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.
Held in wartime. This election took place while the country was engaged in War in Abkhazia (1992–1993). Conflicts →
Held weeks after tanks shelled the old parliament, with several opposition parties and newspapers banned — yet genuinely competitive among those allowed to run, and won on the party lists by Zhirinovsky's LDPR.