Electoral history of Boris Yeltsin explained

Electoral history of Boris Yeltsin, 1st President of Russia.

People's Deputy of the Soviet Union

1989

See main article: 1989 Soviet Union legislative election. 1st Moscow constituency:

• Boris Yeltsin — 91.53%^[1]

Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Russia

1990

• Boris Yeltsin — 535 votes ^[2]
• Aleksandr Vlasov — 467 votes

President of Russia

1991

See main article: Boris Yeltsin presidential campaign, 1991.

1991 presidential election
Nominee		Running mate	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	Aleksei Sergeyev	Independent	2,969,511	3.8
	Vadim Bakatin	Ramazan Abdulatipov	Independent	2,719,757	3.5
align=left colspan=4	Against all	1,525,410	2.0
align=left colspan=6	Source: Nohlen & Stöver, University of Essex, Voice of Russia

1996

See main article: Boris Yeltsin presidential campaign, 1996.

First round of 1996 presidential election
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Boris Yeltsin	Independent	26,665,495	35.8
	Gennady Zyuganov	Communist Party	24,211,686	32.5
	Alexander Lebed	Congress of Russian Communities	10,974,736	14.7
	Grigory Yavlinsky	Yabloko	5,550,752	7.4
	Vladimir Zhirinovsky	Liberal Democratic Party	4,311,479	5.8
	Svyatoslav Fyodorov	Party of Workers' Self-Government	699,158	0.9
	Mikhail Gorbachev	Independent	386,069	0.5
	Martin Shakkum	Independent	277,068	0.4
	Yury Vlasov	Independent	151,282	0.2
	Vladimir Bryntsalov	Russian Socialist Party	123,065	0.2
	Aman Tuleyev	Independent	308	0.0
align=left colspan=3	Against all	1,163,921	1.6
align=left colspan=7	Source: Nohlen & Stöver,^[3] Colton^[4]

Second round of 1996 presidential election
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Boris Yeltsin	Independent	40,203,948	54.4
	Gennady Zyuganov	Communist Party	30,102,288	40.7
align=left colspan=3	Against all	1,163,921	1.6
align=left colspan=7	Source: Nohlen & Stöver,^[5] Colton^[6]

Notes and References

1. Book: Ельцин в серии ЖЗЛ. Minaev B. . 2010 . 17, 62.
2. Book: Ельцин в серии ЖЗЛ. Minaev B. . 2010 . 17, 62.
3. Book: Elections in Europe: A data handbook . . Stöver, P . 2010 . 1642 . Nomos . 978-3-8329-5609-7.
4. Book: Transitional Citizens: Voters and What Influences Them in the New Russia. Timothy Colton . Timothy J. Colton . . 2000 . 234–5. Harvard University Press . 9780674029804 .
5. Book: Elections in Europe: A data handbook . . Stöver, P . 2010 . 1642 . Nomos . 978-3-8329-5609-7.
6. Book: Transitional Citizens: Voters and What Influences Them in the New Russia . Timothy J. Colton . . 2000 . 234–5. Harvard University Press . 9780674029804 .