Original: On June 12, 1991, Yeltsin won 57% of the popular vote in the democratic elections for the post of president of the Russian SFSR, defeating Gorbachev's preferred candidate, Nikolai Ryzhkov, who won 16% of the vote.
Simplified: Gorbachev’s preferred candidate, former Premier Nikolai Ryzhkov, got only 16 % of the vote.