Russian presidential election, 1991

Russian presidential election, 1991

12 June 1991
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Nominee Boris Yeltsin Nikolai Ryzhkov
Party Independent CPSU
Running mate Alexander Rutskoy Boris Gromov
Popular vote 45,552,041 13,359,335
Percentage 57.30% 16.85%

President before election

None

Elected President

Boris Yeltsin
Independent

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Presidential elections were held in the Russian Federation on 12 June 1991. It was the first presidential election in the country's history. Boris Yeltsin was elected President of the Russian SFSR. His running-mate, Alexander Rutskoi, became Vice-President.

Results

e • d 12 June 1991 Russian presidential election results
Candidates Nominating parties Votes %
Boris Yeltsin / Alexander Rutskoy Democratic Party of Russia 45,552,041 57.30
Nikolai Ryzhkov / Boris Gromov Communist Party of the Soviet Union 13,359,335 16.85
Vladimir Zhirinovsky / Andrey Zavidiya Liberal Democratic Party of Soviet Union 6,211,007 7.81
Aman Tuleyev / Viktor Bocharov 5,417,464 6.85
Albert Makashov / Aleksei Sergeyev 2,969,511 2.02
Vadim Bakatin / Ramazan Abdulatipov 2,719,757 0.75
Against all 1,525,410 1.92
Invalid ballots 1,716,757 2.16
TOTAL 79,471,282 100.00