Nikolai Aleksandrovich Romanov Nicholas II30 October 1905
Issues a manifesto granting a suffrage law for elections to the Duma
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Issues a manifesto granting a suffrage law for elections to the Duma
Elected Member of Central Committee
The triumvirate carefully managed the intra-party debate and delegate selection process in autumn 1923 during the run-up to the XIIIth Party Conference and secured a vast majority of the seats
Proposes elections for party officials, a practice which is soon adopted
Pravda uses the word "democracy" for "multi-candidate" elections
Pravda announces larger constituencies & more candidates than seats in local elections
Calls for multi-candidate elections for regional and local legislatures and party first secretaries and insisted on the separation of the Government apparatus from party bodies at the regional level, as well
The Congress of Peoples Deputies will elect the Supreme Soviet
The March 1989 election of the Congress of Peoples Deputies marked the first time that voters of the Soviet Union ever chose the membership of a national legislative body. Fails to support Yeltsin against the conservatives, leads to Gorbachevs downfall. Elections for the Congress of Peoples Deputies, 80% of candidates are CPSU members. Communist Party members have to stand in elections for the 1st time ever
Elected Member of Congress of Peoples Deputies
Elected Member of Congress of Peoples Deputies
Elected Deputy for Mari for the USSR Congress of Peoples Deputies
Radical groups win in the cities & many prominent party officials are defeated. Gorbachev is elected for the third time in eighteen months to a position equivalent to Soviet head of state. "Democratic Russia" wins 85% of the seats in the Congress of Peoples Deputies. "Democratic Russia" wins 56% of seats in the city soviet
Yeltsin is elected President of Russia, the largest Republic
Non Communist Parties triumph in elections in Georgia & call for independence
"Democratic Russia" wins 85% of the seats in the Congress of Peoples Deputies. "Democratic Russia" wins 56% of seats in the city soviet. Reformers & Popular Fronts sweep to victory to the Supreme Soviet of the Union.
Elections are held after the USA & Russia agree not to support Contras & Sandanistas. Elected Head of State by the Congress of Peoples Deputies
Radical groups win in the cities & many prominent party officials are defeated. Gorbachev is elected for the third time in eighteen months to a position equivalent to Soviet head of state.
Russia stages it 1st ever general election
Runs against Yeltsin as Gorbahcovs candidate but only polls 3.4%
Yeltsins re-election hinges on co-opting the support of the third placed Aleksandr Lebed (a retired General who receives 14.5% of the vote)
Wins 45% in the first round of the Presidential Elections in the Republic of Khakasiya
Winner of the 2nd round of the Presidential elections on Khakasiya with 71.0%
Putin pledges his support to the newly formed Unity Party which wins the second largest percentage of the popular vote (23,32%) in the Duma elections
Putin announces a 20% increase in pensions ahead of the Mar 26 elections
Presidential elections are held, Putin wins in the first round, becomes the 2nd post-Communist President with 52.5% vote
Putin wins the election
Putin wins the re-election to the presidency for a 2nd term, earning 71 percent of the vote. Putin is elected to the presidency for a 2nd term, receiving 71% of the vote
Creates the Public Chamber of Russia & launches an initiative to replace the direct election governors & presidents of Federal subjects of Russia proposed by the President & approved by the legslature
Visits the Ukraine twice before the election to show his support for Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and congratulated him on his alleged victory before the official election results had been announced
United Russia won 64.24% of the popular vote in their run for State Duma according to election preliminary results, United Russias victory isseen by many as an indication of strong popular support of the then Russian leadership and its policies
Dmitry Medvedev is elected President of Russia with about 70% of the vote, scheduled to succeed Vladimir Putin in May
Elected Prime Minister of Russia
Putin was barred from a third term by the Constitution, First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev was elected his successor, in a power-switching operation on 8 May 2008, only a day after handing the presidency to Medvedev, Putin was appointed Prime Minister of Russia, maintaining his political dominance
Putin won the 2012 Russian presidential elections in the first round, with 63.6% of the vote
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