1993 Russian Legislative Election
The Zhirinovsky shock12 December 1993 · The contested Duma · 450 seats, 226 for a majority
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.
Prime Minister before
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Prime Minister (continued)
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Largest force
Independents
171 of 450 seats
Turnout
54.3%
The result
| Share of the State Duma | |||||||
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| Independents | — | 171 | — | — | — | — | |
| LDPR | Vladimir Zhirinovsky | 64 | — | 12,318,562 | 21.4% | — | |
| Choice of Russia | Yegor Gaidar | 62 | — | 8,339,345 | 14.4% | — | |
| CPRF | Gennady Zyuganov | 42 | — | 6,666,402 | 11.6% | — | |
| APR | Mikhail Lapshin | 38 | — | 4,292,518 | 7.4% | — | |
| YaBL | Grigory Yavlinsky | 27 | — | 4,223,219 | 7.3% | — | |
| Women of Russia | Alevtina Fedulova | 24 | — | 4,369,918 | 7.6% | — | |
| PRES | Sergey Shakhray | 22 | — | 3,620,035 | 6.3% | — | |
| DPR | Nikolay Travkin | 15 | — | 2,969,533 | 5.2% | — | |
| Civic Union | Arkady Volsky | 7 | — | 1,038,193 | 1.8% | — |