Russian presidential election, 1991

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Presidential elections were held in the Russian Federation on June 12, 1991. It was the first presidential election in the country's history. Boris Yeltsin was elected President of the Russian Soviet Republic. His running-mate, Alexander Rutskoi, became Vice-President.

[edit] Results

Presidential Candidate	Party Affiliation	Total votes	Percentage
Boris Yeltsin	Democratic Russia	45,552,041	57.30
Nikolai Ryzhkov	Communist Party	13,359,335	16.85
Vladimir Zhirinovsky	Liberal-Democratic Party	6,211,007	7.81
Aman-Geldy Tuleev	Independent	5,417,464	6.81
Albert Makashov	Independent Nationalist	2,969,511	3.74
Vadim Bakatin	Independent	2,719,757	3.42
Against all		1,525,410	1.92
Invalid ballots		1,716,757	2.16
Total		79,471,282	100.0

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