1995 Russian legislative election

1995 Russian legislative election
17 December 1995
All 450 seats in the State Duma
226 seats needed for a majority
Turnout64.38% ( 9.57 pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Gennady Zyuganov Viktor Chernomyrdin
Party CPRF NDR
Leader since 14 February 1993 12 May 1995
Last election 42 seats, 11.55% New
Seats won 157 55
Seat change 115 New
Popular vote 15,432,963 7,009,291
Percentage 22.30% (PL) 10.13% (PL)
Swing 10.75% New
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky Grigory Yavlinsky
Party LDPR Yabloko
Leader since 13 December 1989 16 October 1993
Last election 64 seats, 21.35% 27 seats, 7.32%
Seats won 51 45
Seat change 13 18
Popular vote 7,737,431 4,767,384
Percentage 11.18% (PL) 6.89% (PL)
Swing 10.17% 0.43%
Winning party by region
Chairman of the State Duma before election

Ivan Rybkin
Ivan Rybkin Bloc

 Elected Chairman of the State Duma

Gennadiy Seleznyov
CPRF

Legislative elections was held in Russia on 17 December 1995 to elect all 450 seats in the 2nd State Duma of the Russian Federation.

The anti-government Communist Party won a total of 147 seats, the most deputies of any single bloc in the chamber. The pro-government Our Home – Russia came second with 55 seats, with the far-right Liberal Democratic Party of Russia falling to third place with 51. As well as the fourth placed Yabloko, only these four parties crossed the 5% threshold to win party-list seats.

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