1999 Moscow mayoral election

1999 Moscow mayoral election Moscow presidential no 1996 Moscow mayoral election 1996 2003 Moscow mayoral election 2003 19 December 1999 66.13%https://tass.ru/moskva/672211 История выборов и назначений мэра Москвы 2020-10-26 2021-10-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20211021072957/https://tass.ru/moskva/672211 Yuri Luzhkov.jpg Yury Luzhkov Independent politician Fatherland – All Russia Valery Shantsev Fatherland – All Russia 3,174,658 69.89% Sergei Kirienko - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2000 (cropped).jpg Sergey Kiriyenko Independent politician Union of Right Forces Vyacheslav Glazychev Union of Right Forces 510,958 11.25% Pavel Borodin 2000.jpg Pavel Borodin Independent politician Leonid Troshin Independent 273,076 6.01% Mayor Yury Luzhkov Fatherland (Russia) Yury Luzhkov Fatherland (Russia) The 1999 Moscow mayoral election was an election that took place on December 19, 1999, in the city of Moscow to the Mayor of Moscow. According to the results, the tandem of incumbent mayor Yuri Luzhkov and Valery Shantsev (for the post of vice-mayor) won in the first round with 69.9% of the votes. Background In June 1999, the Moscow City Duma shortened the term of office of the mayor and vice-mayor of Moscow, elected on June 16, 1996 for a four-year term, to June 16, 2000. According to the legislation in force at that time, the date of the elections of the mayor and vice-mayor of Moscow had to be announced no later than 90 days before the election date (September 19, 1999) and agreed upon with the incumbent mayor. The incumbent mayor, Yuri Luzhkov, confirmed in writing his consent to scheduling the elections for December 19. On July 7, 1999, the Moscow City Duma adopted Law of the City of Moscow No. 22 "On the Election of Deputies of the Moscow City Duma, the Mayor and Vice-Mayor of Moscow and Councilors of the District Assembly in Moscow", which established the legislative basis for the upcoming elections.http://www.systemfond.ru/law.phtml?p=126 Закон города Москвы от 7 июля 1999 г. № 22 «О выборах депутатов Московской городской Думы, Мэра и Вице-мэра Москвы и советников районного Собрания в Москве» Московская городская дума Фонд системного анализа и социально-экономического проектирования 2012-05-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20110814080507/http://www.systemfond.ru/law.phtml?p=126 2011-08-14 Campaign On September 17, 1999, the current mayor of Moscow, Yuri Luzhkov, officially announced his intention to run for mayor, naming Valery Shantsev as his candidate for the post of vice-mayor.http://www.anticompromat.org/shantsev/shantsbio.html Шанцев Валерий Павлинович Публичная интернет-библиотека Владимира Прибыловского Прибыловский Владимир 2012-05-18 2012-06-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20120620074800/http://www.anticompromat.org/shantsev/shantsbio.html The opposition forces to Luzhkov in the Kremlin and the right forces, represented by the Union of Right Forces, nominated an alternative candidate to Luzhkov in the person of former Russian Prime Minister Sergei Kiriyenko.http://www.newlist.ru/Detailed/3780.html Выборы мэра Москвы назначены на 7 декабря 2003-09-08 newlist.ru 2012-05-18 2016-03-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090340/http://www.newlist.ru/Detailed/3780.html On November 19, the final list of mayoral candidates was approved, which included pensioner Vladimir Voronin, human rights activist from Kazan Dmitry Berdnikov, former Prime Minister of Russia Sergei Kiriyenko, incumbent Mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov, Chief of Staff of the President of Russia Pavel Borodin, State Duma deputy from the LDPR Aleksey Mitrofanov, State Duma deputy Vladimir Semago, businessman Yevgeny Martynov, Deputy Chairman of the Moscow Healthcare Committee Ivan Leshkevich, Chairman of Pamyat movement, Dmitri Vasilyev and director of a trading company Vladimir Kiselyov.http://www.ng.ru/politics/1999-11-20/3_mer.html Выборы мэра Москвы выходят на финишную прямую Шагин Сергей Независимая газета 2012-05-18 2006-06-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20060620105521/http://www.ng.ru/politics/1999-11-20/3_mer.html During the election campaign, Vladimir Semago and Ivan Leshkevichhttp://www.politika.su/vybory/rre99t.html Губернаторские выборы — 1999 2009-09-17 2014-03-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20140317020208/http://www.politika.su/vybory/rre99t.html withdrew their candidacies, giving their support to Luzhkov. Dmitry Berdnikov was removed from registration because of the partner of the vice-mayoral candidate.http://www.labyrinth.ru/content/card.asp?cardid=57332 БЕРДНИКОВ Дмитрий Николаевич — Биография — БД "Лабиринт" 2013-06-05 2011-12-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20111209023518/http://labyrinth.ru/content/card.asp?cardid=57332 The first round of elections took place on December 19, 1999. Voter turnout was 66%.http://2003.newsru.com/article/367 Лужков пойдет на выборы без "Единой России" 2003-09-26 Проект «Выборы-2003» информационного портала newsru.com 2012-05-18 2004-04-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20040423050524/http://2003.newsru.com/article/367 Results +Results of the 1999 Moscow mayoral electionhttp://zakon.7law.info/base73/part6/d73ru6089.htm Решение Мосгоризбиркома ОТ 22.12.1999 N 35/5 О тексте сообщения Московской городской избирательной комиссии об итогах выборов мэра и вице-мэра Москвы zakon.7law.info https://web.archive.org/web/20160308224439/http://zakon.7law.info/base73/part6/d73ru6089.htm 8 March 2016 dead Candidate Running mate Party Result % Yury LuzhkovValery ShantsevFatherland – All Russia 69.89 Sergey KiriyenkoVyacheslav GlazychevUnion of Right Forces 11.25 Pavel BorodinLeonid TroshinIndependent 6.01 Yevgeny MartynovSergey SeryoginCommunist Party of the Russian Federation 2.83 Dmitry VasilyevAlexander Netesov Pamyat 1.04 Aleksey MitrofanovAndrey BrezhnevIndependent 0.61 Vladimir VoroninSvetlana SavinovaIndependent 0.41 Vladimir KiselyovValery KireyevIndependent 0.19Against all 5.59Invalid ballots 2.18Total 100Eligible voters/turnout 65.48 References Category:Mayoral elections in Moscow Category:1999 in Moscow Category:1999 elections in Russia Category:December 1999 in Russia