Presidential elections were held in the Russian Federation on June 12, 1991. It was the first presidential election in the country's history. Boris Yeltsin was elected President of the Russian Soviet Republic. His running-mate, Alexander Rutskoi, became Vice-President.
Results
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| Candidates |
Nominating parties |
Votes |
% |
| Boris Yeltsin / Alexander Rutskoy |
Democratic Russia |
45,552,041 |
57.30 |
| Nikolai Ryzhkov / Boris Gromov |
Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
13,359,335 |
16.85 |
| Vladimir Zhirinovsky / Andrey Zavidiya |
Liberal Democratic Party of Soviet Union |
6,211,007 |
7.81 |
| Aman Tuleyev / Viktor Bocharov |
|
5,417,464 |
6.85 |
| Albert Makashov / Alexey Sergeev |
|
2,969,511 |
2.02 |
| Vadim Bakatin / Ramazan Abdulatipov |
|
2,719,757 |
0.75 |
| Against all |
1,525,410 |
1.92 |
| Invalid ballots |
1,716,757 |
2.16 |
| TOTAL |
79,471,282 |
100.00 |
|
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