Russian presidential referendum, 1991
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| All-Russia referendum about introduction of a post of the President of the RSFSR | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Do You consider it necessary to introduce the post of President of the RSFSR elected by popular vote? | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Russian SFSR | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 17 March 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| This article is part of a series on the |
| Politics of the Russian Federation |
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A referendum on creating the post of President of Russia was held in Russia on 17 March 1991.[1] The referendum was held alongside a referendum of the preservation of USSR. Prior to the referendum, the Russian head of state was the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR, elected by the Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian SFSR. With 71.4% of voters approving the proposal, the post of President of the Russian SFSR was introduced, and two months later Boris Yeltsin was elected as the first president.
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Question[edit]
Do you consider it necessary to introduce the post of President of the RSFSR elected by popular vote?[2][3]
Results[edit]
| Choice | Votes | % |
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| For | 53,385,275 | 71.4 |
| Against | 21,406,152 | 28.6 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 1,633,683 | – |
| Total | 76,425,110 | 100 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 101,776,550 | 75.1 |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | ||
Gallery[edit]
Moscow mayor Gavriil Popov at a rally in support of the referendum
References[edit]
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1642 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1647
- ^ Сообщение Центральной комиссии РСФСР по проведению референдумов Archived 2012-01-08 at the Wayback Machine.