1999 Moscow mayoral election

1999 Moscow mayoral election

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Turnout	66.13% [1]
Candidate Yury Luzhkov Sergey Kiriyenko Party Independent Independent Popular vote 3,174,658 510,958 Percentage 69.9% 11.3%
Mayor before election Yury Luzhkov United Russia Elected Mayor Yury Luzhkov

The 1999 Moscow mayoral election was an election that took place on December 19, 1999, in the city of Moscow to the Mayor of Moscow. According to the results, the tandem of incumbent mayor Yuri Luzhkov and Valery Shantsev (for the post of vice-mayor) won in the first round with 69.9% of the votes.

Background

In June 1999, the Moscow City Duma shortened the term of office of the mayor and vice-mayor of Moscow, elected on June 16, 1996 for a four-year term, to June 16, 2000. According to the legislation in force at that time, the date of the elections of the mayor and vice-mayor of Moscow had to be announced no later than 90 days before the election date (September 19, 1999) and agreed upon with the incumbent mayor. The incumbent mayor, Yuri Luzhkov, confirmed in writing his consent to scheduling the elections for December 19.

On July 7, 1999, the Moscow City Duma adopted Law of the City of Moscow No. 22 "On the Election of Deputies of the Moscow City Duma, the Mayor and Vice-Mayor of Moscow and Councilors of the District Assembly in Moscow", which established the legislative basis for the upcoming electionsв ^[2] .

Campaign

On September 17, 1999, the current mayor of Moscow, Yuri Luzhkov, officially announced his intention to run for mayor, naming Valery Shantsev as his candidate for the post of vice-mayor ^[3] . The opposition forces to Luzhkov in the Kremlin and the right forces, represented by the Union of Right Forces, nominated an alternative candidate to Luzhkov in the person of former Russian Prime Minister Sergei Kiriyenko ^[4] .

On November 19, the final list of mayoral candidates was approved, which included pensioner Vladimir Voronin, human rights activist from Kazan Dmitry Berdnikov, former Prime Minister of Russia Sergei Kiriyenko, incumbent Mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov, Chief of Staff of the President of Russia Pavel Borodin, State Duma deputy from the LDPR Aleksey Mitrofanov, State Duma deputy Vladimir Semago, businessman Yevgeny Martynov, Deputy Chairman of the Moscow Healthcare Committee Ivan Leshkevich, Chairman of Pamyat movement, Dmitri Vasilyev and director of a trading company Vladimir Kiselyov ^[5] .

During the election campaign, Vladimir Semago and Ivan Leshkevich ^[6] withdrew their candidacies, giving their support to Luzhkov. Dmitry Berdnikov was removed from registration because of the partner of the vice-mayoral candidate ^[7] .

The first round of elections took place on December 19, 1999. Voter turnout was 66% ^[8] .

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