1991 Russian presidential election
Results
Yeltsin decisively won a majority of the vote in the first round of the election, thus forgoing the need for a second round.

1991 Russian presidential election

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: Yeltsin decisively won a majority of the vote in the first round of the election, thus forgoing the need for a second round.

Presidential candidate	Vice Presidential candidate	Party	Votes	%

Boris Yeltsin	Alexander Rutskoy	Independent	45,552,041	58.6

Nikolai Ryzhkov	Boris Gromov	Communist Party	13,395,335	17.2

Vladimir Zhirinovsky	Andrey Zavidiya	Liberal Democratic Party	6,211,007	8.0

Aman Tuleyev	Viktor Bocharov	Independent	5,417,464	7.0

Albert Makashov	Alexey Sergeyev	Independent	2,969,511	3.8

Vadim Bakatin	Ramazan Abdulatipov	Independent	2,719,757	3.5

Against all	1,525,410	2.0

Invalid/blank votes	1,716,757	–

Total	79,507,282	100

Registered voters/turnout	106,484,518	74.7

Source: Nohlen & Stöver, University of Essex, Voice of Russia, FCI

Sentence(s)

The result was a victory for Boris Yeltsin, who received 58.6% of the vote.

final_sentence: The result was a victory for Boris Yeltsin, who received 58.6% of the vote.