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1996 Russian presidential election

16 June 1996 (first round) 3 July 1996 (second round)
Opinion polls
Turnout	69.7% 5 pp (first round) 68.8% 0.9 pp (second round)
Nominee Boris Yeltsin Gennady Zyuganov Dmitry Rogozin Party Independent Communist Congress of Russian Communities Home state Moscow Moscow Popular vote 40,203,948 30,102,288 Percentage 54.4% 40.7%
Regions in which a plurality of the second round vote was won by Boris Yeltsin   Regions in which a plurality of the second round vote was won by Gennady Zyuganov
President before election Boris Yeltsin Independent Elected President Boris Yeltsin Independent