Russian presidential election, 1996

Russian presidential election, 1996

1991 ← 3 July 1996 → 2000

Nominee Boris Yeltsin Gennady Zyuganov Party Independent Communist Popular vote 40,203,948 30,102,288 Percentage 54.4% 40.7%

President before election Boris Yeltsin Independent Elected President Boris Yeltsin Independent

Presidential elections were held in Russia on 16 June 1996, with a second round on 3 July. The result was a victory for the incumbent President Boris Yeltsin, who ran as an independent. Yeltsin defeated Communist challenger Gennady Zyuganov in the run-off, receiving 54.4% of the vote. His inauguration ceremony took place on 9 August.

Results

Candidate	Party	First round		Second round
		Votes	%	Votes	%
Boris Yeltsin	Independent	26,665,495	35.8	40,203,948	54.4
Gennady Zyuganov	Communist Party	24,211,686	32.5	30,102,288	40.7
Alexander Lebed	Congress of Russian Communities	10,974,736	14.7
Grigory Yavlinsky	Yabloko	5,550,752	7.4
Vladimir Zhirinovsky	Liberal Democratic Party	4,311,479	5.8
Svyatoslav Fyodorov	Party of Worker's Self-Rule	699,158	0.9
Mikhail Gorbachev	Independent	386,069	0.5
Martin Shakkum	Independent	277,068	0.4
Yury Vlasov	Independent	151,282	0.2
Vladimir Bryntsalov	Russian Socialist Party	123,065	0.2
Aman Tuleyev		308	0.0
Against all		1,163,921	1.6	3,604,462	4.9
Invalid/blank votes		1,072,120	–	780,592	–
Total		75,587,139	100	74,691,290	100
Registered voters/turnout		108,495,023	69.7	108,589,050	68.8
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Univesity of Essex

See also

• Spinning Boris, a film based on Yeltsin's election campaign

External links

• Russian Presidential Elections-96 Open Society Archives, Budapest
• Russian Presidential Elections-96 Indiana University
• Polls open for Russian presidential election CNN, 15 June 1996
• Pivotal Elections: Russia 1996 CNN
• Poynter Online - Russian Presidential Election Poynter Institute for Media Studies