1993 Russian legislative election

1993 Russian legislative election
12 December 1993
All 450 seats to the State Duma
226 seats needed for a majority
Turnout54.33% ( 22.07 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky Yegor Gaidar Gennady Zyuganov
Party LDPR Choice of Russia CPRF
Leader since 13 December 1989 16 October 1993 14 February 1993
Leader's seat Shchyolkovo Federal list Federal list
Seats won 64 62 42
Popular vote 12,318,562 8,339,345 6,666,402
Percentage 21.35% (PL) 14.45% (PL) 11.55% (PL)
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Mikhail Lapshin Grigory Yavlinsky Alevtina Fedulova
Party APR YaBL Women of Russia
Leader since 26 February 1993 16 October 1993 1 October 1993
Leader's seat Federal list Federal list Federal list
Seats won 38 27 24
Popular vote 4,292,518 4,223,219 4,369,918
Percentage 7.44% (PL) 7.32% (PL) 7.57% (PL)
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Leader Sergey Shakhray Nikolay Travkin Arkady Volsky
Party PRES DPR Civic Union
Leader since 17 October 1993 26 May 1990 21 October 1993
Leader's seat Federal list Federal list Federal list (lost)
Seats won 22 15 7
Popular vote 3,620,035 2,969,533 1,038,193
Percentage 6.27% (PL) 5.15% (PL) 1.80% (PL)
Most voted-for party by region
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet before election

Ruslan Khasbulatov
Independent

 Chairman of the State Duma after

Ivan Rybkin
APR

Parliamentary elections were held in Russia on 12 December 1993 to elect all 450 seats of the 1st State Duma of the Russian Federation. Additionally, the elections were the first and only instance of direct elections to the Federation Council, with future members appointed by provincial legislatures and governors.

The far-right Liberal Democratic Party of Russia won a total of 64 seats, the most deputies of any single bloc in the chamber. The pro-government Choice of Russia bloc came second with 62 deputies, and the anti-government Communist Party of the Russian Federation came third with 42. Five seats in Tatarstan were left vacant due to turnout below 25%, and one seat in Chechnya was also unfilled.

The elections were held concurrently with the 1993 Russian constitutional referendum.

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