With 99% of ballots counted, Putin is first with 76.65% - CEC

  • 2018-03-19
  • Interfax/TBT Staff

MOSCOW - Vladimir Putin has secured the support of 76.65% of voters in the March 18 Russian presidential election after the Central Elections Commission processed 99% of votes, the CEC said.

Pavel Grudinin is the second with 11.82%, Vladimir Zhirinovsky is the third with 5.68%.

The fourth is Ksenia Sobchak with 1.66% of votes. Grigory Yavlinsky is the fifth with 1.04%.

Boris Titov gets 0.75% of votes, Maxim Suraikin 0.68% and Sergei Baburin 0.65%.