# 1996 Russian elections

The 1996 Russian elections were held from 25 February to 29 December. President Boris Yeltsin won re-election on 3 July, defeating Gennady Zyuganov.

## Presidential election

The presidential elections were held on 16 June 1996, with a second round on 3 July.
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Boris Yeltsin | Independent | 26,665,495 | 35.79 | 40,203,948 | 54.40 |
| | Gennady Zyuganov | Communist Party | 24,211,686 | 32.49 | 30,102,288 | 40.73 |
| | Alexander Lebed | Congress of Russian Communities | 10,974,736 | 14.73 | | |
| | Grigory Yavlinsky | Yabloko | 5,550,752 | 7.45 | | |
| | Vladimir Zhirinovsky | Liberal Democratic Party | 4,311,479 | 5.79 | | |
| | Svyatoslav Fyodorov | Party of Workers' Self-Government | 699,158 | 0.94 | | |
| | Mikhail Gorbachev | Independent | 386,069 | 0.52 | | |
| | Martin Shakkum | Socialist People's Party | 277,068 | 0.37 | | |
| | Yury Vlasov | Independent | 151,282 | 0.20 | | |
| | Vladimir Bryntsalov | Russian Socialist Party | 123,065 | 0.17 | | |
| | Aman Tuleyev | Independent | 308 | 0.00 | | |
| Against all | Against all | Against all | 1,163,921 | 1.56 | 3,604,462 | 4.88 |
| Total | Total | Total | 74,515,019 | 100.00 | 73,910,698 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 74,515,019 | 98.58 | 73,910,698 | 98.95 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 1,072,120 | 1.42 | 780,592 | 1.05 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 75,587,139 | 100.00 | 74,691,290 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 108,495,023 | 69.67 | 108,589,050 | 68.78 |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Colton, CEC |||||||
* ↑ Withdrew his candidacy before the election but received 308 votes during the early voting (up to the withdrawal of the candidature), which were credited as valid.

## By-elections to the State Duma

A by-election took place on 8 December 1996 in the Makhachkala constituency of Dagestan to fill the seat of former member Gamid Gamidov, who was appointed finance minister of Dagestan in April 1996 and was later assassinated on 20 August 1996. Nadirshakh Khachilayev, leader of the Union of Muslims of Russia, won the constituency.

## Gubernatorial elections

The three offices of the heads of federal subjects elected on 12 June 1991, were up for election in first half of the year. President Mintimer Shaymiyev of Tatarstan and Mayor Yury Luzhkov of Moscow re-elected successfully, while Saint Petersburg Mayor Anatoly Sobchak lost to his former deputy Vladimir Yakovlev in runoff.
After Yeltsin secured his second term, the gubernatorial campaign started in more than a half of Russia's federal subjects. In 20 of them heads of administrations appointed by president were defeated by candidates of the People's Patriotic Union of Russia, a left-leaning coalition founded by former presidential candidate Gennady Zyuganov.

## Regional legislative elections

| Legislature | Date | Seats | Voting system |
| National Assembly of Chechnya | 16 June | | |
| Supreme Council of Khakassia | 22 December | 75 | Single Member District Plurality |
| State Assembly of Mari El | 6 October | 67 | Single Member District Plurality |
| Altai Krai Legislative Assembly | 31 March | 50 | |
| Arkhangelsk Oblast Assembly of Deputies | 16 June | 39 | Single Member District Plurality |
| Bryansk Oblast Duma | 8 December | 50 | Single Member District Plurality |
| Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk Oblast | 22 December | 41 | |
| Chita Oblast Duma | 27 October | 39 | |
| Legislative Assembly of Irkutsk Oblast | 16 June | 45 | Single Member District Plurality |
| Ivanovo Oblast Duma | 1 December | 35 | |
| Kaliningrad Oblast Duma | 6 October | 32 | 27 SMD + 5 party list |
| Legislative Assembly of Kaluga Oblast | 25 August | 40 | |
| Legislative Assembly of Kemerovo Oblast | 29 December | 21 | |
| Kostroma Oblast Duma | 8 December | 21 | |
| Kurgan Oblast Duma | 24 November | 33 | |
| Sakhalin Oblast Duma | 20 October | 27 | |
| Legislative Assembly of Sverdlovsk Oblast (bicameral: House of Representatives and Sverdlovsk Oblast Duma) | 14 April | 21 of 21 (House), 14 of 28 (Duma) | Single Member District Plurality (House), Proportional representation (Duma) |
| Tula Oblast Duma | 29 September | 48 | |
| Vladimir Oblast Duma | 8 December | 37 | |
| Legislative Assembly of Vologda Oblast | 25 February | 15 of 30 | |
| State Duma of Yaroslavl Oblast | 25 February | 50 | Single Member District Plurality |
| Duma of Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug | 27 October | 15 | |
| Duma of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug | 22 December | 15 | |
| Legislative Assembly of Evenk Autonomous Okrug | 22 December | 23 | Single Member District Plurality |
| Duma of Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug | 27 October | 23 | |
| Duma of Koryak Autonomous Okrug | 17 November | 12 | 8 SMD + 4 party list |
| Assembly of Deputies of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug | 1 December | 15 | |
| Duma of Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug | 1 December | 19 | |
| Legislative Assembly of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug | 21 April | 21 | |