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Party of Russian Unity and Accord

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The Party of Russian Unity and Accord (Russian: Партия российского единства и согласия, Partiya rossiiskogo edinstva i soglasiya, PRES) was a political party in Russia with centrist, moderate pro-reform positions.

History

The party was established in late 1992. In the 1993 parliamentary elections it received 6.7% of the proportional representation vote,[1] and won 27 of the 450 seats in the State Duma.[2]

In the 1995 elections the party's vote share fell to 0.4%, and it failed to win any proportional seats, although it did win a single district seat. It did not contest any further elections.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1650 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Elections held in 1993 IPU
  3. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1645