Vladimir Putin won the Russian Presidential Election

The incumbent Prime Minister Vladimir Putin won the Russian Presidential Election with 63.75 percent of votes as per the result declared by the Russian Central Election Commission (CEC) on 5 March 2012.Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov came second with 17.18 percent of the votes whereas Mikhail Prokhorov secured 7.98 percent.

Putin has already served eight years as President (2000-2004 and 2004-2008) and four years as PM (2008-2012). This will be his third term as President, which will last 6 years.
Initially, the Presidential term in Russia was four years. In December 2008, a constitutional amendment was passed to extend the Presidential term to six years.That was to take effect after the following presidential election in Russia. Significantly, Russia's constitution has a provision that no President can serve more than two consecutive terms.