Russian presidential election, 1996

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Presidential elections were held in Russia in 1996. Incumbent Russian President Boris Yeltsin was seeking a four-year term. The first round was held on Sunday, June 16 1996. Boris Yeltsin and Communist challenger Gennady Zyuganov met in the runoff round on July 3; they finished first and second in the first round (June 16) with 35 and 32 percent of the vote respectively. Yeltsin won the second round with 53 percent of the vote compared to Zyuganov's 40 percent. The inauguration ceremony took place on August 9 1996.

1 First round national summary
2 Second round national summary
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] First round national summary

Registered voters:                       108,495,023
Number of balots received by voters:      75,587,139  69.8
number of ballots found in ballot-boxes:  75.587.139  
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Candidate                  Party      
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Boris Yeltsin                             26,665,495  35.3
Gennady Zyuganov           CPRF           24,211,686  32.0
Alexander Lebed                           10,974,736  14.5
Grigory Yavlinsky          Yabloko         5,550,752  07.3
Vladimir Zhirinovsky       LDPR            4,311,479  05.7
Svyatoslav Fyodorov        PWSR              699,158  00.9
Mikhail Gorbachev                            386,069  00.5
Martin Shakkum             RSPP              277,068  00.4
Yuri Vlasov                PP                151,282  00.2
Vladimir Bryntsalov        RSP               123,065  00.2
Aman Tuleyev                                     308  00.0
Against all                                1,163,921  01.5
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1,072,120 (01.4%) invalid                 75,587,139
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CPRF     Communist Party of the Russian Federation
Yabloko  Yavlinsky Bloc
LDPR     Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
PWSR     Party of Worker's Self-Rule
RSPP     Russian Socialist Popular Party
PP       Power to the People 
RSP      Russian Socialist Party
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[edit] Second round national summary

Registered voters:                       108,600,730
Votes cast:                               74,706,645  
Invalid votes:                               780,405  
  
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Candidate                  Party      
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Boris Yeltsin                             40,208,384  53.8
Gennady Zyuganov           CPRF           30,113,306  40.3
Against all                                3,604,550  04.8
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780,405 (01.0%) invalid                   74,706,645
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CPRF     Communist Party of the Russian Federation
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[edit] See also

History of post-Soviet Russia#The 1996 presidential election

[edit] External links

Russian Presidential Elections-96 (Indiana University)
Polls open for Russian presidential election CNN - Polls open for Russian presidential election - June 15 1996
CNN - Pivotal Elections: Russia 1996
Poynter Online - Russian Presidential Election (From the Poynter Institute for Media Studies [1]; includes a larger list of external links)

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