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Russia
(Presidential)
| COUNTRY |
ELECTION TYPE |
DATE |
| Russian Federation |
Presidential |
March 26, 2000 |
At stake
in this election:
- Office of President of the
Russian Federation
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Description
of government structure:
- Assemblies:
Russia has a bicameral Federal Assembly that consists of the 178-member
Federation Council (Soviet Federatsii) and the 450-member State
Duma (Gosudarstvennaya Duma).
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Description
of electoral system:
- The president is directly
elected by popular vote for a four-year term.
- The 178 seats of the
Federation Council are filled by heads of top executive and legislative bodies of the 89
Federal Administrative Units of the Russian Federation. All members serve four-year
terms.
- The 450 members of the State
Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation are directly elected by popular
vote for four-year terms – 225 members are elected in single-mandate election
districts and 225 members are elected in the federal election district through party
lists.
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Results of the election for president:
- Presidential Candidate: Vladimir PUTIN
Party: Independent Candidate
Valid Votes Received: 39,740,434
Percentage of Valid Votes: 53.44%
- Presidential Candidate: Gennady ZYUGANOV
Party: Communist Party (KPRF)
Valid Votes Received: 21,928,471
Percentage of Valid Votes: 29.49%
- Presidential Candidate: Grigory YAVLINSKY
Party: “Yabloko”
Valid Votes Received: 4,351,452
Percentage of Valid Votes: 5.85%
- Presidential Candidate: Aman TULEYEV
Party: Independent Candidate
Valid Votes Received: 2,217,361
Percentage of Valid Votes: 2.98%
- Presidential Candidate: Vladimir ZHIRINOVSKY
Party: Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR)
Valid Votes Received: 2,026,513
Percentage of Valid Votes: 2.72%
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When was
the last presidential election?
- Presidential elections last
held: June 16, 1996 and July 3, 1996 (Second Round)
- Boris YELTSIN received
53.83% of the votes in the second round, thereby defeating Gennady ZYUGANOV who received
40.30%.
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Population
and number of registered voters:
- Population: 146,393,569
(July 1999)
- Number of registered voters: 109,372,046
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Of Interest:
- The March
26th presidential elections in Russia were called shortly
after Boris Yeltsin’s resignation on December 31, 1999.
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| SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS (IFES) |
| For additional information:
IFES ElectionGuide Online |
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