How Russian Presidential Elections Work

Electing the President in Russia is pretty level forward. There are no electors acting as middle-men like there are in the United States. The president is elected directly by the Russian voters. The candidate who receives more than fifty percent of the vote is elected. If no candidate gets more than fifty percent, a runoff selection is held almost two weeks later.

The runoff selection is held in the middle of the two candidates who received the most votes in the first election. The candidate with the most votes in the runoff selection is elected. This is the basic top-two runoff electoral method for single winner elections.

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Russian presidential elections have a few unique traits about them:
Russia has nine times zones, which means that the last polling stations close nine hours after the first polling stations do. If results from the first parts of the country are aired as they come in, it could work on voting behavior in parts of Russia, where the polling stations are still open. There are no "vice-presidential" candidates or even a Vice-President at all in Russia. If a Russia President dies, resigns or is forced to leave office, the Russian Prime minister takes his or her place. The fairness of Russian elections has been a topic of controversy especially in the last few elections. The governing party has been accused of manipulating the vote and coercing opposition candidates not to run in the election.

A candidate is eligible to run for president if they are a Russian citizen thirty-five years old or older. They must also have had their main home in Russia for at least ten consecutive years or more.

The President is elected for a six-year term. They cannot server more than two terms in a row. This length of the Presidents term was increased from four years to six years in December 2008. The first President to have a six-year term is the president elected in the year 2012.

The President of the Russian Federation may be forced to leave their office before the end of their term. This must be done straight through an impeachment process. The process is started by the Russian Duma, the lower house of parliament. If two-thirds of its members resolve the president should be impeached, then the upper house, the Federal Council, will be called upon to vote on the impeachment. The President is carefully impeached and thus forced to leave office, if two-thirds of the Federal Council vote for the Presidents impeachment. The consummate Court of the Russian Federation must confirm the impeachment.

How Russian Presidential Elections Work

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