1996 Russian elections
51 heads of federal subjects
29 regional parliaments

The 1996 Russian elections were held from 25 February to 29 December. President Boris Yeltsin won re-election on 3 July, defeating Gennady Zyuganov.

Presidential election

The presidential elections were held on 16 June 1996, with a second round on 3 July.

CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Boris YeltsinIndependent26,665,49535.7940,203,94854.40
Gennady ZyuganovCommunist Party24,211,68632.4930,102,28840.73
Alexander LebedCongress of Russian Communities10,974,73614.73
Grigory YavlinskyYabloko5,550,7527.45
Vladimir ZhirinovskyLiberal Democratic Party4,311,4795.79
Svyatoslav FyodorovParty of Workers' Self-Government699,1580.94
Mikhail GorbachevIndependent386,0690.52
Martin ShakkumSocialist People's Party277,0680.37
Yury VlasovIndependent151,2820.20
Vladimir BryntsalovRussian Socialist Party123,0650.17
Aman Tuleyev[lower-alpha 1]Independent3080.00
Against all1,163,9211.563,604,4624.88
Total74,515,019100.0073,910,698100.00
Valid votes74,515,01998.5873,910,69898.95
Invalid/blank votes1,072,1201.42780,5921.05
Total votes75,587,139100.0074,691,290100.00
Registered voters/turnout108,495,02369.67108,589,05068.78
Source: Nohlen & Stöver,[1] Colton,[2] CEC
  1. ↑ Withdrew his candidacy before the election but received 308 votes during the early voting (up to the withdrawal of the candidature), which were credited as valid.

By-elections to the State Duma

A by-election took place on 8 December 1996 in the Makhachkala constituency of Dagestan to fill the seat of former member Gamid Gamidov, who was appointed finance minister of Dagestan in April 1996 and was later assassinated on 20 August 1996. Nadirshakh Khachilayev, leader of the Union of Muslims of Russia, won the constituency.[3]

Gubernatorial elections

The three offices of the heads of federal subjects elected on 12 June 1991, were up for election in first half of the year. President Mintimer Shaymiyev of Tatarstan and Mayor Yury Luzhkov of Moscow re-elected successfully, while Saint Petersburg Mayor Anatoly Sobchak lost to his former deputy Vladimir Yakovlev in runoff.

After Yeltsin secured his second term, the gubernatorial campaign started in more than a half of Russia's federal subjects. In 20 of them heads of administrations appointed by president were defeated by candidates of the People's Patriotic Union of Russia, a left-leaning coalition founded by former presidential candidate Gennady Zyuganov.

Regional legislative elections

LegislatureDateSeatsVoting system
National Assembly of Chechnya16 June
Supreme Council of Khakassia22 December75Single Member District Plurality[4]
State Assembly of Mari El[5]6 October67Single Member District Plurality
Altai Krai Legislative Assembly[6]31 March50
Arkhangelsk Oblast Assembly of Deputies[7]16 June39Single Member District Plurality
Bryansk Oblast Duma[8]8 December50Single Member District Plurality
Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk Oblast[9]22 December41
Chita Oblast Duma[10]27 October39
Legislative Assembly of Irkutsk Oblast[11]16 June[12]45Single Member District Plurality
Ivanovo Oblast Duma[13]1 December35
Kaliningrad Oblast Duma[14]6 October3227 SMD + 5 party list
Legislative Assembly of Kaluga Oblast25 August40
Legislative Assembly of Kemerovo Oblast29 December21
Kostroma Oblast Duma8 December21
Kurgan Oblast Duma24 November33
Sakhalin Oblast Duma20 October27
Legislative Assembly of Sverdlovsk Oblast
(bicameral: House of Representatives and Sverdlovsk Oblast Duma)[15]		14 April21 of 21 (House),
14 of 28 (Duma)		Single Member District Plurality (House),
Proportional representation (Duma)
Tula Oblast Duma29 September48
Vladimir Oblast Duma8 December37
Legislative Assembly of Vologda Oblast25 February15 of 30
State Duma of Yaroslavl Oblast[16]25 February50Single Member District Plurality
Duma of Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug[17]27 October15
Duma of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug22 December15
Legislative Assembly of Evenk Autonomous Okrug22 December23Single Member District Plurality[18]
Duma of Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug27 October23
Duma of Koryak Autonomous Okrug17 November128 SMD + 4 party list[19]
Assembly of Deputies of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug1 December15
Duma of Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug1 December19
Legislative Assembly of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug21 April21

References

  1. ↑ Nohlen, D; Stöver, P (2010). Elections in Europe: A data handbook. p. 1642. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7.
  2. ↑ Timothy J. Colton (2000). Transitional Citizens: Voters and What Influences Them in the New Russia. Harvard University Press. pp. 234–5. ISBN 9780674029804. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. ↑ Результаты дополнительных выборов по одномандатному избирательному округу, 1996
  4. ↑ "История Верховного Совета Республики Хакасия". Supreme Council of the Republic of Khakassia (in Russian).
  5. ↑ "РЕСПУБЛИКА МАРИЙ ЭЛ, октябрь 1996 года". Institute for Humanities and Political Studies (in Russian).
  6. ↑ "1996-2000 годы - Алтайское краевое Законодательное Собрание второго созыва". Altai Krai Legislative Assembly (in Russian).
  7. ↑ "История АОСД". Arkhangelsk Oblast Assembly of Deputies (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
  8. ↑ Gorbachyov, Vladimir. "Многопартийность и парламентаризм в регионе: Брянская областная Дума второго созыва" (PDF). The Bryansk State University Herald (in Russian) (2016–1).
  9. ↑ "История". Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk Oblast.
  10. ↑ "Областная Дума второго созыва". Legislative Assembly of Zabaykalsky Krai (in Russian).
  11. ↑ "История парламентаризма Иркутской области". Legislative Assembly of Irkutsk Oblast (in Russian).
  12. ↑ "Законодательному Собранию Иркутской области - 25 лет!". Komsomolskaya Pravda (in Russian).
  13. ↑ "Ивановская область в ноябре 1996 года". Institute for Humanities and Political Studies (in Russian).
  14. ↑ "Историческая справка о Законодательном собрании Калининградской области" (in Russian).
  15. ↑ Kirillov, Anatoly; Kirillov, Boris (1997). Выборы на Урале, 1995—1996 [Elections in the Urals, 1995–1996] (in Russian).
  16. ↑ "Историческая справка". Yaroslavl Oblast Duma (in Russian).
  17. ↑ "Историческая справка: Агинский Бурятский автономный округ". Legislative Assembly of Zabaykalsky Krai (in Russian).
  18. ↑ "Список депутатов Законодательного Суглана Эвенкийского автономного округа". panorama.ru (in Russian).
  19. ↑ Kynev, Alexander. "Выборы Думы Корякского округа 19 декабря 2004: Электоральные эксперименты на фоне тотального кризиса систем ЖКХ". democracy.ru (in Russian).

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