List of Presidential Candidates (2008)
Two independent candidates submitted their credentials to the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) and collected two million signatures in support of their nomination. One of them, former prime minister Mikhail Kasyanov, was rejected as having in excess of five percent invalid signatures, and the other, Democratic Party leader, Andrei Bogdanov, successfully registered for a place on the ballot. Four Duma parties could nominate candidates automatically, but only three did so--the Communist Party, the Liberal Democratic Party and United Russia. Fair Russia associated itself with United Russia's candidate.
Vote, % (last election) | Nominated by | Basis for registration | |
Candidates registered for a place on the ballot | |||
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Dmitry Medvedev | -- | United Russia | Duma party |
Gennady Zyuganov | 29.2 (2000) | Communist Party | Duma party |
Vladimir Zhirinovsky | 2.7 (2000) | LDPR | Duma party |
Andrei Bogdanov | -- | Independent | Collected signatures |
Candidates who has had his nomination papers rejected | |||
Vote, % (last election) | Nominated by | Basis of rejection. | |
Mikhail Kasyanov | -- | Independent | Too many invalid signatures |
Candidate who has withdrawn | |||
Boris Nemtsov | -- | Union of Right Forces | -- |
Candidates who have had their credentials refused | |||
Vote, % (last election) | Nominated by | Basis of refusal. | |
Dmitry Berdnikov | -- | Independent | Inadequate documentation |
Valeriy Bespalov | -- | Independent | Inadequate documentation |
Vladimir Bukovsky | -- | Independent | Lives abroad |
Sergei Glubokov | -- | Independent | Inadequate documentation |
Yuri Gudzhabidze | -- | Independent | Inadequate documentation |
Nikolai Kur'yanovich | -- | Independent | Inadequate documentation |
Vladimir Ishchenko | -- | Independent | Inadequate documentation |
Oleg Sheinin | -- | Independent | Inadequate documentation |
Nikolai Petrovich Zubkov | -- | Independent | Inadequate documentation |
Source: Central Electoral Commission, 2007. http://www.cikrf.ru/elect_president/solutions/index.jsp, last accessed 29 December; Russian state television, Channel One, 9 o'clock news bulletin Vremya |
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