Russian presidential election, 1996
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 after officially winning the 1991 presidential election. The first round was held on 16 June 1996. Boris Yeltsin and Communist challenger Gennady Zyuganov met in the runoff round on 3 July; they finished first and second in the first round on 16 June with 35% and 32% of the vote respectively. Yeltsin won the second round with 53% of the vote compared to Zyuganov's 40%. The inauguration ceremony took place on 9 August.
Results
e • d 16 June and 3 July 1996 Russian presidential election results
| Candidates |
Nominating parties |
1st round |
2nd round |
| Votes |
% |
Votes |
% |
| Boris Yeltsin |
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26,665,495 |
35.3 |
40,208,384 |
53.8 |
| Gennady Zyuganov |
CPRF |
24,211,686 |
32.0 |
30,113,306 |
40.3 |
| Alexander Lebed |
CRC |
10,974,736 |
14.5 |
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| Grigory Yavlinsky |
Yabloko |
5,550,752 |
7.3 |
| Vladimir Zhirinovsky |
LDPR |
4,311,479 |
5.7 |
| Svyatoslav Fyodorov |
PWSR |
699,158 |
0.9 |
| Mikhail Gorbachev |
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386,069 |
0.5 |
| Martin Shakkum |
RSPP |
277,068 |
0.4 |
| Yury Vlasov |
PP |
151,282 |
0.2 |
| Vladimir Bryntsalov |
RSP |
123,065 |
0.2 |
| Aman Tuleyev |
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308 |
0.0 |
| Against all |
1,163,921 |
1.5 |
3,604,550 |
4.8 |
| Invalid ballots |
1,072,120 |
1.4 |
780,405 |
1.0 |
| TOTAL |
74,387,754 |
100.00 |
74,706,645 |
100.00 |
See also
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