Presidential elections were held in the The Russian Federation (Russian: Росси́йская Федера́ция, transliteration: Rossiyskaya Federatsiya or Rossijskaja Federacija), or Russia (Russian: Росси́я, transliteration: Rossiya or Rossija), is a country that stretches... Russian Federation on March 14 is the 73rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (74th in Leap years) with 292 days remaining in the year. March Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17... March 14, 2004 is a This is a calendar for any leap year starting on Thursday (dominical letter DC), e.g. 2004. January February March Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 1 2 3... 2004. Incumbent Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. Please see its description page there. To play the audio file do not click on the -image. Look for a Listen-link near this icon. Click on the back button of your browser to go back to the article... Vladimir Putin was seeking a second full four-year term. He was re-elected with more than 70% of the vote, over a field of little-known candidates. International observers were critical of the conduct of the election.

Results

Candidates opposing Putin

Sergey Glazyev

Glazyev was considered a serious candidate. He is a former Minister for Foreign Trade under Boris Yeltsin Official portrait of Boris Yeltsin This work is copyrighted. The individual who uploaded this work and first used it in an article, and subsequent persons who place it into articles assert that this qualifies as fair use of the material under United States copyright law. File history Legend... Boris Yeltsin, a Taken from [1] (http://cedilnik.de/travel_new/russia_moscow/russia_moscow.html) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. Click on date to download the file or see the image uploaded on that date. (del) (cur) 07:29... Communist member of the For the Sandman character, see Duma (Sandman). The Duma (Ду́ма in Russian) is the term for various representative assemblies in modern Russia and Russian history. The State Duma in the Russian Empire and Russian Federation corresponds to the lower house of the parliament. It is also... State Duma and is now co-chair of the Motherland Bloc party, but his party did not support his candidacy, forcing him to set up his own party, called Motherland. He campaigned as a critic of economic reforms. He argued that post-Communist governments have ignored social justice and promised to improve welfare. But his 4% of the vote suggested that these criticisms were not enough to win support away from Putin.

Irina Khakamada

Khakamada, the daughter of a Japanese Communist Party Party President: Shii Kazuo Secretary General: Tadayoshi Ichida Founded: 1921 Headquarters: 4-26-7 Sendagaya Shibuya-ku Tokyo 151-8586 Japan Representatives: 9 Councillors: 9 Political ideology: communist Website: Japanese Communist Party (http://www.jcp.or.jp/) The Japanese Communist Party (JCP) (日本共産... Japanese Communist who took Soviet redirects here. For other uses, see Soviet (disambiguation). The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) .( Russian (русский язык) Spoken in: Russia and many other countries Region: Eastern Europe and Asia Total speakers: 280 million Ranking: 4-7 Genetic classification: Indo... Soviet citizenship in the 1950s, was considered a serious candidate, and emerged as Putin's most outspoken critic. A member of the For the Sandman character, see Duma (Sandman). The Duma (Ду́ма in Russian) is the term for various representative assemblies in modern Russia and Russian history. The State Duma in the Russian Empire and Russian Federation corresponds to the lower house of the parliament. It is also... State Duma for eight years, she was defeated in 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Years: 2000 2001 2002 - 2003 - 2004 2005 2006 Decades: 1970s 1980s 1990s - 2000s - 2010s 2020s 2030s Centuries: 20th century - 21st century - 22nd century News by month: Jan... 2003. She is a member of the Politics of Russia Politics of Russia Political parties in Russia Elections in Russia: President: 2000 - 2004 Parliament: 2003 The Union of Right Forces, or SPS (Сою́з Пра́вых Сил, СПС/Soyuz Pravykh Sil), is a Russian political... Union of Right Forces, but did not run as a party candidate. "I am not afraid of the terrorists in power," she told the daily newspaper Kommersant. "Our children must grow up as free people. Dictatorship will not be accepted." With less than 4% of the vote, she did not poll as well as some commentators had expected.

Nikolay Kharitonov

Kharitonov was the candidate of the Taken from [1] (http://cedilnik.de/travel_new/russia_moscow/russia_moscow.html) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. Click on date to download the file or see the image uploaded on that date. (del) (cur) 07:29... Communist Party of the Russian Federation, although he is not actually a Party member. A former For other meanings, see KGB may stand for: Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti or KGB, a former Soviet intelligence agency. The callsign of a radio station in San Diego, California. The Kingston and George Bay Railroad, near Lake Superior. This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages... KGB colonel, he is a member of the Agrarian Party, a Communist Party ally. He was considered to be a "token" candidate, put forward after Communist leader This image may not have information on its source. It may be usable under fair use but this has yet to be verified. It might be public domain or under a licence compatible with the GNU FDL. To the uploader: Please provide licensing information as soon as possible. Images without... Gennady Zyuganov declined to stand for a third time. Zyuganov is said to be quite happy to have Putin re-elected. His 13.7% of the vote was a better result than expected, showing that the Communist Party still has a substantial base of support.

Oleg Malyshkin

Malyshkin, the candidate of the The Liberal Democratic Party of Russia is an extreme right-wing political party in Russia. It has been led by Vladimir Zhirinovsky since its founding, in 1990, as the Liberal Democratic Party of the Soviet Union. Despite its name, this party has nothing to do with liberalism. Policies include the... Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, was also considered to be a "token" candidate, and this was confirmed by his very low vote. Party leader Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky (Влади́мир Во́льфович Жирино́вский in Russian (русский язык) Spoken in: Russia... Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who contested the last two presidential elections, chose not to run again. Malyshkin, a mining engineer, has been an LDPR member since 1991 is a This is the calendar for a common year starting on Tuesday (dominical letter F), e.g. 2002, 1991, 1985, 1974, 1963... (A common year is a year with 365 days -- in other words, not a leap year.) January Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa   1... 1991 and the head of security of Vladimir Zhirinovsky. He was elected to the For the Sandman character, see Duma (Sandman). The Duma (Ду́ма in Russian) is the term for various representative assemblies in modern Russia and Russian history. The State Duma in the Russian Empire and Russian Federation corresponds to the lower house of the parliament. It is also... State Duma in 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Years: 2000 2001 2002 - 2003 - 2004 2005 2006 Decades: 1970s 1980s 1990s - 2000s - 2010s 2020s 2030s Centuries: 20th century - 21st century - 22nd century News by month: Jan... 2003.

Sergey Mironov

Mironov is Speaker of the Federal Council of Russia is the upper house of the Federal Assembly of Russia (parliament of the Russian Federation), according to the Constitution of Russian Federation, 1993. Categories: Russia-related stubs | Russian state ... Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian parliament. He was not considered to be a serious candidate, and has been quoted as saying: "We all want Vladimir Putin to be the next president." His vote was also extremely low.

Criticisms of election

The observers, representing the The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is an international organization for security. In its region it is concerned with early warning, conflict prevention, crisis management and post-conflict rehabilitation. It has 55 participating states from Europe, the Mediterranean, the Caucasus, Central Asia and North America. Contents... Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and the Parliamentary Assembly of the The Palace of Europe in Strasbourg The Council of Europe is an international organisation of 46 member states in the European region. Membership is open to all European states which accept the principle of the rule of law and guarantee fundamental human rights and freedoms to their citizens. One of... Council of Europe, cited what they called abuses of government resources, bias in the state media and instances of ballot stuffing on election day.

"The election process overall did not adequately reflect principles necessary for a healthy democratic election process," said the head of the Election Observer Mission, Julian Peel Yates. The observers' report said that the election "reflected a lack of a democratic culture, accountability and responsibility" in Russia.

However observers, representing the The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) (in Russian: Содружество Независимых Государств (СНГ) - Sodruzhestvo Nezavisimykh Gosudarstv) is a confederation or... Commonwealth of Independent States, recognizedthe (http://lenta.ru/vybory/2004/03/15/observers/_Printed.htm) election as "free, democratic and fair". The head of the mission Yuriy Yarov assured that violations fixed during the mission didn't affect "free expression of the electors' will and result of the election".

Observers were also critical of the Russian media. Most of russian television is state-controlled and gave Putin substantially uncritical coverage (practically ignoring his challengers).

The so-called " Administrative resource is the ability of political candidates (and parties) to use their official positions or connections to government institutions to influence the outcome of elections. The term is widely used in Russia and other former USSR countries, because the practice is widespread, well known and is openly discussed by... administrative resource" was widely used to attract voters to the election(as an election with turnout less than 50% is invalid (http://www.russiavotes.org/Pres_system.htm)), including unlawful methods. E.g. free gifts were given to voters at polling stations, cheap food was being sold close by stations. Some state employees forced their subordinates to take part in the election.

In The Chechen Republic (Russian: Чеченская Республика; Chechen (Нохчийн) Spoken in: Russia Region: autonomous republic of Chechnya Total speakers: 944,600 Ranking: Not in top 100 Genetic classification... Chechnya official figures showed Putin receiving 92.34 per cent of the vote. The Moscow Times quoted election officials (http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2004/03/15/012.html) in the republic's capital, Grozny ( Russian (русский язык) Spoken in: Russia and many other countries Region: Eastern Europe and Asia Total speakers: 280 million Ranking: 4-7 Genetic classification: Indo-European  Slavic   East Slavic    Russian Official status Official language... Grozny, as acknowledging that they had filled in several thousand ballots for Putin.

See also

• Politics of The Russian Federation ( Russian (русский язык) Spoken in: Russia and many other countries Region: Eastern Europe and Asia Total speakers: 280 million Ranking: 4-7 Genetic classification: Indo-European  Slavic   East Slavic    Russian... Russian presidential election, 2000
• Politics of Russia Politics of Russia Political parties in Russia Elections in Russia: President: 2000 - 2004 Parliament: 2003 Since gaining its independence with the collapse of the Soviet Union at the end of 1991, Russia (formally, the Russian Federation) has faced serious challenges in its efforts to forge a political... Politics of Russia
• History of Russia History of Russia series, History of Ukraine, and History of Belarus Early East Slavs Kievan Rus’ Volga Bulgaria Khazaria Mongol invasion Golden Horde Muscovy Imperial Russia Revolution of 1905 Revolution of 1917 Russian Civil War Soviet Union Russian Federation The East Slavs are the ethnic group... History of post-Soviet Russia

Observers' reports

• OSCE mission Final Report (http://www.osce.org/odihr/index.php?page=elections&div=reports&country=ru) (both English and Russian)
• International Discussion Club press release (http://idc.cis.lead.org/observer/Russia-2004/march17.html)
• Voice Association for Protection of Voters Rights press releases (http://www.golos.org/info/press-release/) (Russian)

Other web resources

• Election results, About electoral system, Current voting preferences (http://www.russiavotes.org/President.htm)
• Analytic article "Quod Erat Demonstrandum" (http://vip.lenta.ru/news/2004/03/15/election/_Printed.htm) (Russian)