This article contains the list of candidates associated with the 1996 Russian presidential election.
Registered candidates
Candidate name, age,political party Political offices Campaign Registration dateVladimir Bryntsalov(49)Russian Socialist Party Deputy of the State Duma(1996–2003)campaign26 April 1996Mikhail Gorbachev(65)IndependentLeader of the Soviet UnionGeneral 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)campaign12 April 1996Svyatoslav Fyodorov(69)Party of Workers' Self-GovernmentPeople's Deputy of the Soviet Union(1989–1991)Deputy of the State Duma(1996–2000)campaign19 April 1996Alexander Lebed(46)Congress of Russian CommunitiesDeputy of the State Duma(1996)campaign19 April 1996Martin Shakkum(44)IndependentLeader of the Socialist People's Partycampaign22 April 1996Yury Vlasov(60)IndependentDeputy of the State Duma(1994–1996)campaign26 April 1996Grigory Yavlinsky(44)YablokoChairman of Yabloko(1995–2008) Deputy of the State Duma(1994–2003)campaign19 April 1996Boris Yeltsin(65)IndependentPresident of Russia(1991–1999)campaign3 April 1996 Vladimir Zhirinovsky(50)Liberal Democratic Party Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia(1991–2022)Deputy of the State Duma(1994–2022)campaign5 April 1996Gennady Zyuganov(52)Communist PartyFirst Secretary of the Central Committeeof the Communist Party of the Russian Federation(1993–present)Deputy of the State Duma(1994–present)campaign4 March 1996
Withdrawn candidates
Candidate name, age,political party Political offices Campaign Details Registration date Date of withdrawalAman Tuleyev(52)IndependentChairman of the Kemerovo Oblast Council of People's Deputies(1990–1993; 1994–1996; 2018) campaignHe 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 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. Six of these were rejected by the Central Election Commission.
Sergei Mavrodi, Head of MMM investment fund Vladimir Podoprigora, former member of the Federation Council Galina Starovoytova, leader of Democratic Russia, had turned in her petition the day before the deadline. Her candidacy was rejected due to irregularities with signatures.The 1996 Russian presidential election / Jerry F. Hough, Evelyn Davidheiser, Susan Goodrich Lehmann. Brookings occasional papers. Unsuccessfully appealed to Supreme Court. Artyom Tarasov, millionaire businessman, candidacy rejected due to irregularities with signatures. Unsuccessfully appealed to Supreme Court. Lev Ubozhko, leader of the Conservative Party. Candidacy was rejected due to irregularities with signatures. Unsuccessfully appealed to Supreme court. Viacheslav Ushakov, President of the Moscow Investment Foundation Joint Stock Company. Candidacy was rejected due to irregularities with signatures. Unsuccessfully appealed to Supreme Court.
Declared candidates who withdrew without registering Candidates nominated by political movements and initiative groupswho withdrew without registering Candidate Positions Party/movementMavsar Kh. AduevEditor of World Democratic Union newspaperIndependentAnatoly G. AkininDirector of the Union of Manufacturing ConcernsIndependentVladimir AksyonovFormer cosmonautIndependentAleksandr S. AlekseevChairman of National Association of Russian Trade UnionsNational Labor PartyViktor AnpilovHead of Communists – Working Russia – For the Soviet Union electoral alliance{declined nomination, endorsed Zyuganov)Russian Communist Workers PartyAlexander BarkashovLeader of Russian National UnityRussian National UnityTamara V. BazylevaPresident of Human Ecology International ConcernIndependentVladimir S. BorovkovDeputy Chairman of the All-Russia Lifeguard SocietyIndependentKonstantin BorovoiChairman of the Party of Economic FreedomParty of Economic FreedomBashir ChakhievHead of the Archives Service of IngushetiaIndependentViktor ChechevatovCommander of the Far Eastern Military DistrictIndependentVasily ChernyshevPublisherIndependentNikolay DalskyPresident of the "General Agreement" FoundationIndependentBoris FyodorovDeputy of the State Duma (1994–1998), Deputy Prime Minister (1992–1994), Minister of Finance (1993–1994)Forward, Russia!Victor Fedosov Union of Soviet StalinistsSergey FomintsevPublisherIndependentYegor GaidarDeputy of the State Duma, acting Prime Minister (1992), First Deputy Prime Minister (1993–1994), Minister of Finance (1991–1992)(declined nomination, endorsed Yeltsin)Democratic Choice of RussiaLeonid KazakovEconomistIndependentOleg KhabarovDirector of InterozonIndependentIrina KhakamadaDeputy of the State Duma (1994–1997, 1998–2003)Common CauseYan KoltunovRocket engineer Federation of Peace and AccordVladislav KuznetsovEntrepreneurIndependentAlexander LobanovEntrepreneur IndependentAndrey LychakovChairman of the Council, "Ozon" ecological centerIndependentSergey MavrodiFounder of MMM, deputy of the State Duma (1994–1995) IndependentNikolay MaslovChairman of the Party of National AccordParty of National AccordVladimir MiloserdovChairman of the Russian Party(withdrew, endorsed Zyuganov)Russian PartyVladimir MorozovDirector of Inyurkon IndependentVyacheslav Onegin Entrepreneur IndependentAlexey PopovScientistIndependentValery PopovScientistIndependentPyotr RomanovDeputy of the State Duma (1996–2016)(withdrew, endorsed Zyuganov)Assembly of National-Democratic and Patriotic ForcesAlexander RutskoyVice President of Russia (1991–1993)(withdrew, endorsed Zyuganov)DerzhavaNikolay RuzavinFarmerIndependentMarat SabirovPresident of the International League of Global ConceptsIndependentAlexander SarychevEntrepreneur People's Patriotic UnionVictor Semyonov IndependentGalina SharovaIndependentAlexey ShevchenkoIndependentAnatoly SidorovDeputy of the State Duma (1994–1996), Director of the Institute of Economics and EntrepreneurshipIndependentVyacheslav Silaev Union of the Creative Forces of RussiaSergey SkvortsovEditor-in-chief of Narodnaya GazetaCPSU-2Valery SmirnovChairman of the Executive Committee of the National Salvation FrontNational Salvation FrontMikhail SmirnovLawyerIndependentAnatoly StankovDeputy of the Moscow City Duma (1993–1997)IndependentStepan SulakshinDeputy of the State Duma (1994–2000)IndependentStanislav TerekhovChairman of the Union of OfficersIndpependentVasily TerentyevEntrepreneurAnti-Communist People's PartySergey TokhtabiyevPresident of the International Fund for the Development of Small Peoples and Ethnic GroupsIndependentAlexander VasilyevLeader of Peace with GodIndependentAndrey Volkov (Kirillov)Deputy of the State Duma (1994–1996)IndependentArkady VolskyPresident of the Russian Union of Industrialists and EntrepreneursIndependentVladimir VoroninRetired Movement for the National Revival of RussiaAndrei ZavidiaPresident of the Galand Group, 1991 LDPR vice-presidential candidateRussian Republican PartySergey ZyryanovPresident of ICP "Life"Independent
Other declared candidates Stanislav Govorukhin, film director Aleksandr Ivanov-Sukharevsky, founder and leader of People's National Party Nikolai Lysenko, founder and leader of National Republican Party of Russia Vladimir Shumeyko, former chairman of the Federation Council
Possible candidates who did not run Candidates who refused nominations by political movements and initiative groups Candidate Positions Party/movementBoris GromovDeputy of State Duma; vice-presidential candidate in 1991My FatherlandBoris NemtsovGovernor of Nizhny Novgorod OblastIndependentValery ZorkinJudge of the Constitutional 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. Ramazan Abdulatipov, former Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council and Chairman of the Soviet of Nationalities; vice presidential candidate in 1991 Viktor Anpilov, politician and trade unionist Sergey Baburin, Deputy of the State Duma Vadim Bakatin, former chairman of the KGB and Minister of Interior of the Soviet Union, 1991 presidential candidate Vladimir Bukovsky, activist (was urged to run) Viktor Chernomyrdin, Prime Minister of Russia Yegor Gaidar, former acting prime minister of Russia Pavel Grachev, Minister of Defence Boris Fyodorov, former Minister of Finance Ruslan Khasbulatov, former Chairman of the Supreme Soviet Sergei Kovalev, former Commissioner for human rights Andrei Kozyrev, former Minister of Foreign Affairs Yekaterina Lakhova, Deputy of the State Duma Yury Luzhkov, Mayor of Moscow Albert Makashov, Deputy of the State Duma Ella Pamfilova, Deputy of the State Duma, former Minister of Welfare Gavriil Kharitonovich Popov, former mayor of Moscow Nikolai Ryzhkov, Deputy of the State Duma, former chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers; presidential candidate in 1991 Eduard Rossel, Governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast Ivan Rybkin, former Chairman of the State Duma Vladimir Shcherbakov, chairman of the board of directors of Avtotor Sergey Shakhray, co-author of the Constitution of the Russian Federation and former deputy prime minister Alexander Shokhin, former Minister of Labour, Minister of the Economy, Deputy Chairman of the Government Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, author Yury Skokov, leader of Congress of Russian Communities; former First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia and Secretary of the Security Council Anatoly Sobchak, Mayor of Saint Petersburg Oleg Soskovets, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Nikolay Travkin, former Democratic Party leader Leonid Yakubovich, television personality
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