The current head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has won the elections to lead the republic with 99.85% of the vote, according to results reported after all ballots were processed.
According to data from the Central Election Commission, after processing 100% of the votes, the other two candidates each received only 0.05%.
There were three candidates in the race.
Kadyrov ran for United Russia, while facing him were the chairman of the Public Chamber of the Chechen Republic, Ismail Denilkhanov, a candidate for A Just Russia, and regional parliament deputy Khalid Nakaev, a candidate for the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.
Partial results had already shown a very large margin in the first hours. After about 62% of the votes were counted, Kadyrov had 99.8%, while his two rivals received less than 0.1% each.