1993 Russian legislative election

1993 Russian legislative election (State Duma)

← 1990 12 December 1993 1995 →
All 450 seats to the State Duma 226 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	54.81% ( 22.19 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky Yegor Gaidar Gennady Zyuganov Party LDPR Choice of Russia CPRF Leader since 13 December 1989 16 October 1993 14 February 1993 Leader's seat Shchyolkovo Federal list Federal list Seats won 64 62 42 Popular vote 12,318,562 8,339,345 6,666,402 Percentage 21.35% (PL) 14.45% (PL) 11.55% (PL)   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Mikhail Lapshin Grigory Yavlinsky Alevtina Fedulova Party APR YaBL Women of Russia Leader since 26 February 1993 16 October 1993 1 October 1993 Leader's seat Federal list Federal list Federal list Seats won 38 27 24 Popular vote 4,292,518 4,223,219 4,369,918 Percentage 7.44% (PL) 7.32% (PL) 7.57% (PL)   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Leader Sergey Shakhray Nikolay Travkin Arkady Volsky Party PRES DPR Civic Union Leader since 17 October 1993 26 May 1990 21 October 1993 Leader's seat Federal list Federal list Federal list (lost) Seats won 22 15 7 Popular vote 3,620,035 2,969,533 1,038,193 Percentage 6.27% (PL) 5.15% (PL) 1.80% (PL)
Most voted-for party by region
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet before election Ruslan Khasbulatov[a] Independent Chairman of the State Duma after Ivan Rybkin APR

Parliamentary elections were held in Russia on 12 December 1993.^[1] They were the first parliamentary elections in post-Soviet Russia and the only time to the Federation Council,^[2] with future members appointed by provincial legislatures and governors.

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