Russian presidential election, 1991

Russian presidential election, 1991

12 June 1991

Turnout 74.7%   Nominee Boris Yeltsin Nikolai Ryzhkov Vladimir Zhirinovsky Party Independent CPSU Liberal Democratic Party Running mate Alexander Rutskoy Boris Gromov Andrey Zavidiya Popular vote 45,552,041 13,359,335 6,211,007 Percentage 58.6% 17.2% 8.0%

Elected President Boris Yeltsin Independent

Presidential elections were held in the Russian SFSR on 12 June 1991.^[1] They were the first presidential elections in the country's history and followed a referendum in March of that year on directly electing a president. The result was a victory for Boris Yeltsin, who received 58.6% of the vote.^[2] Although Yeltsin ran as an independent, he was supported by Democratic Russia.^[3]

Electoral system

In contrast to the subsequent elections, the Vice President stood for election together with the President. Similarly to the US presidential election system, the candidature of Vice President was exhibited along with the candidacy of the President as a joint entry on the ballot paper.

Despite the fact that four candidates were members of the Communist Party, Nikolai Ryzhkov was the only one nominated officially, the others participating in the elections as self-nominated candidates.

Results

References

Elections and referendums in Russia
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See also: Elections and referendums in the Soviet Union