Opinion polling for the 2012 Russian presidential election

This is a collection of scientific, public opinion polls that have been conducted relating to the 2012 Russian presidential election

Opinion polling for the Russian presidential election, 2012

Election forecasts
Poll source Date
Putin
YeR		 Zyuganov
KPRF		 Zhirinovsky
LDPR		 Prokhorov
Ind		 Mironov
SR
Levada 16–20 Dec 2011 63%13%12%3%6%
Levada 20–23 Jan 2011 63%15%8%5%5%
FOM 21–22 Jan 2012 52.2%18.0%10.8%6.7%6.6%
FOM 28–29 Jan 2012 54.6%16.9%11.7%6.9%5.9%
FOM 4–5 Feb 2012 58.7%15.0%12.2%7.2%5.1%
FOM 11–12 Feb 2012 60.0%16.7%9.5%7.4%5.0%
VCIOM 11–12 Feb 2012 58.6%14.8%9.4%8.7%7.7%
Levada 17–20 Feb 2012 66%15%8%6%5%
FOM 18–19 Feb 2012 58.7%16.2%8.8%8.6%6.1%
VCIOM 25–26 Feb 2012 59.9%15.1%7.7%8.7%7.1%

Open survey
Candidate 24 December 2011 24–25 December 2011 7 January 2012 14 January 2012 14–15 January 2012 21 January 2012 28 January 2012 12 February 2012
Vladimir Putin 45% 44% 48% 52% 45% 49% 52% 55%
Mikhail Prokhorov 4% 4% 3% 2% 3% 4% 4% 6%
Gennady Zyuganov 10% 12% 10% 11% 11% 8% 9%
Vladimir Zhirinovsky 8 % 11 % 9 % 9 % 10 % 9 % 8 % 8 %
Sergey Mironov 5 % 4 % 5 % 4 % 3 % 6 % 4 % 5 %
Grigory Yavlinsky 2 % 2 % 2 % 1 % 1 %
Dmitry Mezentsev — — 0 % 0 % —
Other — 2 % — 0 % 1 %
Would not vote 10 % 9 % 9 % 10 % 10 % 9 % 11 % 9 %
Plan to ruin ballot — 1 % — — 1 %
Don't know 12 % 12 % 10 % 9 % 13 % 9 % 10 % 8 %
Sample Size 1,600 3,000 1,600 1,600 3,000 1,600 1,600 1,600
Poll Source VTSIOM[1] FOM[2] VTSIOM[1] VTSIOM[1] FOM[3] VTSIOM[4] VTSIOM[1] VTSIOM[1]

According to a "Levada Center" opinion poll from September 2011, 41% of Russian people wanted to see Putin be a candidate in the 2012 elections as opposed to 22% for Medvedev, while 10% wanted someone else and 28% were unsure.[5]

Exit polls
Candidate %
Vladimir Putin 59.3% 58.3%
Mikhail Prokhorov 9.6% 9.2%
Gennady Zyuganov 18.2% 17.7%
Vladimir Zhirinovsky 7.4% 8.5%
Sergey Mironov 4.3% 4.8%
Spoiled ballot 1.5%
Refused to answer 31.7%
Sample Size 159,161
Poll Source FOM[6] VTSIOM[7][6]

References
  1. "По данным ВЦИОМ". Wciom.ru. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  2. "По данным Фонда «Общественное мнение" (PDF). Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  3. "По данным Фонда «Общественное мнение" (PDF). Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  4. "Ratings of presidential contenders". Wciom.com. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  5. "Россияне о президентских выборах". Levada. 16 September 2011. Archived from the original on 25 September 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  6. "Putin claims victory in Russia election – Sunday 4 March". www.theguardian.com. The Guardian. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  7. "Всероссийский экзитпол ВЦИОМ 4 марта 2012г".
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