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{{Infobox election | election_name = Russian presidential election, 2012 | country = Russia | type = presidential | ongoing = no | previous_election = Russian presidential election, 2008 | previous_year = 2008 | next_election = Russian presidential election, 2018 | next_year = 2018 | election_date = 4 March 2012 | turnout = 65.25% {{decrease}} 4.45 [[percentage point|pp]] | image1 = [[File:Vladimir Putin - 2006.jpg|150x150px|Vladimir Putin]] | nominee1 = [[Vladimir Putin]] | party1 = United Russia | home_state1 = [[Saint Petersburg]] | popular_vote1 = 46,602,075 | percentage1 = 63.6% | image2 = [[File:Gennady Zyuganov 2012-05-01.jpg|150x150px|Gennady Zyuganov]] | nominee2 = [[Gennady Zyuganov]] | party2 = Communist Party of the Russian Federation | home_state2 = [[Oryol Oblast]] | popular_vote2 = 12,318,353 | percentage2 = 17.2% | image3 = [[File:Prokhorov2009.jpg|150x150px|Mikhail Prokhorov]] | nominee3 = [[Mikhail Prokhorov]] | party3 = Independent politician | home_state3 = [[Moscow]] | popular_vote3 = 5,722,508 | percentage3 = 8.0% | image4 = [[File:Wladimir Schirinowski crooped.jpeg|150x150px|Vladimir Zhirinovsky]] | nominee4 = [[Vladimir Zhirinovsky]] | home_state4 = [[Almaty]] (now [[Kazakhstan]]) | party4 = Liberal Democratic Party of Russia | popular_vote4 = 4,458,103 | percentage4 = 6.2% | image5 = [[File:S M Mironov.jpg|150x150px|Vladimir Zhirinovsky]] | nominee5 = [[Sergey Mironov]] | home_state5 = [[Saint Petersburg]] | party5 = A Just Russia | popular_vote5 = 2,755,642 | percentage5 = 3.9% | map = [[File:Russian presidential election results by federal subject, 2012.svg|400px]] | map_caption = Results by [[Federal subjects of Russia|federal subject]] | title = President | before_election = [[Dmitry Medvedev]] | before_party = United Russia | posttitle = President-elect | after_election = [[Vladimir Putin]] | after_party = United Russia }}