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1991 Russian presidential referendum

National referendum on Russian President election method

Field	Value
country	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
title	Do you consider it necessary to introduce the post of President of the RSFSR elected by popular vote?
date	17 March 1991
yes	53,385,275
no	21,406,152
invalid	1,633,683
electorate	101,776,550
map	1991 Russian presidential referendum map.svg
map_caption	Yes:
No:

No:

A referendum on creating the post of President of Russia was held in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic on 17 March 1991. The referendum was held alongside a referendum of the preservation of USSR. Prior to the referendum, the Russian head of state was the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR, elected by the Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian SFSR. With 71% of voters approving the proposal, the post of President of the Russian SFSR was introduced, and two months later Boris Yeltsin was elected as the first president.

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|File:Voter invitation USSR referendum 1991.jpg |Voter invitation card for the referendum |File:RIAN archive 418402 People's Deputy of USSR Yury Afanasyev attends Moscow meeting to support Boris Yeltsin and Russian presidential referendum.jpg |People's Deputy of the USSR Yury Afanasyev at a Moscow rally in support of Boris Yeltsin and the Russian presidential referendum |File:RIAN archive 422801 Boris Yeltsin.jpg |Boris Yeltsin campaigning in support of the referendum |File:RIAN archive 426698 Moscow Mayor Gavriil Popov speaking at a rally.jpg |Moscow mayor Gavriil Popov at a rally in support of the referendum

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1642 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p1647
(26 March 1991). "Сообщение Центральной комиссии РСФСР по проведению референдумов".

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