Presidential elections were held in the The Russian Federation (Russian: Росси́йская Федера́ция, transliteration: Rossiyskaya Federatsiya or Rossijskaja Federacija), or Russia (Russian: Росси́я, transliteration: Rossiya or Rossija), is a country that stretches... Russian Federation in 1996 is a This is a calendar for a leap year starting on Monday (dominical letter GF). January February March Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3... 1996. Incumbent List of President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, companies, universities, and countries. Etymologically, a president is one who presides, who sits in leadership (from Latin prae- before + sedere to sit). Originally, the term usually referred to the presiding officer of a ceremony or meeting (i.e... Russian President Boris Yeltsin Official portrait of Boris Yeltsin This work is copyrighted. The individual who uploaded this work and first used it in an article, and subsequent persons who place it into articles assert that this qualifies as fair use of the material under United States copyright law. File history Legend... Boris Yeltsin was seeking a four-year term. The first round was held on Sunday, June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining. June Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20... June 16, 1996. Boris Yeltsin and Communist challenger Gennady Zyuganov Gennady Andreyevich Zyuganov (Генна́дий Андре́евич Зюга́нов) (born June 26, 1944) is Russian politician, head of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (since 1993... Gennady Zyuganov met in the runoff round on July 3rd is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 181 days remaining. July Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20... 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 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. August Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20... August 9, 1996.

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 ==================================================================== Candidate Party --------------------------------------------------------------------     Boris Yeltsin   Official portrait of Boris Yeltsin This work is copyrighted. The individual who uploaded this work and first used it in an article, and subsequent persons who place it into articles assert that this qualifies as fair use of the material under United States copyright law. File history Legend...

Boris Yeltsin 26,665,495 35.3   Aleksandr Ivanovich Lebed (Алексáндр Ивáнович Лéбедь) (April 20, 1950–April 28, 2002) was a Russian general and politician. He was very popular for his honesty and effectiveness, and at the time of...

Alexander Lebed 10,974,736 14.5   Grigory Alexeyevich Yavlinsky (born 1952) is a Russian economist, political figure, and reformer. He was born in Lviv, Ukraine, the son of an officer, while his mother taught chemistry at an institute. Both his parents are buried there, and his brother Mikhail lives there. In 1967 and 1968 he was...

Grigory Yavlinsky Yabloko 5,550,752 07.3    Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky (Влади́мир Во́льфович Жирино́вский in Russian) (b. April 25, 1946) is a controversial Russian politician, and leader of the Liberal...

Vladimir Zhirinovsky LDPR 4,311,479 05.7        Gennady Zyuganov   Gennady Andreyevich Zyuganov (Генна́дий Андре́евич Зюга́нов) (born June 26, 1944) is Russian politician, head of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (since 1993...

Gennady Zyuganov CPRF 24,211,686 32.0 Against all 1,163,921 01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,072,120 (01.4%) invalid 75,587,139 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CPRF      Taken from [1] (http://cedilnik.de/travel_new/russia_moscow/russia_moscow.html) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. Click on date to download the file or see the image uploaded on that date. (del) (cur) 07:29...

Communist Party of the Russian Federation LDPR    The Liberal Democratic Party of Russia is an extreme right-wing political party in Russia. It has been led by Vladimir Zhirinovsky since its founding, in 1990, as the Liberal Democratic Party of the Soviet Union. Despite its name, this party has nothing to do with liberalism. Policies include the...

Liberal Democratic Party of Russia Yabloko      Politics of Russia     Categories: Politics stubs | Liberal related stubs | Liberal parties | Russian political parties        ...

Yavlinsky Bloc -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidates with less than 1% of the vote are not shown. 

Second round national summary

 Registered voters: 108,600,730 Votes cast: 74,706,645 Invalid votes: 780,405 ==================================================================== Candidate Party --------------------------------------------------------------------     Boris Yeltsin   Official portrait of Boris Yeltsin This work is copyrighted. The individual who uploaded this work and first used it in an article, and subsequent persons who place it into articles assert that this qualifies as fair use of the material under United States copyright law. File history Legend...

Boris Yeltsin 40,208,384 53.8        Gennady Zyuganov   Gennady Andreyevich Zyuganov (Генна́дий Андре́евич Зюга́нов) (born June 26, 1944) is Russian politician, head of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (since 1993...

Gennady Zyuganov CPRF 30,113,306 40.3 Against all 3,604,550 04.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 780,405 (01.0%) invalid 74,706,645 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CPRF      Taken from [1] (http://cedilnik.de/travel_new/russia_moscow/russia_moscow.html) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. Click on date to download the file or see the image uploaded on that date. (del) (cur) 07:29...

Communist Party of the Russian Federation -------------------------------------------------------------------- 

See also

• Politics of Russia Politics of Russia Political parties in Russia Elections in Russia: President: 2000 - 2004 Parliament: 2003 Since gaining its independence with the collapse of the Soviet Union at the end of 1991, Russia (formally, the Russian Federation) has faced serious challenges in its efforts to forge a political... Politics of Russia
• History of post-Soviet Russia#The 1996 presidential election
• Politics of Russia Politics of Russia Political parties in Russia Elections in Russia: President: 2000 - 2004 Parliament: 2003 Presidential elections were held in the Russian Federation on March 26, 2000. Incumbent President Vladimir Putin, who had succeeded Boris Yeltsin on the latters resignation in January 2000, was seeking a... Russian presidential election, 2000
• Politics of Russia Politics of Russia Political parties in Russia Elections in Russia: President: 2000 - 2004 Parliament: 2003 Presidential elections were held in the Russian Federation on March 14, 2004. Incumbent Vladimir Putin was seeking a second full four-year term. He was re-elected with more than 70% of... Russian presidential election, 2004

External links

• Russian Presidential Elections-96 (http://www.cs.indiana.edu/~dmiguse/Russian/elections.html) ( The Indiana University system, technically founded in 1820, is an eight-campus university system in the state of Indiana. Frequently it is referred to incorrectly as the University of Indiana. The IU system includes the following locations: Indiana University Bloomington in Bloomington, Indiana (main campus) Indiana University East in Richmond... University of Indiana)
• Polls open for Russian presidential election CNN - Polls open for Russian presidential election - June 15, 1996 (http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9606/15/russia.campaign/)
• CNN - Pivotal Elections: Russia 1996 (http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/pivotal.elections/1996/russia/)
• Poynter Online - Russian Presidential Election (http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=49&aid=1049) (From the Poynter Institute for Media Studies [1] (http://www.poynter.org/); includes a larger list of external links)