Russian presidential election, 1996
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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.
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[edit] 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Boris Yeltsin 26,665,495 35.3 Alexander Lebed 10,974,736 14.5 Grigory Yavlinsky Yabloko 5,550,752 07.3 Vladimir Zhirinovsky LDPR 4,311,479 05.7 Gennady Zyuganov CPRF 24,211,686 32.0 Against all 1,163,921 01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,072,120 (01.4%) invalid 75,587,139 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CPRF Communist Party of the Russian Federation LDPR Liberal Democratic Party of Russia Yabloko Yavlinsky Bloc -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidates with less than 1% of the vote are not shown.
[edit] Second round national summary
Registered voters: 108,600,730 Votes cast: 74,706,645 Invalid votes: 780,405 ==================================================================== Candidate Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- Boris Yeltsin 40,208,384 53.8 Gennady Zyuganov CPRF 30,113,306 40.3 Against all 3,604,550 04.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 780,405 (01.0%) invalid 74,706,645 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CPRF Communist Party of the Russian Federation --------------------------------------------------------------------
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- 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)
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