March 5, 2012 - 20:53 AMT
Central Election Committee confirms 63.6% votes for Putin

With all ballots counted, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin gained 63.6 percent of the vote while his closest rival Gennady Zyuganov secured 17.18 percent in Sunday’s presidential election, the Central Election Commission reported on Monday, March 5, according to RIA Novosti.

Independent candidate Mikhail Prokhorov secured 7.98 percent, Liberal Democratic Party leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky, 6.22 percent, and A Just Russia Party leader Sergei Mironov, 3.85 percent.