RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, 1996

'Presidential elections' were held in Russia in 1996. Incumbent Russian President Boris Yeltsin was seeking a four-year term. The first round was held on Sunday, June 16 1996. Boris Yeltsin and Communist challenger Gennady Zyuganov met in the runoff round on July 3; they finished first and second in the first round (June 16) with 35 and 32 percent of the vote respectively. Yeltsin won the second round with 53 percent of the vote compared to Zyuganov's 40 percent. The inauguration ceremony took place on August 9 1996.

Contents

First round national summary

Second round national summary

See also

External links

First round national summary

Registered voters: 108,495,023
Number of balots received by voters: 75,587,139 69.8
number of ballots found in ballot-boxes: 75.587.139

Candidate Party
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Boris Yeltsin 26,665,495 35.3
Gennady Zyuganov CPRF 24,211,686 32.0
Alexander Lebed 10,974,736 14.5
Grigory Yavlinsky Yabloko 5,550,752 07.3
Vladimir Zhirinovsky LDPR 4,311,479 05.7
Svyatoslav Fyodorov PWSR 699,158 00.9
Mikhail Gorbachev 386,069 00.5
Martin Shakkum RSPP 277,068 00.4
Yuri Vlasov PP 151,282 00.2
Vladimir Bryntsalov RSP 123,065 00.2
Aman Tuleyev 308 00.0
Against all 1,163,921 01.5
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1,072,120 (01.4%) invalid 75,587,139
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CPRF Communist Party of the Russian Federation
Yabloko Yavlinsky Bloc
LDPR Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
PWSR Party of Worker's Self-Rule
RSPP Russian Socialist Popular Party
PP Power to the People
RSP Russian Socialist Party
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Second round national summary

Registered voters: 108,600,730
Votes cast: 74,706,645
Invalid votes: 780,405

Candidate Party
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Boris Yeltsin 40,208,384 53.8
Gennady Zyuganov CPRF 30,113,306 40.3
Against all 3,604,550 04.8
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780,405 (01.0%) invalid 74,706,645
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CPRF Communist Party of the Russian Federation
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See also

★ History of post-Soviet Russia#The 1996 presidential election

External links

★ Russian Presidential Elections-96 (Indiana University)

★ Polls open for Russian presidential election CNN - Polls open for Russian presidential election - June 15 1996

★ CNN - Pivotal Elections: Russia 1996

★ Poynter Online - Russian Presidential Election (From the Poynter Institute for Media Studies [1]; includes a larger list of external links)