All Russia elections

1995 Russian Legislative Election

The Communist comeback

17 December 1995 · The contested Duma · 450 seats, 226 for a majority

The anti-government Communist Party won a total of 157 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.

Prime Minister before

Prime Minister (continued)

Largest force

KPRF

157 of 450 seats

Turnout

64.4%

The result

Share of the State Duma
KPRFGennady Zyuganov157+115
15,432,96322.3%+10.8
NDRViktor Chernomyrdin55
7,009,29110.1%
LDPRVladimir Zhirinovsky51-13
7,737,43111.2%-10.2
YablokoGrigory Yavlinsky45+18
4,767,3846.9%-0.4

142 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.