuganov's results ranged from 47.41% in the [[Lipetsk Oblast|Lipetsk region]] to 4.63% in Ingushetia. Yavlinsky's results ranged from 18.56% in [[Moscow]] to 0.42% in [[Dagestan]]. Zhirinovsky's results ranged from 6.13% in the [[Kamchatka Oblast|Kamchatka region]] to 0.29% in Ingushetia.<ref>[http://www.electoralgeography.com/en/countries/r/russia/2000-president-elections-russia.html Electoral Geography. Russia, Presidential Elections, 2000] Electoral Geography</ref>
{{Election results
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|cand2=[[Gennady Zyuganov]]|party2=[[Communist Party of the Russian Federation|Communist Party]]|votes2=21928471
|cand3=[[Grigory Yavlinsky]]|party3=[[Yabloko]]|votes3=4351452
|cand4=[[Aman Tuleyev]]|party4=Independent|votes4=2217361
|cand5=[[Vladimir Zhirinovsky]]|party5=[[Liberal Democratic Party of Russia|Liberal Democratic Party]]|votes5=2026513
|cand6=[[Konstantin Titov]]{{efn|Titov was unofficially aligned with the [[Union of Rightist Forces]].<ref>[http://www2.essex.ac.uk/elect/database/indexElections.asp?country=RUSSIA&election=ru2000presidential 2000 Presidential elections] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130704020705/http://www2.essex.ac.uk/elect/database/indexElections.asp?country=RUSSIA&election=ru2000presidential |date=2013-07-04 }} University of Essex</ref>}}|party6=Independent|votes6=1107269
|cand7=[[Ella Pamfilova]]|party7=For Civic Dignity|votes7=758966|color7=#FFA500
|cand8=[[Stanislav Govorukhin]]|party8=Independent|votes8=328723
|cand9=[[Yury Skuratov]]|party9=Independent|votes9=319263
|cand10=[[Alexey Podberezkin]]|party10=[[Spiritual Heritage]]|votes10=98175
|cand11=[[Umar Dzhabrailov]]|party11=Power of Reason|votes11=78498|color11=#FF403D
|row12=Against all|votes12=1414648
|invalid=701003
|electorate=109372046
|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220301072959/http://old.cikrf.ru/banners/vib_arhiv/president/2000/index.html CEC]
}}
{{notelist}}

===Results by federal subject===
{{Disputed|date=July 2023}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=text-align:right
! Federal subject
! Putin
! Zyuganov
! Yavlinsky
! Zhirnovsky
! Against all
|-
|align=left|[[Adygea]]
| 44.58%
| '''44.62%'''
| 3.00%
| 1.70%
| 1.18%
|-
|align=left|[[Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug]]
| '''62.80%'''
| 26.31%
| 1.28%
| 2.80%
| 0.60%
|-
|align=left|[[Altai Krai]]
| '''44.77%'''
| 40.02%
| 3.57%
| 3.99%
| 1.09%
|-
|align=left|[[Altai Republic]]
| 37.89%
| '''42.72%'''
| 2.63%
| 3.01%
| 1.20%
|-
|align=left|[[Amur Oblast]]
| '''49.33%'''
| 33.54%
| 3.10%
| 5.94%
| 1.43%
|-
|align=left|[[Arkhangelsk Oblast]]
| '''59.59%'''
| 20.25%
| 6.36%
| 3.71%
| 2.12%
|-
|align=left|[[Astrakhan Oblast]]
| '''60.86%'''
| 26.77%
| 2.56%
| 2.57%
| 1.10%
|-
|align=left|[[Bashkortostan]]
| '''60.34%'''
| 28.11%
| 3.21%
| 1.51%
| 1.00%
|-
|align=left|[[Belgorod Oblast]]
| '''47.59%'''
| 39.70%
| 3.43%
| 2.70%
| 1.55%
|-
|align=left|[[Bryansk Oblast]]
| 42.95%
| '''45.99%'''
| 2.16%
| 3.18%
| 1.19%
|-
|align=left|[[Buryatia]]
| '''41.96%'''
| 40.53%
| 3.72%
| 2.55%
| 1.27%
|-
|align=left|[[Chechnya]]
| '''50.63%'''
| 22.76%
| 9.28%
| 2.62%
| 3.08%
|-
|align=left|[[Chelyabinsk Oblast]]
| '''49.39%'''
| 32.05%
| 7.77%
| 2.88%
| 1.87%
|-
|align=left|[[Chita Oblast]]
| '''49.14%'''
| 35.48%
| 2.07%
| 5.87%
| 1.33%
|-
|align=left|[[Chukotka Autonomous Okrug]]
| '''67.24%'''
| 15.33%
| 4.60%
| 3.86%
| 1.84%
|-
|align=left|[[Chuvashia]]
| '''44.31%'''
| 42.80%
| 3.07%
| 2.05%
| 1.04%
|-
|align=left|[[Dagestan]]
| '''76.62%'''
| 19.78%
| 0.42%
| 0.38%
| 0.26%
|-
|align=left|[[Evenki Autonomous Okrug]]
| '''62.01%'''
| 21.30%
| 3.13%
| 3.67%
| 1.81%
|-
|align=left|[[Ingushetia]]
| '''85.42%'''
| 4.63%
| 4.45%
| 0.29%
| 0.62%
|-
|align=left|[[Ivanovo Oblast]]
| '''53.46%'''
| 29.72%
| 4.81%
| 3.60%
| 1.88%
|-
|align=left|[[Irkutsk Oblast]]
| '''50.08%'''
| 33.05%
| 5.06%
| 3.91%
| 1.70%
|-
|align=left|[[Jewish Autonomous Oblast]]
| '''42.87%'''
| 39.73%
| 5.20%
| 4.11%
| 1.81%
|-
|align=left|[[Kaliningrad Oblast]]
| '''60.16%'''
| 23.50%
| 6.25%
| 3.65%
| 1.51%

|-
|align=left|[[Kabardino-Balkaria]]
| '''74.72%'''
| 19.77%
| 1.57%
| 0.48%
| 0.61%
|-
|align=left|[[Kalmykia]]
| '''56.38%'''
| 32.04%
| 1.77%
| 1.23%
| 0.95%
|-
|align=left|[[Kaluga Oblast]]
| '''50.99%'''
| 33.77%
| 5.58%
| 2.25%
| 1.88%
|-
|align=left|[[Kamchatka Oblast]]
| '''48.72%'''
| 28.17%
| 6.34%
| 6.13%
| 2.35%
|-
|align=left|[[Karachay-Cherkessia]]
| '''56.27%'''
| 36.15%
| 1.92%
| 1.09%
| 1.01%
|-
|align=left|[[Republic of Karelia|Karelia]]
| '''64.20%'''
| 17.01%
| 7.44%
| 3.39%
| 1.84%
|-
|align=left|[[Kemerovo Oblast]]
| 25.01%
| 14.93%
| 3.06%
| 2.22%
| 0.97%
|-
|align=left|[[Khabarovsk Krai]]
| '''49.52%'''
| 28.07%
| 7.61%
| 5.30%
| 2.72%
|-
|align=left|[[Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug]]
| '''60.13%'''
| 22.13%
| 6.91%
| 3.51%
| 1.75%
|-
|align=left|[[Khakassia]]
| '''42.26%'''
| 36.55%
| 3.20%
| 4.49%
| 1.41%
|-
|align=left|[[Kirov Oblast]]
| '''58.30%'''
| 27.54%
| 3.62%
| 2.69%
| 1.31%
|-
|align=left|[[Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug]]
| '''70.12%'''
| 17.92%
| 1.89%
| 4.02%
| 1.09%
|-
|align=left|[[Komi Republic]]
| '''59.92%'''
| 21.76%
| 6.82%
| 3.22%
| 1.62%
|-
|align=left|[[Koryak Okrug|Koryak Autonomous Okrug]]
| '''61.12%'''
| 20.11%
| 4.19%
| 4.66%
| 1.39%
|-
|align=left|[[Kostroma Oblast]]
| '''59.05%'''
| 25.70%
| 3.86%
| 3.58%
| 1.47%
|-
|align=left|[[Krasnodar Krai]]
| '''51.50%'''
| 37.38%
| 3.42%
| 2.11%
| 1.22%
|-
|align=left|[[Krasnoyarsk Krai]]
| '''48.30%'''
| 32.85%
| 5.52%
| 4.24%
| 2.33%
|-
|align=left|[[Kurgan Oblast]]
| '''48.31%'''
| 36.39%
| 3.21%
| 4.62%
| 1.37%
|-
|align=left|[[Kursk Oblast]]
| '''50.17%'''
| 39.57%
| 2.39%
| 2.33%
| 1.02%
|-
|align=left|[[Leningrad Oblast]]
| '''66.53%'''
| 19.05%
| 5.12%
| 2.65%
| 1.52%
|-
|align=left|[[Lipetsk Oblast]]
| 40.86%
| '''47.41%'''
| 3.09%
| 2.27%
| 1.71%
|-
|align=left|[[Magadan Oblast]]
| '''61.97%'''
| 22.53%
| 3.68%
| 5.33%
| 1.50%
|-
|align=left|[[Mari El]]
| '''44.83%'''
| 40.24%
| 3.47%
| 2.77%
| 1.67%
|-
|align=left|[[Mordovia]]
| '''59.86%'''
| 30.84%
| 1.36%
| 2.03%
| 0.83%
|-
|align=left|[[Moscow Oblast]]
| '''48.01%'''
| 27.94%
| 10.27%
| 2.23%
| 3.72%
|-
|align=left|[[Moscow]]
| '''46.26%'''
| 19.16%
| 18.56%
| 1.58%
| 5.92%
|-
|align=left|[[Murmansk Oblast]]
| '''65.89%'''
| 15.72%
| 7.03%
| 3.77%
| 2.00%
|-
|align=left|[[Nenets Autonomous Okrug]]
| '''59.49%'''
| 20.84%
| 5.05%
| 4.50%
| 2.29%
|-
|align=left|[[Nizhny Novgorod Oblast]]
| '''53.59%'''
| 32.71%
| 4.01%
| 2.51%
| 1.89%
|-
|align=left|[[North Ossetia-Alania]]
| '''64.61%'''
| 28.51%
| 0.98%
| 1.31%
| 0.80%
|-
|align=left|[[Novgorod Oblast]]
| '''64.73%'''
| 21.44%
| 5.27%
| 2.52%
| 1.43%
|-
|align=left|[[Novosibirsk Oblast]]
| '''39.91%'''
| 38.23%
| 7.94%
| 3.35%
| 1.66%
|-
|align=left|[[Omsk Oblast]]
| 38.14%
| '''43.64%'''
| 6.65%
| 3.32%
| 2.06%
|-
|align=left|[[Orenburg Oblast]]
| '''45.21%'''
| 42.50%
| 2.86%
| 2.82%
| 0.82%
|-
|align=left|[[Oryol Oblast]]
| '''45.84%'''
| 44.61%
| 1.90%
| 2.41%
| 1.44%
|-
|align=left|[[Penza Oblast]]
| '''49.35%'''
| 38.17%
| 3.31%
| 2.46%
| 1.35%
|-
|align=left|[[Perm Oblast]]
| '''60.78%'''
| 19.98%
| 7.30%
| 3.47%
| 1.81%
|-
|align=left|[[Primorsky Krai]]
| '''40.12%'''
| 36.36%
| 8.02%
| 5.93%
| 1.92%
|-
|align=left|[[Pskov Oblast]]
| '''62.55%'''
| 25.65%
| 2.70%
| 2.69%
| 1.05%
|-
|align=left|[[Rostov Oblast]]
| '''52.59%'''
| 32.93%
| 5.42%
| 2.41%
| 1.51%
|-
|align=left|[[Ryazan Oblast]]
| '''48.64%'''
| 36.50%
| 4.11%
| 2.49%
| 1.76%
|-
|align=left|[[Saint Petersburg]]
| '''62.42%'''
| 16.95%
| 10.58%
| 1.87%
| 2.48%
|-
|align=left|[[Sakha Republic]]
| '''52.46%'''
| 30.18%
| 4.38%
| 2.98%
| 1.72%
|-
|align=left|[[Samara Oblast]]
| '''41.05%'''
| 29.75%
| 2.81%
| 1.76%
| 1.18%
|-
|align=left|[[Saratov Oblast]]
| '''58.29%'''
| 28.28%
| 3.65%
| 2.18%
| 1.53%
|-
|align=left|[[Sakhalin Oblast]]
| '''46.71%'''
| 30.80%
| 7.48%
| 5.62%
| 2.23%
|-
|align=left|[[Sverdlovsk Oblast]]
| '''62.75%'''
| 17.21%
| 7.64%
| 3.94%
| 1.62%
|-
|align=left|[[Smolensk Oblast]]
| '''52.49%'''
| 34.73%
| 3.30%
| 3.03%
| 1.41%
|-
|align=left|[[Stavropol Krai]]
| '''52.11%'''
| 36.52%
| 3.00%
| 2.06%
| 1.33%
|-
|align=left|[[Tambov Oblast]]
| '''48.14%'''
| 41.30%
| 2.61%
| 2.25%
| 1.19%
|-
|align=left|[[Tatarstan]]
| '''68.89%'''
| 20.57%
| 2.59%
| 1.21%
| 0.95%
|-
|align=left|[[Taymyr Autonomous Okrug]]
| '''64.70%'''
| 14.85%
| 5.90%
| 4.28%
| 1.75%
|-
|align=left|[[Tomsk Oblast]]
| '''52.49%'''
| 25.27%
| 9.01%
| 3.35%
| 1.67%
|-
|align=left|[[Tula Oblast]]
| '''48.01%'''
| 36.56%
| 5.60%
| 2.31%
| 2.17%
|-
|align=left|[[Tuva]]
| '''61.60%'''
| 27.75%
| 1.67%
| 1.92%
| 0.91%
|-
|align=left|[[Tver Oblast]]
| '''57.65%'''
| 27.92%
| 4.56%
| 2.59%
| 1.51%
|-
|align=left|[[Tyumen Oblast]]
| '''54.20%'''
| 28.73%
| 4.96%
| 4.60%
| 1.39%
|-
|align=left|[[Udmurtia]]
| '''61.06%'''
| 24.82%
| 2.81%
| 2.96%
| 1.27%
|-
|align=left|[[Ulyanovsk Oblast]]
| '''47.60%'''
| 38.18%
| 2.90%
| 2.46%
| 1.15%
|-
|align=left|[[Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug]]
| '''56.80%'''
| 31.30%
| 1.27%
| 2.54%
| 0.56%
|-
|align=left|[[Vladimir Oblast]]
| '''53.14%'''
| 30.68%
| 5.12%
| 2.83%
| 1.87%
|-
|align=left|[[Volgograd Oblast]]
| '''53.50%'''
| 33.86%
| 3.81%
| 2.32%
| 1.32%
|-
|align=left|[[Vologda Oblast]]
| '''66.58%'''
| 19.11%
| 3.97%
| 2.99%
| 1.23%
|-
|align=left|[[Voronezh Oblast]]
| '''56.75%'''
| 31.78%
| 2.84%
| 2.99%
| 1.41%
|-
|align=left|[[Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug]]
| '''59.01%'''
| 20.57%
| 8.68%
| 3.61%
| 1.73%
|-
|align=left|[[Yaroslavl Oblast]]
| '''63.78%'''
| 20.29%
| 4.86%
| 2.91%
| 1.71% 
|- class=sortbottom
|colspan=6 align=left|Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20200309045758/http://cikrf.ru/banners/vib_arhiv/president/2000/ CEC]
|}

==References==
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