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

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Prime Minister (continued)

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Largest force

KPRF

157 of 450 seats

Turnout

64.4%

The result

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KPRF

Gennady Zyuganov · 22.3% of votes · +115 seats

157

seats

NDR

Viktor Chernomyrdin · 10.1% of votes

seats

LDPR

Vladimir Zhirinovsky · 11.2% of votes · -13 seats

seats

Yabloko

Grigory Yavlinsky · 6.9% of votes · +18 seats

seats


KPRF	Gennady Zyuganov	157	+115	15,432,963	22.3%	+10.8
NDR	Viktor Chernomyrdin	55	—	7,009,291	10.1%	—
LDPR	Vladimir Zhirinovsky	51	-13	7,737,431	11.2%	-10.2
Yabloko	Grigory Yavlinsky	45	+18	4,767,384	6.9%	-0.4

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