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| Nominee | Boris Yeltsin | Nikolai Ryzhkov | ||
| Party | Independent | CPSU | ||
| Running mate | Alexander Rutskoy | Boris Gromov | ||
| Popular vote | 45,552,041 | 13,359,335 | ||
| Percentage | 57.30% | 16.85% | ||
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Presidential elections were held in the Russian Federation on 12 June 1991. It was the first presidential election in the country's history. Boris Yeltsin was elected President of the Russian Soviet republic. His running-mate, Alexander Rutskoi, became Vice-President.
Results
| Candidates | Nominating parties | Votes | % |
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| Boris Yeltsin / Alexander Rutskoy | Democratic Party of Russia | 45,552,041 | 57.30 |
| Nikolai Ryzhkov / Boris Gromov | Communist Party of the Soviet Union | 13,359,335 | 16.85 |
| Vladimir Zhirinovsky / Andrey Zavidiya | Liberal Democratic Party of Soviet Union | 6,211,007 | 7.81 |
| Aman Tuleyev / Viktor Bocharov | 5,417,464 | 6.85 | |
| Albert Makashov / Aleksei Sergeyev | 2,969,511 | 2.02 | |
| Vadim Bakatin / Ramazan Abdulatipov | 2,719,757 | 0.75 | |
| Against all | 1,525,410 | 1.92 | |
| Invalid ballots | 1,716,757 | 2.16 | |
| TOTAL | 79,471,282 | 100.00 | |
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