Russian presidential election, 1991

Russian presidential election, 1991

12 June 1991 → 1996

Nominee Boris Yeltsin Nikolai Ryzhkov Party Independent CPSU Running mate Alexander Rutskoy Boris Gromov Popular vote 45,552,041 13,359,335 Percentage 58.6% 17.2%

President before election None Elected President Boris Yeltsin

Presidential elections were held in the Russian SFSR on 12 June 1991. They were first presidential election in the country's history and followed a referendum on an elected president held in March. The result was a victory for Boris Yeltsin, who received 58.6% of the vote. Although Yeltsin ran as an independent, he was supported by Democratic Russia.

Results

Presidential candidate	Vice-presidential candidate	Party	Votes	%
Boris Yeltsin	Alexander Rutskoy	Independent	45,552,041	58.6
Nikolai Ryzhkov	Boris Gromov	Communist Party of the Soviet Union	13,395,335	17.2
Vladimir Zhirinovsky	Andrey Zavidiya	Liberal Democratic Party	6,211,007	8.0
Aman Tuleyev	Viktor Bocharov	Communist Party of the Soviet Union	5,417,464	7.0
Albert Makashov	Aleksei Sergeyev	Communist Party of the Soviet Union	2,969,511	3.8
Vadim Bakatin	Ramazan Abdulatipov	Communist Party of the Soviet Union	2,719,757	3.5
Against all			1,525,410	2.0
Invalid/blank votes			1,716,757	–
Total			79,507,282	100
Registered voters/turnout			106,484,518	74.7
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, University of Essex, Voice of Russia