| Campaigned for | 1996 Russian presidential election |
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| Candidate | Gennady Zyuganov First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (1993–present) Leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in the State Duma (1993–present) Member of the State Duma (1993–present) |
| Affiliation | Communist Party of the Russian Federation |
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The 1996 Gennady Zyuganov presidential campaign sought to elect the leader of the Communist Party of Russia, Gennady Zyuganov as President of Russia in the 1996 presidential election.
While originally heavily viewed as the favorite to win the election, Zyuganov saw his early lead slip over the course of the election and was ultimately handed a decisive defeat by incumbent Boris Yeltsin in the runoff election.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
- ^ McFaul, Michael (1997). Russia's 1996 Presidential Election: The End of Polarized Politics. Stanford University in Stanford, California: Hoover Institution Press. ISBN 9780817995027.
- ^ David M. Kotz. Russia's Path From Gorbachev To Putin. pp. 260–264.
- ^ Brudny, Yitzhak M (1997). "In pursuit of the Russian presidency: Why and how Yeltsin won the 1996 presidential election". Communist and Post-Communist Studies. 30 (3): 255–275. doi:10.1016/S0967-067X(97)00007-X.
- ^ Hough, Jerry F.; Davidheiser, Evelyn; Lehmnn, Susan Goodrich (1996). The 1996 Russian Presidential Election. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press. ISBN 9780815705161.
- ^ Smith, Kathleen E. (2002). Mythmaking in the New Russia. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press.