Kharitonov congratulated Putin on his victory in the presidential election. On March 18, the Central Election Commission reported that self-nominated candidate Vladimir Putin received 87.29% of the votes.

In turn, candidate from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Nikolai Kharitonov gains 4.3%, Vladislav Davankov from the New People party 3.84%, Leonid Slutsky from the Liberal Democratic Party - 3.21%. The results were announced on March 18.