1996 Russian elections

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1996 Russian elections
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The 1996 Russian elections were held from 25 February to 29 December. President Boris Yeltsin won re-election on 3 July, defeating Gennady Zyuganov.

Presidential election

Main article: 1996 Russian presidential election

The presidential elections were held on 16 June 1996, with a second round on 3 July.

CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Boris YeltsinIndependent26,665,49535.7940,203,94854.40
Gennady ZyuganovCommunist Party24,211,68632.4930,102,28840.73
Alexander LebedCongress of Russian Communities10,974,73614.73
Grigory YavlinskyYabloko5,550,7527.45
Vladimir ZhirinovskyLiberal Democratic Party4,311,4795.79
Svyatoslav FyodorovParty of Workers' Self-Government699,1580.94
Mikhail GorbachevIndependent386,0690.52
Martin ShakkumSocialist People's Party277,0680.37
Yury VlasovIndependent151,2820.20
Vladimir BryntsalovRussian Socialist Party123,0650.17
Aman Tuleyev[a]Independent3080.00
Against all1,163,9211.563,604,4624.88
Total74,515,019100.0073,910,698100.00
Valid votes74,515,01998.5873,910,69898.95
Invalid/blank votes1,072,1201.42780,5921.05
Total votes75,587,139100.0074,691,290100.00
Registered voters/turnout108,495,02369.67108,589,05068.78
Source: Nohlen & Stöver,[1] Colton,[2] CEC
  1. ^ Withdrew his candidacy before the election but received 308 votes during the early voting (up to the withdrawal of the candidature), which were credited as valid.

By-elections to the State Duma

Main article: By-elections to the 2nd Russian State Duma

A

Nadirshakh Khachilayev, leader of the Union of Muslims of Russia, won the constituency.[3]

Gubernatorial elections

Main article: 1996 Russian gubernatorial elections

The three offices of the

Vladimir Yakovlev
in runoff.

After Yeltsin secured his second term, the gubernatorial campaign started in more than a half of

heads of administrations appointed by president were defeated by candidates of the People's Patriotic Union of Russia
, a left-leaning coalition founded by former presidential candidate Gennady Zyuganov.

Regional legislative elections

Legislature Date Seats Voting system
National Assembly of Chechnya 16 June
Supreme Council of Khakassia 22 December 75
Single Member District Plurality[4]
State Assembly of Mari El[5] 6 October 67
Single Member District Plurality
Altai Krai Legislative Assembly[6] 31 March 50
Arkhangelsk Oblast Assembly of Deputies[7] 16 June 39
Single Member District Plurality
Bryansk Oblast Duma[8] 8 December 50
Single Member District Plurality
Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk Oblast[9] 22 December 41
Chita Oblast Duma[10] 27 October 39
Legislative Assembly of Irkutsk Oblast[11] 16 June[12] 45
Single Member District Plurality
Ivanovo Oblast Duma[13] 1 December 35
Kaliningrad Oblast Duma[14]
 6 October 32 27
SMD + 5 party list
Legislative Assembly of Kaluga Oblast 25 August 40
Legislative Assembly of Kemerovo Oblast
 29 December 21
Kostroma Oblast Duma 8 December 21
Kurgan Oblast Duma 24 November 33
Sakhalin Oblast Duma 20 October 27
Legislative Assembly of Sverdlovsk Oblast
(bicameral: House of Representatives and Sverdlovsk Oblast Duma)[15]		 14 April 21 of 21 (House),
14 of 28 (Duma)
Single Member District Plurality (House),
Proportional representation
(Duma)
Tula Oblast Duma 29 September 48
Vladimir Oblast Duma 8 December 37
Legislative Assembly of Vologda Oblast 25 February 15 of 30
State Duma of Yaroslavl Oblast[16] 25 February 50
Single Member District Plurality
Duma of Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug[17] 27 October 15
Duma of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
 22 December 15
Legislative Assembly of Evenk Autonomous Okrug 22 December 23
Single Member District Plurality[18]
Duma of Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug
 27 October 23
Duma of Koryak Autonomous Okrug 17 November 12 8
SMD + 4 party list[19]
Assembly of Deputies of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug 1 December 15
Duma of Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug 1 December 19
Legislative Assembly of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
 21 April 21

References

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  3. ^ Результаты дополнительных выборов по одномандатному избирательному округу, 1996
  4. ^ "История Верховного Совета Республики Хакасия". Supreme Council of the Republic of Khakassia (in Russian).
  5. ^ "РЕСПУБЛИКА МАРИЙ ЭЛ, октябрь 1996 года". Institute for Humanities and Political Studies (in Russian).
  6. ^ "1996-2000 годы - Алтайское краевое Законодательное Собрание второго созыва". Altai Krai Legislative Assembly (in Russian).
  7. ^ "История АОСД". Arkhangelsk Oblast Assembly of Deputies (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
  8. ^ Gorbachyov, Vladimir. "Многопартийность и парламентаризм в регионе: Брянская областная Дума второго созыва" (PDF). The Bryansk State University Herald (in Russian) (2016–1).
  9. ^ "История". Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk Oblast.
  10. ^ "Областная Дума второго созыва". Legislative Assembly of Zabaykalsky Krai (in Russian).
  11. ^ "История парламентаризма Иркутской области". Legislative Assembly of Irkutsk Oblast (in Russian).
  12. ^ "Законодательному Собранию Иркутской области - 25 лет!". Komsomolskaya Pravda (in Russian).
  13. ^ "Ивановская область в ноябре 1996 года". Institute for Humanities and Political Studies (in Russian).
  14. ^ "Историческая справка о Законодательном собрании Калининградской области" (in Russian).
  15. ^ Kirillov, Anatoly; Kirillov, Boris (1997). Выборы на Урале, 1995—1996 [Elections in the Urals, 1995–1996] (in Russian).
  16. ^ "Историческая справка". Yaroslavl Oblast Duma (in Russian).
  17. ^ "Историческая справка: Агинский Бурятский автономный округ". Legislative Assembly of Zabaykalsky Krai (in Russian).
  18. ^ "Список депутатов Законодательного Суглана Эвенкийского автономного округа". panorama.ru (in Russian).
  19. ^ Kynev, Alexander. "Выборы Думы Корякского округа 19 декабря 2004: Электоральные эксперименты на фоне тотального кризиса систем ЖКХ". democracy.ru (in Russian).

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