Russia S First Election 1991
The result was a victory for boris yeltsin who received 58 6 of the vote.
Russia s first election 1991. The first democratic elections in modern age was at june 12 1991boris yeltzin was elected as president of russian federation. In 1991 in 1995 in 1999 and in 2003. The history of russia from 1991 to the present began with the dissolution of the soviet union ussr on 26 december 1991.
The election was held roughly three months after russians voted in favor of establishing a presidency and holding direct elections in a referendum held in march that year. This was the first presidential election in the country s history. From 1991 to 2003 before each election a new law was adopted.
On june 12 1991 russians made boris yeltsin the first freely elected president in the history of their country. The elections for the state duma of russia are held every five years and the dispute is for the 450 seats of the parliament. The russian soviet federative socialist republic rsfsr was the largest republic within the ussr but until 1990 it had no significant independence.
Russia reacts to yeltsin win boris yeltsin is celebrating victory as russia s first popularly elected president. In a 1993 referendum question russian voters rejected holding an early presidential election. It was a seminal moment in the deconstruction of the soviet union.
The 60 year old reformer and leader of the group democratic russia has inflicted a heavy defeat on the communist party which has ruled the country since the 1917 revolution. Yeltsin wins first russian elections audio. In late december 1991 russia became a sovereign nation in wake of the collapse of the soviet union.
The 1991 russian presidential election was held in the russian sfsr on 12 june 1991. Currently there is a federal law on presidential elections of the russian federation 19 fz from january 10 2003 in the version from december 5 2017. Legislative elections take place in russia s 85 subjects of federation ranging from oblasts republics autonomous territories and autonomous okrugs.