1996 Russian elections

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1996 Russian elections
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 1995
1997 

51 heads of federal subjects
29 regional parliaments

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

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Presidential election

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

CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Boris Yeltsin Independent26,665,49535.7940,203,94854.40
Gennady Zyuganov Communist Party 24,211,68632.4930,102,28840.73
Alexander Lebed Congress of Russian Communities 10,974,73614.73
Grigory Yavlinsky Yabloko 5,550,7527.45
Vladimir Zhirinovsky Liberal Democratic Party 4,311,4795.79
Svyatoslav Fyodorov Party of Workers' Self-Government 699,1580.94
Mikhail Gorbachev Independent386,0690.52
Martin Shakkum Socialist People's Party277,0680.37
Yury Vlasov Independent151,2820.20
Vladimir Bryntsalov Russian Socialist Party 123,0650.17
Aman Tuleyev [lower-alpha 1] 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

A by-election took place on 8 December 1996 in the Makhachkala constituency of Dagestan to fill the seat of former member Gamid Gamidov, who was appointed finance minister of Dagestan in April 1996 and was later assassinated on 20 August 1996. Nadirshakh Khachilayev, leader of the Union of Muslims of Russia, won the constituency. [3]

Gubernatorial elections

The three offices of the heads of federal subjects elected on 12 June 1991, were up for election in first half of the year. President Mintimer Shaymiyev of Tatarstan and Mayor Yury Luzhkov of Moscow re-elected successfully, while Saint Petersburg Mayor Anatoly Sobchak lost to his former deputy Vladimir Yakovlev in runoff.

After Yeltsin secured his second term, the gubernatorial campaign started in more than a half of Russia's federal subjects. In 20 of them 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

LegislatureDateSeatsVoting system
National Assembly of Chechnya 16 June
Supreme Council of Khakassia 22 December75 Single Member District Plurality [4]
State Assembly of Mari El [5] 6 October67 Single Member District Plurality
Altai Krai Legislative Assembly [6] 31 March50
Arkhangelsk Oblast Assembly of Deputies [7] 16 June39 Single Member District Plurality
Bryansk Oblast Duma [8] 8 December50 Single Member District Plurality
Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk Oblast [9] 22 December41
Chita Oblast Duma [10] 27 October39
Legislative Assembly of Irkutsk Oblast [11] 16 June [12] 45 Single Member District Plurality
Ivanovo Oblast Duma [13] 1 December35
Kaliningrad Oblast Duma [14] 6 October3227 SMD + 5 party list
Legislative Assembly of Kaluga Oblast 25 August40
Legislative Assembly of Kemerovo Oblast 29 December21
Kostroma Oblast Duma 8 December21
Kurgan Oblast Duma 24 November33
Sakhalin Oblast Duma 20 October27
Legislative Assembly of Sverdlovsk Oblast
(bicameral: House of Representatives and Sverdlovsk Oblast Duma) [15]
14 April21 of 21 (House),
14 of 28 (Duma)
Single Member District Plurality (House),
Proportional representation (Duma)
Tula Oblast Duma 29 September48
Vladimir Oblast Duma 8 December37
Legislative Assembly of Vologda Oblast 25 February15 of 30
State Duma of Yaroslavl Oblast [16] 25 February50 Single Member District Plurality
Duma of Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug [17] 27 October15
Duma of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug 22 December15
Legislative Assembly of Evenk Autonomous Okrug 22 December23 Single Member District Plurality [18]
Duma of Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug 27 October23
Duma of Koryak Autonomous Okrug 17 November128 SMD + 4 party list [19]
Assembly of Deputies of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug 1 December15
Duma of Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug 1 December19
Legislative Assembly of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug 21 April21

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