Candidates in the 1996 Russian presidential election

This article contains the list of candidates associated with the 1996 Russian presidential election.

1996 Russian presidential candidates

Opinion polls

Registered candidates

Candidate name, age,
political party
Political offices Campaign Registration date
Vladimir Bryntsalov
(49)
Russian Socialist Party
Deputy of the State Duma
(1995–2003)
campaign 26 April 1996[1][2]
Mikhail Gorbachev
(65)
Independent
Leader of the Soviet Union
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
(1985-1991)
President of the Soviet Union
(1990–1991)
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet
(1989-1990)
Chairman of the Presidum of the Supreme Soviet
(1988-1989)
campaign 12 April 1996[1][2]
Svyatoslav Fyodorov
(69)
Party of Workers' Self-Government
People's Deputy of the Soviet Union
(1989-1991)
Deputy of the State Duma
(1995-1999)
campaign 19 April 1996[1][2]
Alexander Lebed
(46)
Congress of Russian Communities
Deputy of the State Duma
(1995–1996)
campaign 19 April 1996[1][2]
Martin Shakkum
(44)
Independent
Leader of the Socialist People's Party campaign 22 April 1996[1][2]
Yury Vlasov
(60)
Independent
Deputy of the State Duma
(1993–1995)
campaign 26 April 1996[1]
Grigory Yavlinsky
(44)
Yabloko
Chairman of Yabloko
(1993–2008)
Deputy of the State Duma
(1993–2003)
campaign 19 April 1996[1][2]
Boris Yeltsin
(65)
Independent
President of Russia
(1991–1999)
campaign 3 April 1996[1][2]
Vladimir Zhirinovsky
(50)
Liberal Democratic Party
Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
(1991–present)
Deputy of the State Duma
(1993–present)
campaign 5 April 1996[1][2]
Gennady Zyuganov
(52)
Communist Party
First Secretary of the Central Committee
of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation

(1993–present)
Deputy of the State Duma
(1993–present)
campaign 4 March 1996[1][2][3]

Withdrawn candidates

Candidate name, age,
political party
Political offices Campaign Details Registration date Date of withdrawal
Aman Tuleyev
(52)
Independent
Chairman of the Kemerovo Oblast Council of People's Deputies campaign He was registered as a candidate on 26 April 1996, but withdrew his candidacy on 8 June 1996 to support Gennady Zyuganov. Since Tuleyev withdrew his candidacy after the deadline, he was included in the ballots and even received 308 votes during the early voting. 26 April 1996[1][2] 8 June 1996

Rejected candidates

78 voter initiative groups were authorized by the Central Election Commission to collect signatures. However, only seventeen candidates managed to submit petitions with one million signatures by the deadline on April 16.[4] Six of these were rejected by the Central Election Commission.

  • Sergei Mavrodi,[1][4][5] Head of MMM investment fund[5]
  • Vladimir Podoprigora[1][4][5]
  • Galina Starovoytova, leader of Democratic Russia, had turned in her petition the day before the deadline.[4][5] Her candidacy was rejected due to irregularities with signatures.[6] Unsuccessfully appealed to Supreme Court.[1][5]
  • Artyom Tarasov,[1][5] millionaire businessman, candidacy rejected due to irregularities with signatures.[5] Unsuccessfully appealed to Supreme Court.[5]
  • Lev Ubozhko,[1][5][6] leader of the Conservative Party.[5] Candidacy was rejected due to irregularities with signatures.[6] Unsuccessfully appealed to Supreme court.[1][5]
  • Viacheslav Ushakov,[1][5][6] President of the Moscow Investment Foundation Joint Stock Company.[5] Candidacy was rejected due to irregularities with signatures.[5][6] Unsuccessfully appealed to Supreme Court.[1][5]

Declared candidates who withdrew without registering

Candidates nominated by political movements and initiative groups
who withdrew without registering[7][8]
Candidate Positions Party/movement
Mavsar Kh. AduevEditor of World Democratic Union newspaper[5]Independent
Anatoly G. AkininDirector of the Union of Manufacturing Concerns[5]Independent
Vladimir AksyonovFormer cosmonaut[5]Independent
Aleksandr S. AlekseevChairman of National Association of Russian Trade Unions[5]National Labor Party
Viktor AnpilovHead of Communists - Working Russia - For the Soviet Union[5]RKKP
Alexander BarkashovLeader of Russian National Unity[5][9][10]Russian National Unity
Tamara V. BazylevaPresident of Human Ecology International ConcernIndependent
Vladimir S. BorovkovDeputy Chairman of the All-Russia Lifeguard SocietyIndependent
Konstantin BorovoiChairman of the Party of Economic FreedomParty of Economic Freedom
Bashir ChakhievHead of the Archives Service of IngushetiaIndependent
Viktor ChechevatovCommander of the Far Eastern BranchIndependent
Vasily ChernyshevPublisherIndependent
Nikolay DalskyPresident of the "General Agreement" FoundationIndependent
Boris FyodorovMinister of the State Duma (1993-1998), Deputy Prime Minister(1992-1994) Minister of Finance of Russia (1993-1994), Minister of Finance of the RSFSR (1990)Go Russia
Victor FedosovUnion of Soviet Stalinists
Sergey FomintsevDirector of ZOA Fomintsev FundIndependent
Yegor GaidarDeputy of the State Duma, Prime Minister of Russia (1992), First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (1992; 1993-1994), Minister of Finance (1991-1992)Democratic Choice of Russia
Leonid KazkovEconomistIndependent
Oleg KhabarovDirector of InterozonIndependent
Irina KhakamadaDeputy of the State DumaCommon Cause
Jan Koltunov
Vladislav KuznetsovBusinessmanIndependent
Alexander LobanovIndependent
Andrey LychakovDirector of OzonIndependent
Sergey MavrodiIndependent
Nikolay MaslovChairman of the Party of National AccordParty of People's Consent
Vladimir MiloserdovChairman of the Russian PartyRussian Party
Vladimir MorozovDirector of InyurkonIndependent
Vyacheslav OneginIndependent
Alexey PopovScientistIndependent
Valery PopovScientistIndependent
Peter RomanovDeputy of the State DumaAssembly of National-Democratic and Patriotic Forces
Alexander RutskoyVice President of Russia (1991-1992)[11][12][13]Power
Nikolay RuzavinFarmerIndependent
Marat Sabirov
Alexander SarychevPeople's Patriotic Union
Victor SemyonovIndependent
Galina SharovaIndependent
Alexey ShevchenkoIndependent
Anatoly SidorovDirector of the Institute of Economics and EntrepreneurshipIndependent
Vyacheslav SilaevUnion of the Creative Forces of Russia
Sergey SkvortsovEditor-in-chief of Narodnaya GazetaCPSU-2
Valery SmirnovChairman of the Executive Committee of the Federal Tax ServiceNational Salvation Front
Mikhail SmirnovLawyerIndependent
Anatoly StankovDeputy of the Moscow City DumaIndependent
Sergey SulakshinDeputy of the State DumaIndependent
Stanislav TerekhovChairman of the Union of OfficersIndpependent
Vasily TerentyevThe Anti-Communist People's Party
Sergey Aminovich TokhtabievPresident of the International Fund for the Development of Small Peoples and Ethnic GroupsIndependent
Alexander VasilyevLeader of Peace with GodIndependent
Andrey VolkovIndependent
Arkady VolskyPresident of the Russian Union of Industrialists and EntrepreneursIndependent
Vladimir VoroninMovement for the National Revival of Russia
Andrei ZavidiaPresident of the Garland GroupRussian Republican Party
Sergey ZyryanovPresident of ICP "Life"Independent
Other declared candidates

Possible candidates who did not run

Candidates who refused nominations by political movements and initiative groups[7][8]
Candidate Positions Party/movement
Boris GromovDeputy of State Duma; vice-presidential candidate in 1991My Fatherland
Boris NemtsovGovernor of Nizhny NovgorodIndependent
Valery ZorkinJudge of the Constitution Court of RussiaIndependent

The following individuals were included in some polls, were referred to in the media as possible candidates or had publicly expressed interest long before the elections but never announced that they would run.

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