Opinion polling for the Russian presidential election, 1996
Yeltsin campaigning in the Moscow-region on May 7, 1996 This page lists public opinion polls in connection with the 1996 Russian presidential election .
First round
Candidates passing the second round are given in bold.
1992 to 1994
% Support 0 10 20 30 40 50 12/15/1992 3/2/1996 6/ 3/1996 1:00 Boris Yeltsin Gennady Zyuganov Alexander Lebed Grigory Yavlinsky Vladimir Zhirinovsky Svyatoslav Fyodorov Aman Tuleyev "Russian 1996 Presidential Election opinion polling 1"
% Support 0 10 20 30 40 50 12/15/1992 6/25/1994 1:00 9/6/1994 Boris Yeltsin Gennady Zyuganov Viktor Chernomyrdin Grigory Yavlinsky Vladimir Zhirinovsky Yegor Gaidar Aman Tuleyev Alexander Rutskoy "Russian 1996 Presidential Election opinion polling 2"
Date
Agency
Other
Undecided
Wouldn't vote
Additional
December 1992[ 1]
PPRS
— N/a
28 — N/a
4
— N/a — N/a — N/a
11
— N/a
8
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
14
27
Makashov , Bakatin 4
1 January 1993[ 2]
VCIOM
— N/a
48
3
2
— N/a — N/a
1
— N/a
2
12
— N/a — N/a — N/a
1
1
— N/a — N/a
4
18
4
Khasbulatov 1
mid-October 1993[ 3]
FOM
— N/a 27 7
3
— N/a — N/a 2
— N/a 6
— N/a 4
4
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 16
19
12
— N/a
10–23 November 1993[ 4]
VCIOM
— N/a
22.7 — N/a
4.1
2.6
1.2
1.5
3.6
2.8
5.0
3.7
2.7
— N/a
2.2
1.0
4.4
— N/a
24.8
4.3
0.7
Nemtsov 1.8, Borovoi 0.4, Skokov 0.2
late-March 1994[ 5]
FOM
4
13 7
5
— N/a — N/a 2
— N/a 5
5
2
2
1
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 15
20
17
— N/a
25 June 1994[ 6]
VCIOM
1
16 10
5
1
1
2
1
4
5
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
7
15
24
Baburin 1, Luzhkov , Popov , Skokov 0
late-June 1994[ 5]
FOM
2
12 12 6
— N/a 2
3
— N/a 4
8
2
3
1
2
— N/a — N/a 1
5
14
21
Lebed 1
July 1994[ 7]
Mnenie Poll Service
3.8
11.3 9.1
5.9
— N/a — N/a 2.6
— N/a 4.0
6.9
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 37.7
18.5
— N/a
4.1
— N/a 10.7 5.7
— N/a — N/a 3.8
— N/a 6.9
7.2
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 41.1
19.8
— N/a
August 1994[ 8]
FOM
3
12 7
6
— N/a 3
1
— N/a 2
7
2
— N/a 3
2
— N/a 1
0
— N/a 11
15
Solzhenitsyn 5, Lebed 2, Luzhkov 1
6 September 1994[ 9]
VCIOM
2
19 11
5
1
1
3
1
5
6
1
2
1
1
1
— N/a 1
1
— N/a 35
Khasbulatov 1, Baburin , Lakhova , Lebed , Skokov 0
1995 polls
% Support 0 3 6 9 12 15 1/10/1995 5/10/1995 11/20/1995 Boris Yeltsin Gennady Zyuganov Alexander Lebed Grigory Yavlinsky Vladimir Zhirinovsky Svyatoslav Fyodorov Aman Tuleyev Viktor Chernomyrdin Alexander Rutskoy "Russian 1996 Presidential Election opinion polling 3"
Date
Agency
Other
Undecided
Wouldn't vote
Additional candidates
10 January 1995[ 10]
VCIOM
2
9 2
7
6
2
1
1
1
5
3
1
1
2
0
2
3
1
0
— N/a 1
2
1
— N/a 0
0
— N/a 0
0
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 3
— N/a 38
Kovalev 2, Dudayev , Shokhin 0
January 1995[ 8]
FOM
4
3
5
9 6
— N/a — N/a 3
— N/a 4
4
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 4
— N/a — N/a — N/a 2
2
5
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 24
21
Kovalev 4
20 February 1995[ 11]
VCIOM
6
9 3
8
6
6
1
1
1
4
5
2
1
2
1
2
3
1
— N/a — N/a 2
1
1
2
2
1
— N/a 0
0
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 3
— N/a 26
Abdulatipov , Kovalev 1, Dudayev , Shokhin 0
February 1995[ 8]
FOM
5
3
4
14 6
— N/a — N/a 2
— N/a 4
4
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 3
— N/a — N/a — N/a 1
1
5
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 24
22
Kovalev 2
February 1995[ 12]
ROMIR
2.2
5.8 <1
4.1
4.9
<1
— N/a — N/a — N/a 1.2
2.1
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a <1
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a <1
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
30 March 1995[ 13]
VCIOM
5
8
3
10 6
8
1
1
1
4
5
2
1
1
0
7
4
1
1
— N/a 1
— N/a 1
— N/a 1
— N/a 1
0
0
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 2
— N/a 22
— N/a
30 March 1995[ 14]
VCIOM
5
7
— N/a 10 5
9
1
2
2
5
5
3
2
2
0
6
7
2
— N/a — N/a 2
— N/a 2
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 0
— N/a 2
— N/a 2
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 18
— N/a
April 1995[ 15]
FOM
6
3
— N/a 8 6
6
1
1
— N/a 3
6
1
— N/a — N/a — N/a 5
— N/a — N/a — N/a 1
1
— N/a 2
— N/a — N/a 0
— N/a 0
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 2
28
16
Soskovets 0
20 April 1995[ 16]
VCIOM
5
8
3
11 6
8
2
5
2
5
4
2
1
1
0
3
3
1
0
— N/a 1
2
1
— N/a 1
— N/a 1
0
— N/a — N/a 1
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 6
— N/a 19
— N/a
10 May 1995[ 17]
VCIOM
5
4
10 9
5
8
2
5
1
5
4
1
1
2
0
3
3
1
— N/a — N/a 0
2
1
— N/a 1
— N/a 0
0
— N/a 1
1
4
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 20
Kozyrev 0
25 May 1995[ 18]
Obshchaya Gazeta
9
4
7
12 7
10
2
3
— N/a 5
8
4
— N/a — N/a — N/a 9
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 1
— N/a 3
— N/a — N/a 2
— N/a 1
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a Soskovets
20 June 1995[ 19]
VCIOM
7
6
8
11 8
5
1
8
0
3
6
1
1
1
0
3
3
1
— N/a — N/a 1
1
0
1
1
— N/a 0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
— N/a — N/a 20
— N/a
7 July 1995[ 20]
VCIOM
4.2
5.6
2.3
8.1 6.3
5.5
— N/a — N/a — N/a 3.7
3.5
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 2.7
2.3
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 17.2
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
7 July 1995[ 21] [ 22] [ 23] [ 24]
CESSI
6
7
14 12
6
— N/a — N/a 10
— N/a 3
5
2
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 1
1
5
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 23
— N/a Kozyrev , Starovoytova 2, Chubais 1, Grachev 0
12 July 1995[ 20]
VCIOM
3.9
2.6
7.9 6.0
4.6
5.5
— N/a 3.4
— N/a — N/a — N/a 3.5
2.6
— N/a — N/a 3.5
2.2
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 14.4
— N/a — N/a — N/a
30 July 1995[ 25]
VCIOM
8 7
7
8 7
5
1
7
2
3
4
1
0
1
2
1
3
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
1
— N/a 0
— N/a — N/a 1
1
1
1
1
— N/a 1
22
— N/a — N/a
10 October 1995[ 26]
VCIOM
11 6
8
8
5
5
1
8
3
3
3
1
1
1
0
1
3
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
— N/a 1
1
— N/a 2
1
1
1
1
1
2
— N/a 18
Khakamada 1, Anpilov , Grachev 0
11 October 1995[ 27]
IFES
6
7
14 12
5
— N/a — N/a 10
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
20 November 1995[ 28]
VCIOM
10 3
6
8
7
5
1
5
3
2
3
1
0
1
0
3
2
0
0
— N/a 1
0
1
0
1
0
— N/a 0
— N/a 2
— N/a — N/a 1
— N/a 1
2
25
5
Shcherbakov , Shokhin 0
10 December 1995[ 29]
VCIOM
15 6
6
12
10
3
1
8
2
3
3
0
0
2
0
2
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
— N/a 0
0
— N/a 2
0
1
0
— N/a 0
2
— N/a 13
Abdulatipov , Anpilov , Grachev 0
21 December 1995[ 30]
VCIOM
6 2
— N/a — N/a 6 — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 48
— N/a — N/a
1996 polls
% Support 0 10 20 30 40 50 1/14/1996 4/10/1996 6/10/1996 1:00 Boris Yeltsin Gennady Zyuganov Alexander Lebed Grigory Yavlinsky Vladimir Zhirinovsky Svyatoslav Fyodorov Aman Tuleyev "Russian 1996 Presidential Election opinion polling 4"
January
% Support 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 1/14/1996 1/28/1996 1/31/1996 Boris Yeltsin Gennady Zyuganov Alexander Lebed Grigory Yavlinsky Vladimir Zhirinovsky Svyatoslav Fyodorov "Russian 1996 Presidential Election opinion polling 5"
Date
Agency
Zyuganov Yeltsin Lebed Yavlinsky Zhiri- S. Fyodorov Gorbachev Cherno- Tuleyev Gaidar Rutskoy B. Fyodorov Govorukhin Other
Wouldn't vote
Additional candidates
14 January 1996[ 30]
FOM
14.2
— N/a 14.9 13.6
— N/a — N/a — N/a 12.5
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
January 1996[ 31]
VCIOM
21 8
10
11
11
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
January 1996[ 32]
IISS
15 6
8
11
9
7
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
28 January 1996[ 33] [ 34]
VCIOM
20 8
10
13
10
8
1
7
— N/a 3
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
29 January 1996[ 35]
VCIOM
11.3 5.4
5.4
7.7
7.1
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
30 January 1996[ 36]
VCIOM
18 10
9
12
10
5
1
4
3
3
0
1
1
2
11
[ a]
10-31 January 1996[ 37]
VCIOM
12 11
6
7
7
— N/a 1
4
— N/a — N/a 3
2
1
44
— N/a — N/a
February
% Support 0 5 10 15 20 25 2/2/1996 2/15/1996 12:00 2/29/1996 Boris Yeltsin Gennady Zyuganov Alexander Lebed Grigory Yavlinsky Vladimir Zhirinovsky Svyatoslav Fyodorov Aman Tuleyev "Russian 1996 Presidential Election opinion polling 6"
Date
Agency
Zyuganov Yeltsin Lebed Yavlinsky Zhiri- S. Fyodorov Gorbachev Cherno- Tuleyev Gaidar Rutskoy B. Fyodorov Other
Against All
Undecided
Wouldn't vote
Additional candidates
2 February 1996[ 35]
New York Times
14 5
6
11
7
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
15 February 1996[ 33]
RIISNP
16.4 10.0
10.4
12.9
8.8
1.1
1.2
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
15 February 1996[ 38]
VCIOM
21 11
8
12
12
8
1
7
— N/a 4
3
— N/a — N/a 5
— N/a 9
— N/a
15 February 1996[ 39]
VCIOM
22 11
6
9
11
5
1
5
2
3
1
1
2
— N/a 13
— N/a [ b]
February 1996[ 40]
ISNP
16.4 10.0
— N/a 12.5
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
February 1996[ 32]
IISS
18 8
7
8
11
6
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
Mid-February 1996[ 33]
RIISNP
16.4 10.0
10.4
12.9
8.8
1.1
1.2
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
Mid-February 1996[ 33] [ 34]
VCIOM
24 11
8
9
12
7
0
5
4
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
18 February 1996[ 33]
ROMIR
18 8
9
11
9
— N/a — N/a 7
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
25 February 1996[ 41]
VCIOM
18.0 8.0
7.0
8.0
10.0
8.0
0.6
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
29 February 1996[ 42]
VCIOM
18.0 11.9
6.0
9.0
12.0
5.9
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
March
% Support 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 3/2/1996 3/18/1996 3/31/1996 15:00 Boris Yeltsin Gennady Zyuganov Alexander Lebed Grigory Yavlinsky Vladimir Zhirinovsky Svyatoslav Fyodorov "Russian 1996 Presidential Election opinion polling 7"
Date
Agency
Zyuganov Yeltsin Lebed Yavlinsky Zhiri- S. Fyodorov Gorbachev Shakkum Cherno- Tuleyev Gaidar Other
Against All
Undecided
Wouldn't vote
Additional candidates
2 March 1996[ 33]
FOM
20 14
7
11
8
6
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
March 1996[ 40]
ISNP
25.8 17.0
— N/a 12.9
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
15 March 1996[ 43]
VCIOM
24 17
7
10
8
4
1
— N/a — N/a — N/a 2
2
— N/a — N/a 8
[ c]
Mid-March 1996[ 33]
RIISNP
25.8 17.0
7.8
13.2
8.1
7.6
1.2
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
17 March 1996[ 33] [ 34] [ 31]
VCIOM
25 15
8
11
9
7
1
1
4
2
3
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
17 March 1996[ 33]
ROMIR
25.8 17.0
— N/a 9.0
7.0
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
10–18 March 1996[ 33] [ 40] [ 44]
CESSI
19.1 14.0
3.2
6.2
4.9
2.0
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
late-March 1996[ 34]
ROMIR
27 19
— N/a — N/a 9
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
late-March 1996[ 31]
VCIOM
20 14
7
11
8
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
30 March 1996[ 45]
VCIOM
23 18
8
12
7
7
1
— N/a 5
— N/a 3
2
3
— N/a 11
— N/a
31 March 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
27 19
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
31 March 1996[ 33]
ROMIR
26 17
— N/a 9
7
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
31 March 1996[ 46] [ 47] [ 48] [ 49]
FOM
21 19
8
8
7
5
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 10
2
14
6
— N/a
End of March 1996[ 40] [ 34]
VCIOM
25 18
10
9
9
7
— N/a — N/a 4
— N/a 3
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
April
% Support 0 10 20 30 40 50 4/4/1996 4/15/1996 23:00 Boris Yeltsin Gennady Zyuganov Alexander Lebed Grigory Yavlinsky Vladimir Zhirinovsky Svyatoslav Fyodorov Aman Tuleyev "Russian 1996 Presidential Election opinion polling 8"
Date
Agency
Zyuganov Yeltsin Lebed Yavlinsky Zhiri- S. Fyodorov Gorbachev Bryntsalov Vlasov Cherno- Tuleyev Gaidar Other
Against all
Undecided
Wouldn't vote
Additional candidates
4 April 1996
VCIOM[ 50]
26
28 7
11
6
6
1
1
0
— N/a 2
— N/a 1
3
— N/a 7
[ d]
7 April 1996[ 51] [ 46] [ 48]
FOM
25 21
6
9
6
3
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 9
1
9
4
18
— N/a
10 April 1996[ 33] [ 34]
VCIOM
26 18
10
10
8
8
1
— N/a — N/a 4
— N/a 3
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
13 April 1996[ 51] [ 46] [ 48]
FOM
22
23 6
8
8
5
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 5
1
18
— N/a
14 April 1996[ 33]
ROMIR
27.0 22.0
8.0
7.0
6.0
6.0
— N/a — N/a — N/a 7
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
April 1996[ 32]
IISS
25 21
6
9
6
3
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
10–15 April[ 33]
ISP
38–47 16–20
8–10
8–9
6–7
2–4
1–2
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
15 April 1996[ 52]
VCIOM
25 21
6
10
6
4
1
— N/a — N/a 2
2
1
1
— N/a — N/a 12
[ e]
Mid-April 1996[ 33]
RIISNP
28.0 23.8
10.3
12.7
8.5
6.7
1.1
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
17 April 1996[ 53] [ 54]
VCIOM
26.0 18.0
10.0
10.0
8.0
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
20 April 1996[ 51]
FOM
22 22 6
8
7
5
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
3
3
5
18
— N/a
22 April 1996[ 33] [ 44]
CESSI
19.8
20.7 4.7
6.5
4.8
3.2
1.0
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
24 April 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
27.0 21.0
8.0
11.0
9.0
4.0
2.0
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
24 April 1996[ 54]
CESSI
19.8
20.8 5.0
7.0
5.0
3.0
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
May
% Support 0 10 20 30 40 50 5/2/1996 5/15/1996 23:00 5/31/1996 Boris Yeltsin Gennady Zyuganov Alexander Lebed Grigory Yavlinsky Vladimir Zhirinovsky Svyatoslav Fyodorov Aman Tuleyev "Russian 1996 Presidential Election opinion polling 9"
Date
Agency
Zyuganov Yeltsin Lebed Yavlinsky Zhiri- S. Fyodorov Gorbachev Bryntsalov Vlasov Shakkum Staro- Ushakov Tuleyev Podo- Other
Against all
Undecided
Additional candidates
27 April-2 May[ 33]
ISP
43–45 25
8
8
7
3
1–2
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
5 May 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
27.0
28.0 6.0
9.0
7.0
7.0
1.0
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 2.0
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
5 May 1996[ 33] [ 54] [ 55] [ 56] [ 57]
ROMIR
28.0 28.0 7.0
7.0
5.0
6.0
2.0
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 15
— N/a
5 May 1996[ 33]
ROMIR
25
29.0 6.0
8.0
6.0
4.0
1.0
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 1.0
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
11–12 May 1996[ 58]
FOM
28
32 14
18
— N/a 10
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 1.0
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
12 May 1996[ 33]
ROMIR
25
32 5.0
9.0
5.0
3.0
1.0
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 1.0
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
9–14 May 1996[ 44] [ 33] [ 58]
CESSI
19.3
27.7 5.5
9.2
4.3
3.2
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
14 May 1996[ 57]
27
28 — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
May 1996[ 33]
RIISNP
22.4
35.2 7.4
13.3
6.1
5.6
1.0
0.2
0.6
0.9
— N/a — N/a 3.1
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
15 May 1996[ 59]
VCIOM
22
36 7
10
6
5
1
0
0
1
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 2
0
3
— N/a
17 May 1996[ 33]
ISP
42 27.0
8.0
10.0
7.0
3.0
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
19 May 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
26.0
33.0 7.0
9.0
7.0
4.0
0.5
— N/a 0.4
0.5
— N/a — N/a 1.0
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
19 May 1996[ 33]
ROMIR
27.0
31.0 4.0
7.0
5.0
5.0
1.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
— N/a — N/a 1.0
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
6–24 May 1996[ 60]
VCIOM
13.9
23.5 3.3
6.0
3.2
2.2
0.4
0.2
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.5
0.0
0.5
— N/a 43.7
[ f]
19.4
29.5 7.2
12.5
5.0
6.1
0.8
0.2
— N/a 0.2
0.9
0.1
1.4
0.1
11.4
— N/a — N/a [ g]
26 May 1996[ 33]
ROMIR
24.0
35.0 6.0
6.0
5.0
3.0
1.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
— N/a — N/a 1.0
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
24–28 May 1996[ 33]
ISP
36 36 7–8
10
5–7
4
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
30 May 1996[ 44] [ 61]
CESSI
19.7
32.6 5.6
5.9
5.7
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
31 May 1996[ 62]
FOM
22
34 — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
June
% Support 0 10 20 30 40 6/ 3/1996 1:00 6/11/1996 Boris Yeltsin Gennady Zyuganov Alexander Lebed Grigory Yavlinsky Vladimir Zhirinovsky Svyatoslav Fyodorov Aman Tuleyev "Russian 1996 Presidential Election opinion polling 10"
Date
Agency
Zyuganov Yeltsin Lebed Yavlinsky Zhiri- S. Fyodorov Gorbachev Bryntsalov Vlasov Shakkum Tuleyev Against all
Wouldn't vote
3 June 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
26.0
37.0 7.0
7.0
6.0
3.0
1.0
0.4
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
3 June 1996[ 33]
ROMIR
23
35 7
7
4
2
0
0
0
0
1
— N/a — N/a
7 June 1996[ 33]
ISP
31
40 9
11
5
2
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
9 June 1996[ 63]
FOM
30
34 7
6
8
2
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 2
— N/a
8–10 June 1996[ 33] [ 64]
ROMIR
23
34 7
7
5
2
1
0
0
0
1
— N/a — N/a
10 June 1996[ 65]
VCIOM
24
39 7
9
5
3
1
1
0
0
0
2
10
5–11 June 1996[ 33] [ 64] [ 66] [ 63]
VCIOM
24.0
36.0 10.0
8.0
6.0
3.0
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.1
1.0
— N/a — N/a
13 June 1996[ 66]
Sovetskaya Rossiya
36 27
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
13 June 1996[ 66]
ISP
31
40 — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
13 June 1996[ 33] [ 63] [ 67]
Betanelli
35.6 32.7
11.0
9.8
7.5
9.8
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
June 1996[ 68]
VCIOM
19
33 8
10
6
3
1
3
1
— N/a 2
11
June 1996[ 69]
VCIOM
22
39 9
10
5
4
0
1
0
0
2
2
5
16 June 1996
Election result
32.5
35.8 14.7
7.4
5.8
0.9
0.5
0.2
0.2
0.4
0.0
1.6
— N/a
Exit polls
Second round
% Support 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 1/2/1995 4/14/1996 5/30/1996 Boris Yeltsin Gennady Zyuganov "Against All" "Russian 1996 Presidential Election opinion polling 11"
Polls before runoff
Date
Agency
Zyuganov Yeltsin Against all
Not vote
Undecided
20 February 1995[ 71]
VCIOM
19
23 — N/a 58
— N/a
January 1996[ 42] [ 40]
VCIOM
41 21
— N/a — N/a — N/a
January 1996 [ 34]
VCIOM
33 19
20
15
13
28 January 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
33 18
22
15
12
30 January 1996[ 72]
VCIOM
36 25
32
7
— N/a
13 February 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
33 19
20
15
13
February 1996[ 33]
RIISNP
32.3
25.2
36.3 — N/a — N/a
February 1996 [ 34]
VCIOM
34 21
22
15
13
15 February 1996[ 73]
VCIOM
36 26
24
14
— N/a
Mid-February 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
39 27
22
4
8
March 1996[ 40]
VCIOM
37 29
— N/a — N/a — N/a
mid-March[ 34]
VCIOM
32 24
17
12
12
17 March 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
36 33
18
3
10
17 March 1996[ 33]
ROMIR
40 31
— N/a — N/a — N/a
12–24 March 1996[ 74]
IISES
32
24
36 — N/a — N/a
late-March[ 34]
VCIOM
30 29
21
12
10
late-March[ 34]
ROMIR
40 30
— N/a — N/a — N/a
31 March 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
32 24
21
12
11
10 April 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
29 28
18
15
10
13 April 1996[ 46]
FOM
17
22 — N/a — N/a — N/a
14 April 1996[ 33]
ROMIR
40 34
— N/a — N/a — N/a
April 1996[ 33]
RIISNP
36.5 31.7
20.8
— N/a — N/a
17 April 1996[ 53] [ 54] [ 34]
VCIOM
29 28
17
12
12
20 April 1996[ 33]
ROMIR
40 36
— N/a — N/a — N/a
28 April 1996[ 33]
ROMIR
40 36
— N/a — N/a — N/a
5 May 1996[ 33]
ROMIR
33
41 — N/a — N/a — N/a
5 May 1996[ 57]
36
40 — N/a — N/a — N/a
6 May 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
29
31 17
9
14
12 May 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
31
37 15
9
8
12 May 1996[ 33]
ROMIR
32
42 — N/a — N/a — N/a
14 May 1996[ 57]
37
45 — N/a — N/a — N/a
May 1996[ 75]
ISP
42 27
— N/a — N/a — N/a
May 1996 [ 32]
IISS
36-47 16-20
— N/a — N/a — N/a
17 May 1996[ 44]
CESSI
27
43.1 — N/a — N/a 11.5
19 May 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
37
50 13
— N/a — N/a
19 May 1996[ 33]
ROMIR
32
43 — N/a — N/a — N/a
6-24 May 1996[ 60]
VCIOM
35.2
48.3 — N/a 16.5
— N/a
26 May 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
36
52 12
— N/a — N/a
26 May 1996[ 33]
ROMIR
30
46 — N/a — N/a — N/a
30 May 1996[ 44]
CESSI
27.6
47.9 — N/a — N/a 9.5
3 June 1996[ 33]
ROMIR
31
49 — N/a — N/a — N/a
12 June 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
36
53 11
— N/a — N/a
12 June 1996[ 33]
ROMIR
30
46 — N/a — N/a — N/a
Polls during runoff
Date
Agency
Zyuganov Yeltsin Against all
16 June 1996[ 76]
CNN/Moscow Times
24.8
50.0 — N/a
1 July 1996[ 77]
Betanelli
38.5
56.0 5.0
3 July 1996
Election result
40.7
54.4 4.9
Exit polls
Hypothetical polling
With Chernomyrdin
Date
Agency
Chernomyrdin Lebed Yavlinsky Against all
Would not vote
Undecided
July 1995[ 78]
FOM
22
— N/a 25 — N/a 33
20
September 1995[ 78]
FOM
18
— N/a 28 — N/a 31
24
14 January 1996[ 30]
FOM
34.6
65.4 — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
39.1
— N/a 60.9 — N/a — N/a — N/a
With B. Fyodorov
With S. Fyodorov
Date
Agency
S. Fyodorov Gaidar Yavlinsky Against all
Would not vote
Undecided
20 February 1995[ 81]
VCIOM
41 17
— N/a — N/a 42
— N/a
20 April 1995[ 82]
VCIOM
30
— N/a 31 19
19
— N/a
With Gaidar
Date
Agency
Gaidar S. Fyodorov Yavlinsky Zhirinovsky Zyuganov Against all
Would not vote
Undecided
20 May 1994[ 83]
VCIOM
38 — N/a — N/a 14
— N/a — N/a 48
— N/a
June 1994[ 84]
FOM
11
— N/a 24
— N/a — N/a 30 20
15
20 February 1995[ 81]
VCIOM
17
41 — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 42
— N/a
May 10, 1995[ 4]
VCIOM
20.4
— N/a 29.6 — N/a — N/a — N/a 50
— N/a
10–23 November 1995[ 85]
VCIOM
26
— N/a — N/a — N/a 20
38 17
— N/a
With Lebed
Graph of Lebed–Yavlinsky polls
% Support 30 35 40 45 50 55 1/14/1996 1/30/1996 3/24/1996 Alexander Lebed Grigory Yavlinsky "Russian 1996 Presidential Election opinion polling 12"
Graph of Lebed–Zyuganov polls
% Support 10 20 30 40 50 60 1/10/1996 1/30/1996 4/10/1996 Alexander Lebed Gennady Zyuganov "Against all" "Russian 1996 Presidential Election opinion polling 13"
Date
Agency
Lebed Chernomyrdin B. Fyodorov Yavlinsky Yeltsin Zyuganov Against all
Would not vote
Undecided
20 February 1995[ 79]
VCIOM
20
— N/a 28 — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 24
— N/a
10 January 1996[ 33]
ROMIR
35 — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 29
— N/a — N/a — N/a
14 January 1996[ 30]
FOM
65.4 34.6
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
47.25
— N/a — N/a 52.75 — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
57.9 — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 42.1
— N/a — N/a — N/a
28 January 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
28 — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 28 20
12
12
30 January 1996[ 86] [ 87] [ 88]
VCIOM
32
— N/a — N/a 39 — N/a — N/a 33
21
6
40 — N/a — N/a — N/a 22
— N/a 32
6
— N/a
34 — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 33
27
7
— N/a
13 February 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
23
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 31 24
12
10
February 1996[ 33]
RIISNP
24.9
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 29.3
38.7 — N/a — N/a
12–24 March 1996[ 74]
IISES
35 — N/a — N/a 32
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
24
— N/a — N/a — N/a 28
— N/a 50 — N/a — N/a
31 March 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
23
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 30 24
12
11
10 April 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
28 — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 26
18
16
12
April 1996[ 33]
RIISNP
24.8
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 35.4 27.1
— N/a — N/a
Isolated table of Lebed–Zyuganov polls
Date
Agency
Lebed Zyuganov Against all
Would not vote
Undecided
10 January 1996[ 33]
ROMIR
35 29
— N/a — N/a — N/a
14 January 1996[ 30]
FOM
57.9 42.1
— N/a — N/a — N/a
28 January 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
28 28 20
12
12
30 January 1996[ 88]
VCIOM
34 33
27
7
— N/a
13 February 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
23
31 24
12
10
February 1996[ 33]
RIISNP
24.9
29.3
38.7 — N/a — N/a
31 March 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
23
30 24
12
11
10 April 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
28 26
18
16
12
April 1996[ 33]
RIISNP
24.8
35.4 27.1
— N/a — N/a
With Nemtsov
With Pamfilova
Date
Agency
Pamfilova Yavlinsky Against all
Would not vote
Undecided
20 February 1995[ 90]
VCIOM
20
34
— N/a 46 — N/a
With Rutskoy
Date
Agency
Rutskoy Yavlinsky Yeltsin Zhirinovsky Against all
Would not vote
Undecided
10–23 November 1993[ 4]
VCIOM
15.7
37.4 — N/a — N/a — N/a 46.9
— N/a
June 1994[ 91]
FOM
19
— N/a 24
— N/a 30 18
9
20 February 1995[ 81]
VCIOM
25 — N/a — N/a 11
— N/a 64
— N/a
With Yavlinsky
Graph of Lebed–Yavlinsky polls
% Support 30 35 40 45 50 55 1/14/1996 1/30/1996 3/24/1996 Alexander Lebed Grigory Yavlinsky "Russian 1996 Presidential Election opinion polling 14"
Graph of Yavlinsky–Yeltsin polls
% Support 10 20 30 40 50 60 2/20/1995 3/24/1996 5/24/1996 Gigory Yavlinsky Boris Yeltsin "Against all" "Russian 1996 Presidential Election opinion polling 15"
Graph of Yavlinsky–Zyuganov polls
% Support 10 20 30 40 50 60 2/20/1995 3/17/1996 1:00 5/24/1996 Gigory Yavlinsky Gennady Zyuganov "Against all" "Russian 1996 Presidential Election opinion polling 16"
Date
Agency
Yavlinsky Cherno- S. Fyodorov Gaidar Lebed Pamfilova Rutskoy Yeltsin Zyuganov Against all
Would not vote
Undecided
10–23 November 1993[ 4]
VCIOM
37.4 — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 15.7
— N/a — N/a — N/a 46.9
— N/a
April 1994[ 92]
FOM
24
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 13
— N/a 27 21
15
June 1994[ 84]
FOM
24
— N/a — N/a 11
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 30 20
15
20 February 1995[ 71] [ 90] [ 93]
VCIOM
35 — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 14
— N/a — N/a 51
— N/a
34 — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 20
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 46
— N/a
38 — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 17
— N/a 45
— N/a
20 April 1995[ 82]
VCIOM
31 — N/a 30
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 19
19
— N/a
May 10, 1995[ 4]
VCIOM
29.6 — N/a — N/a 20.4
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 50
— N/a
July 1995[ 78]
FOM
25 22
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 33
20
September 1995[ 78]
FOM
28 18
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 31
24
September 22, 1995[ 24]
Moscow Kurranty
26 — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 18
21
18
17
14 January 1996[ 30]
FOM
60.9 39.1
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
52.75 — N/a — N/a — N/a 47.25
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
54.5 — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 42.5
— N/a — N/a — N/a
January 1996[ 42]
VCIOM
36 — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 34
36 — N/a — N/a
28 January 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
33 — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 27
17
11
12
30 January 1996[ 86] [ 94]
VCIOM
39 — N/a — N/a — N/a 33
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 21
6
— N/a
39 — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 32
24
6
— N/a
13 February 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
34 — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 28
15
11
12
February 1996[ 33]
RIISNP
35.2
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 20.1
— N/a 37.1 — N/a — N/a
34.2 — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 29.2
31.4
— N/a — N/a
Mid-February 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
33
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 37 19
4
7
17 March 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
32
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 34 17
6
11
17 March 1996[ 33]
ROMIR
29
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 38 — N/a — N/a — N/a
12–24 March 1996[ 74]
IISES
32
— N/a — N/a — N/a 35 — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
35
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 20
— N/a 37 — N/a — N/a
34 — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 29
31
— N/a — N/a
31 March 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
31 — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 29
16
10
14
10 April 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
31 — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 27
14
15
13
14 April 1996[ 33]
ROMIR
28
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 39 — N/a — N/a — N/a
14 April 1996[ 33]
ROMIR
34 — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 31
— N/a — N/a — N/a
April 1996[ 33]
RIISNP
28.0
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 26.8
— N/a 30.1 — N/a — N/a
31.0
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 36.0 20.3
— N/a — N/a
12 May 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
41 — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 40
19
— N/a — N/a
6-24 May 1996[ 60]
VCIOM
23.1
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 55.1 — N/a — N/a 21.8
— N/a
38.7 — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 26.6
— N/a 34.7
— N/a
Isolated table of Yavlinsky–Yeltsin polls
Date
Agency
Yavlinsky Yeltsin Against all
Would not vote
Undecided
April 1994[ 92]
FOM
24
13
27 21
15
20 February 1995[ 71]
VCIOM
35 14
— N/a 51
— N/a
February 1996[ 33]
RIISNP
35.2
20.1
37.1 — N/a — N/a
12–24 March 1996[ 74]
IISES
35
20
37 — N/a — N/a
April 1996[ 33]
RIISNP
28.0
26.8
30.1 — N/a — N/a
6-24 May 1996[ 60]
VCIOM
23.1
55.1 — N/a 21.8
— N/a
Isolated table of Yavlinsky–Zyuganov polls
Date
Agency
Yavlinsky Zyuganov Against all
Would not vote
Undecided
20 February 1995[ 93]
VCIOM
38 17
— N/a 45
— N/a
September 22, 1995[ 24]
Moscow Kurranty
26 18
21
18
17
January 1996[ 42]
VCIOM
36 34
36 — N/a — N/a
14 January 1996[ 30]
FOM
54.5 42.5
— N/a — N/a — N/a
28 January 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
33 27
17
11
12
30 January 1996[ 94]
VCIOM
39 32
24
6
— N/a
13 February 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
34 28
15
11
12
February 1996[ 33]
RIISNP
34.2 29.2
31.4
— N/a — N/a
Mid-February 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
33
37 19
4
7
17 March 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
32
34 17
6
11
17 March 1996[ 33]
ROMIR
29
38 — N/a — N/a — N/a
12–24 March 1996[ 74]
IISES
34 29
31
— N/a — N/a
31 March 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
31 29
16
10
14
10 April 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
31 27
14
15
13
14 April 1996[ 33]
ROMIR
28
39 — N/a — N/a — N/a
April 1996[ 33]
RIISNP
31.0
36.0 20.3
— N/a — N/a
12 May 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
41 40
19
— N/a — N/a
14 April 1996[ 33]
ROMIR
34 31
— N/a — N/a — N/a
6-24 May 1996[ 60]
VCIOM
38.7 26.6
— N/a 34.7
— N/a
With Yeltsin
Graph of Yavlinsky–Yeltsin polls
% Support 10 20 30 40 50 60 2/20/1995 3/24/1996 5/24/1996 Grigory Yavlinsky Boris Yeltsin "Against all" "Russian 1996 Presidential Election opinion polling 17"
Graph of Zhirinovsky–Yeltsin polls
% Support 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 12/30/1993 2/20/1995 3/24/1996 Vladimir Zhirinovsky Boris Yeltsin "Against all" Graph of Zhirinovsky–Yeltsin polls for the ...
Date
Agency
Yeltsin Lebed Rutskoy Yavlinsky Zhirinovsky Against all
Would not vote
Undecided
End of 1993[ 95]
ROMIR
21 — N/a — N/a — N/a 16
— N/a 7
22
April 1994[ 92]
FOM
13
— N/a — N/a 24
— N/a 27 21
15
June 1994[ 91]
FOM
24
— N/a 19
— N/a — N/a 30 18
9
25 June 1994 [ 96]
VCIOM
42 — N/a — N/a — N/a 11
— N/a 36
12
20 February 1995[ 97]
VCIOM
24 — N/a — N/a — N/a 11
— N/a 64
— N/a
30 January 1996[ 87] [ 98]
VCIOM
22
40 — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 32
6
29
— N/a — N/a — N/a 19
45 7
— N/a
February 1996[ 33]
RIISNP
20.1
— N/a — N/a 35.2
— N/a 37.1 — N/a — N/a
20 February 1995[ 71]
VCIOM
14
— N/a — N/a 35 — N/a — N/a 51
— N/a
12–24 March 1996[ 74]
IISES
28
24
— N/a — N/a — N/a 50 — N/a — N/a
20
— N/a — N/a 35
— N/a 37 — N/a — N/a
28.5
— N/a — N/a — N/a 14
39 — N/a — N/a
April 1996[ 33]
RIISNP
28.0
26.8
— N/a — N/a — N/a 30.1 — N/a — N/a
6-24 May 1996[ 60]
VCIOM
55.1 — N/a — N/a 23.1
— N/a — N/a 21.8
— N/a
Isolated table of Yavlinsky–Yeltsin polls
Date
Agency
Yavlinsky Yeltsin Against all
Would not vote
Undecided
April 1994[ 92]
FOM
24
13
27 21
15
20 February 1995[ 71]
VCIOM
35 14
— N/a 51
— N/a
February 1996[ 33]
RIISNP
35.2
20.1
37.1 — N/a — N/a
12–24 March 1996[ 74]
IISES
35
20
37 — N/a — N/a
April 1996[ 33]
RIISNP
28.0
26.8
30.1 — N/a — N/a
6-24 May 1996[ 60]
VCIOM
23.1
55.1 — N/a 21.8
— N/a
Isolated table of Yeltsin–Zhirinovsky polls
Date
Agency
Yeltsin Zhirinovsky Against all
Would not vote
Undecided
End of 1993[ 95]
ROMIR
21 16
— N/a 7
22
25 June 1994 [ 96]
VCIOM
42 11
— N/a 36
12
20 February 1995[ 97]
VCIOM
24 11
— N/a 64
— N/a
30 January 1996[ 98]
VCIOM
29
19
45 7
— N/a
12–24 March 1996[ 74]
IISES
28.5
14
39 — N/a — N/a
With Zhirinovsky
Graph of Zhirinovsky–Yeltsin polls
% Support 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 12/30/1993 2/20/1995 3/24/1996 Vladimir Zhirinovsky Boris Yeltsin "Against all" "Russian 1996 Presidential Election opinion polling 18"
Graph of Zhirinovsky–Zyuganov polls
% Support 10 20 30 40 50 1/28/1996 3/17/1996 1:00 4/15/1996 Vladimir Zhirinovsky Gennady Zyuganov "Against all" "Russian 1996 Presidential Election opinion polling 19"
Date
Agency
Zhirinovsky B. Fyodorov Gaidar Nemtsov Rutskoy Yeltsin Zyuganov Against all
Would not vote
Undecided
End of 1993[ 95]
ROMIR
16
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 21 — N/a — N/a 7
22
20 May 1994[ 83]
VCIOM
14
— N/a 38 — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 48
— N/a
25 June 1994 [ 96]
VCIOM
11
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 42 — N/a — N/a 36
12
20 February 1995[ 81] [ 97]
VCIOM
11
— N/a — N/a — N/a 25 — N/a — N/a — N/a 64
— N/a
11
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 24 — N/a — N/a 64
— N/a
May 10, 1995[ 80] [ 89]
VCIOM
9
31
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 40 20
— N/a
31
— N/a — N/a 10
— N/a — N/a — N/a 42 17
— N/a
28 January 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
15
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 35 26
14
10
30 January 1996[ 98] [ 99]
VCIOM
19
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 29
— N/a 45 7
— N/a
18
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 39 36
7
— N/a
13 February 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
14
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 35 26
14
11
February 1996[ 33]
RIISNP
11.2
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 33.6
47.1 — N/a — N/a
28 February 1996[ 100]
VCIOM
12
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 39 38
11
— N/a
17 March 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
13
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 40 32
7
8
17 March 1996[ 33]
ROMIR
13
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 44 — N/a — N/a — N/a
12–24 March 1996[ 74]
IISES
14
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 28.5
— N/a 39 — N/a — N/a
11
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 34
47 — N/a — N/a
31 March 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
13
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 35 32
12
8
10 April 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
12
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 33 30
18
7
April 1996[ 33]
RIISNP
11.2
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a 37.2
41.2 — N/a — N/a
Isolated table of Yeltsin–Zhirinovsky polls
Date
Agency
Yeltsin Zhirinovsky Against all
Would not vote
Undecided
End of 1993[ 95]
ROMIR
21 16
— N/a 7
22
25 June 1994 [ 96]
VCIOM
42 11
— N/a 36
12
20 February 1995[ 97]
VCIOM
24 11
— N/a 64
— N/a
30 January 1996[ 98]
VCIOM
29
19
45 7
— N/a
12–24 March 1996[ 74]
IISES
28.5
14
39 — N/a — N/a
Isolated table of Zhirinovsky–Zyuganov polls
Date
Agency
Zhirinovsky Zyuganov Against all
Would not vote
Undecided
28 January 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
15
35 26
14
10
30 January 1996[ 99]
VCIOM
18
39 36
7
— N/a
13 February 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
14
35 26
14
11
February 1996[ 33]
RIISNP
11.2
33.6
47.1 — N/a — N/a
28 February 1996[ 100]
VCIOM
12
39 38
11
— N/a
17 March 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
13
40 32
7
8
17 March 1996[ 33]
ROMIR
13
44 — N/a — N/a — N/a
12–24 March 1996[ 74]
IISES
11
34
47 — N/a — N/a
31 March 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
13
35 32
12
8
10 April 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
12
33 30
18
7
April 1996[ 33]
RIISNP
11.2
37.2
41.2 — N/a — N/a
With Zyuganov
Graph of Lebed–Zyuganov polls
% Support 10 20 30 40 50 60 1/10/1996 1/30/1996 4/10/1996 Alexander Lebed Gennady Zyuganov "Against all" "Russian 1996 Presidential Election opinion polling 20"
Graph of Yavlinsky–Zyuganov polls
% Support 10 20 30 40 50 60 2/20/1995 3/17/1996 1:00 5/24/1996 Gigory Yavlinsky Gennady Zyuganov "Against all" Graph of Yavlinsky–Zyuganov polls for the 1...
Graph of Zhirinovksy–Zyuganov polls
% Support 10 20 30 40 50 1/28/1996 3/17/1996 1:00 4/15/1996 Vladimir Zhirinovsky Gennady Zyuganov "Against all" "Russian 1996 Presidential Election opinion polling 21"
Date
Agency
Zyuganov Gaidar Lebed Yavlinsky Zhirinovsky Against all
Would not vote
Undecided
20 February 1995[ 93]
VCIOM
17
— N/a — N/a 38 — N/a — N/a 45
— N/a
September 22, 1995[ 24]
Moscow Kurranty
18
— N/a — N/a 26 — N/a 21
18
17
10–23 November 1995[ 85]
VCIOM
20
26
— N/a — N/a — N/a 38 17
— N/a
January 1996[ 42]
VCIOM
34
— N/a — N/a 36 — N/a 36 — N/a — N/a
10 January 1996[ 33]
ROMIR
29
— N/a 35 — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
14 January 1996[ 30]
FOM
42.1
— N/a 57.9 — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
42.5
— N/a — N/a 54.5 — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
28 January 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
28 — N/a 28 — N/a — N/a 20
12
12
27
— N/a — N/a 33 — N/a 17
11
12
35 — N/a — N/a — N/a 15
26
14
10
30 January 1996[ 88] [ 94] [ 99]
VCIOM
33
— N/a 34 — N/a — N/a 27
7
— N/a
32
— N/a — N/a 39 — N/a 24
6
— N/a
39 — N/a — N/a — N/a 18
36
7
— N/a
13 February 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
31 — N/a 23
— N/a — N/a 24
12
10
28
— N/a — N/a 34 — N/a 15
11
12
35 — N/a — N/a — N/a 14
26
14
11
February 1996[ 33]
RIISNP
29.3
— N/a 24.9
— N/a — N/a 38.7 — N/a — N/a
29.2
— N/a — N/a 34.2 — N/a 31.4
— N/a — N/a
33.6
— N/a — N/a — N/a 11.2
47.1 — N/a — N/a
Mid-February 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
37 — N/a — N/a 33
— N/a 19
4
7
28 February 1996[ 100]
VCIOM
39 — N/a — N/a — N/a 12
38
11
— N/a
17 March 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
34 — N/a — N/a 32
— N/a 17
6
11
40 — N/a — N/a — N/a 13
32
7
8
17 March 1996[ 33]
ROMIR
38 — N/a — N/a 29
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
44 — N/a — N/a — N/a 13
— N/a — N/a — N/a
12–24 March 1996[ 74]
IISES
29
— N/a — N/a 34 — N/a 31
— N/a — N/a
34
— N/a — N/a — N/a 11
47 — N/a — N/a
31 March 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
30 — N/a 23
— N/a — N/a 24
12
11
31
— N/a — N/a 31 — N/a 16
10
14
35 — N/a — N/a — N/a 13
32
12
8
10 April 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
26
— N/a 28 — N/a — N/a 18
16
12
27
— N/a — N/a 31 — N/a 14
15
13
33 — N/a — N/a — N/a 12
30
18
7
14 April 1996[ 33]
ROMIR
39 — N/a — N/a 28
— N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
14 April 1996[ 33]
ROMIR
31
— N/a — N/a 34 — N/a — N/a — N/a — N/a
April 1996[ 33]
RIISNP
35.4 — N/a 24.8
— N/a — N/a 27.1
— N/a — N/a
36.0 — N/a — N/a 31.0
— N/a 20.3
— N/a — N/a
37.2
— N/a — N/a — N/a 11.2
41.2 — N/a — N/a
12 May 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
40
— N/a — N/a 41 — N/a 19
— N/a — N/a
6-24 May 1996[ 60]
VCIOM
26.6
— N/a — N/a 38.7 — N/a — N/a 34.7
— N/a
Isolated table of Lebed–Zyuganov polls
Date
Agency
Lebed Zyuganov Against all
Would not vote
Undecided
10 January 1996[ 33]
ROMIR
35 29
— N/a — N/a — N/a
14 January 1996[ 30]
FOM
57.9 42.1
— N/a — N/a — N/a
28 January 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
28 28 20
12
12
30 January 1996[ 88]
VCIOM
34 33
27
7
— N/a
13 February 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
23
31 24
12
10
February 1996[ 33]
RIISNP
24.9
29.3
38.7 — N/a — N/a
31 March 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
23
30 24
12
11
10 April 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
28 26
18
16
12
April 1996[ 33]
RIISNP
24.8
35.4 27.1
— N/a — N/a
Isolated table of Yavlinsky–Zyuganov polls
Date
Agency
Yavlinsky Zyuganov Against all
Would not vote
Undecided
20 February 1995[ 93]
VCIOM
38 17
— N/a 45
— N/a
September 22, 1995[ 24]
Moscow Kurranty
26 18
21
18
17
January 1996[ 42]
VCIOM
36 34
36 — N/a — N/a
14 January 1996[ 30]
FOM
54.5 42.5
— N/a — N/a — N/a
28 January 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
33 27
17
11
12
30 January 1996[ 94]
VCIOM
39 32
24
6
— N/a
13 February 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
34 28
15
11
12
February 1996[ 33]
RIISNP
34.2 29.2
31.4
— N/a — N/a
Mid-February 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
33
37 19
4
7
17 March 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
32
34 17
6
11
17 March 1996[ 33]
ROMIR
29
38 — N/a — N/a — N/a
12–24 March 1996[ 74]
IISES
34 29
31
— N/a — N/a
31 March 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
31 29
16
10
14
10 April 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
31 27
14
15
13
14 April 1996[ 33]
ROMIR
28
39 — N/a — N/a — N/a
April 1996[ 33]
RIISNP
31.0
36.0 20.3
— N/a — N/a
12 May 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
41 40
19
— N/a — N/a
14 April 1996[ 33]
ROMIR
34 31
— N/a — N/a — N/a
6-24 May 1996[ 60]
VCIOM
38.7 26.6
— N/a 34.7
— N/a
Isolated table of Zhirinovsky–Zyuganov polls
Date
Agency
Zhirinovsky Zyuganov Against all
Would not vote
Undecided
28 January 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
15
35 26
14
10
30 January 1996[ 99]
VCIOM
18
39 36
7
— N/a
13 February 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
14
35 26
14
11
February 1996[ 33]
RIISNP
11.2
33.6
47.1 — N/a — N/a
28 February 1996[ 100]
VCIOM
12
39 38
11
— N/a
17 March 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
13
40 32
7
8
17 March 1996[ 33]
ROMIR
13
44 — N/a — N/a — N/a
12–24 March 1996[ 74]
IISES
11
34
47 — N/a — N/a
31 March 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
13
35 32
12
8
10 April 1996[ 33]
VCIOM
12
33 30
18
7
April 1996[ 33]
RIISNP
11.2
37.2
41.2 — N/a — N/a
Subnational polls
First round
Notes
^ Baburin , Borovoi , Lakhova , Luzhkov , Ryzhkov , Travkin 1%, Dudayev , Kovalev , Nemtsov , Pamfilova , Romanov , Rossel , Rybkin , Skokov , Solzhenitsyn , Sobchak , Volsky 0%.^ Nemtsov 3%, Govorukhin , Khakamada , Lakhova , Ryzhkov 1%, Anpilov , Baburin , Barkashov , Borovoi , Grachev , Luzhkov , Pamfilova , Rossel , Rybkin , Shakhray , Skokov , Sobchak , Solzhenitsyn , Travkin , Volsky 0%.^ Nemtsov 2%, Borovoi , Rybkin , Solzhenitsyn 1%, Baburin , B. Fyodorov , Khakamada , Luzhkov , Pamfilova , Sobchak , Travkin , Volsky , Lakhova , Lapshin , Ryzhkov , Govorukhin , Rossel 0%.^ Starovoytova , Tarasov 1%, Mavrodi , Podoprigora , Ushakov 0%.^ Lakhova , Rutskoy 1%, Abdulatipov , Anpilov , Baburin , Nemtsov , Barkashov , B. Fyodorov , Govorukhin , Gromov , Khakamada , Lapshin , Luzhkov , Pamfilova , Rybkin , Ryzhkov , Shakray , Shcherbakov , Sobchak , Solzhenitsyn , Travkin , Volsky 0%.^ Ubozhko 0.8, Nobody 0.5, N/A 0.8.^ Tarasov 0.3, Mavrodi 0.1, N/A 4.5.^ Solzhenitsyn , Kozyrev , Starovoytova , Shumeyko , Shakhrai , Rybkin 1%, Chubais , Grachev 0%.^ Shumeyko , Shakhrai , Rybkin 1%, Chubais , Grachev 0%.^ S. Fyodorov 5.8%, Sobchak 3.3%, Gorbachev 2.6%.
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