1993 Russian constitutional referendum

National referendum on Russian Constitution 1993 Russian government referendum July 2026 Do you accept the draft Constitution of the Russian Federation? Russia 12 December 1993 32,937,630 23,431,333 1,357,909 106,170,835 1993 Russian constitutional referendum.svg federal subject A constitutional referendum was held in Russia on 12 December 1993.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1642 978-3-8329-5609-7 The new constitution was approved by 58% of voters, and came into force on 25 December.The Constitution of Russia https://web.archive.org/web/20120207162042/http://archive.kremlin.ru/eng/articles/ConstMain.shtml 7 February 2012 President of Russia Background Since 1992, President Boris Yeltsin had been arguing that the 1978 constitution was obsolete and needed replacing.The Constitution and Government Structure Country Studies He called for a new constitution which would grant more powers to the President. However, two competing drafts of a new constitution were drawn up by the government and the Congress of People's Deputies. Failure of the two groups to reach a compromise led to Yeltsin dissolving the Congress of People's Deputies in September 1993, leading to a constitutional crisis. Yeltsin then called a Constitutional Assembly that was sympathetic to his views. The Assembly subsequently drafted a constitution that provided for a strong presidency, and was published on 11 November.Richard Sakwa (2008) Russian politics and society Taylor & Francis, p64 Name This referendum was officially named "nationwide voting" (ru всенародное голосование vsenarodnoye golosovaniye) in documents. ru Раздел второйЗаключительные и переходные положения1. Конституция Российской Федерации вступает в силу со дня официального ее опубликования по результатам всенародного голосования. 1993 Constitution of Russia Translated: Second SectionConcluding and Transitional Provisions1. The Constitution of the Russian Federation shall come into force from the moment of its official publication according to the results of a nationwide voting. Results Voter turnout was officially reported as 54%,Nohlen & Stöver, p1648 over the 50% threshold required to validate the referendum. However, doubts remained over the accuracy of the turnout figure, exacerbated by the quick destruction of ballots and area tallies. 32937630 23431333 1357909 106170835 Nohlen & Stöver By region thumb|320px|Margin of victory by region Federal subjectForAgainstInvalid/blankTotalRegisteredvotersTurnoutVotes%Votes%1Adygea74,84638.90117,57161.103157195,574323,61260.432Bashkortostan721,76942.01996,13557.9952,1131,770,0172,824,12562.673Buryatia204,77957.96148,54742.0415,479368,805663,95755.554Altai43,62955.9734,31644.03281880,763123,09165.615Dagestan141,69720.86537,60179.1411,332690,6301,089,62663.386Ingushetia37,58356.9028,46943.1087766,929124,75453.657Kabardino-Balkaria185,21463.26107,55336.745849298,616508,68358.708Kalmykia57,25851.5253,88048.486359117,497206,94456.789Karachay-Cherkessia55,51228.00142,74372.003353201,608286,57970.3510Karelia210,73070.8886,57129.127760305,061577,61852.8111Komi239,18063.77135,89336.239158384,231808,41847.5312Mari156,17952.43141,69547.5710,235308,109537,28257.3513Mordovia153,77837.14260,22062.8610,737424,735689,30961.6214Yakutia214,26355.01175,25344.9919,403408,919625,43265.3815North Ossetia132,20253.09116,80146.917626256,629421,50060.8816TatarstanTatarstan authorities called on the population to boycott the popular vote (which resulted in an extremely low turnout), but did not interfere with his conduct 264,02874.8488,75825.1613,434366,2202,638,57513.8817Tuva31,31031.2168,99968.794240104,549165,62063.1318Udmurtia301,02657.45222,91242.5516,452540,3901,134,00947.6519Khakassia99,73758.4770,83941.535146175,722384,23445.7320ChechnyaChechen authorities prevented the holding of the popular vote in the republic.––––––––21Chuvashia237,10741.58333,13158.4222,315592,553943,45862.8122Altai Krai524,00551.17499,96948.8322,0391,046,0131,929,49754.2123Krasnodar Krai970,83851.16926,92548.8434,2291,931,9923,546,77554.4724Krasnoyarsk653,48961.84403,17338.1623,5961,080,2582,117,78451.0125Primorsky Krai551,44771.45220,36828.5519,836791,6511,549,82351.0826Stavropol Krai607,82554.15514,69345.8518,9481,141,4661,809,14663.0927Khabarovsk Krai352,61970.46147,84329.5413,692514,1541,081,80247.5328Amur191,06050.24189,23149.766811387,102670,70157.7229Arkhangelsk410,90573.24150,10926.7612,960573,9741,059,40454.1830Astrakhan208,29858.48147,91441.528791365,003723,93650.4231Belgorod311,57744.95381,64955.0511,758704,9841,055,31866.8032Bryansk293,49442.36399,44257.6412,377705,3131,094,78064.4333Vladimir425,54859.63288,12140.3719,230732,8991,227,72759.7034Volgograd503,39148.72529,80851.2828,7431,061,9421,926,08655.1335Vologda393,08869.84169,76130.1613,633576,482974,02659.1936Voronezh502,35845.16610,00654.8419,2931,131,6571,922,59558.8637Ivanovo343,39064.02193,01535.9814,274550,679966,57956.9738Irkutsk621,67674.16216,57125.8417,947856,1941,767,95548.4339Kaliningrad251,57566.33127,71133.678949388,235691,22656.1740Kaluga250,65350.60244,75049.409896505,299806,95862.6241Kamchatka86,23971.0335,17628.972574123,989286,98343.2042Kemerovo683,55262.30413,68137.7037,2521,134,4852,147,96552.8243Kirov412,67161.38259,68238.6219,851692,2041,199,82357.6944Kostroma201,71158.00146,04842.007237354,996594,81259.6845Kurgan264,74957.24197,79442.769186471,729780,22360.4646Kursk274,70443.79352,64756.2110,119637,470996,38563.9847Leningrad466,16767.58223,60432.4215,586705,3571,258,38756.0548Lipetsk229,08642.38311,52557.6212,352552,963923,92259.8549Magadan60,85468.5627,91231.44173290,498186,78048.4550Moscow1,841,77162.941,084,42337.0690,7183,016,9125,374,05656.1451Murmansk284,98471.30114,69828.708824408,506806,70550.6452Nizhny Novgorod820,21557.47607,07642.5341,9521,469,2432,832,86351.8653Novgorod202,83263.04118,93636.967709329,477559,61258.8854Novosibirsk509,59251.52479,47948.4823,2051,012,2762,005,96950.4655Omsk491,75157.79359,20842.2122,419873,3781,506,47157.9856Orenburg482,96658.02349,47241.9820,026852,4641,551,63854.9457Oryol186,46342.61251,09057.397361444,914687,00264.7658Penza289,55039.91435,96560.0913,496739,0111,152,39964.1359Perm715,22979.79181,12220.2124,379920,7301,995,77046.1360Pskov241,28356.96182,35343.046498430,134643,48566.8461Rostov929,50651.50875,50348.5041,5881,846,5973,236,96057.0562Ryazan327,81250.58320,30449.4213,465661,5811,019,51864.8963Samara705,42556.87534,88443.1333,2051,273,5142,424,18452.5364Saratov586,01951.06561,71148.9423,3461,171,0762,009,81958.2765Sakhalin147,40663.9683,05236.045863236,321473,47449.9166Sverdlovsk1,299,29979.84327,99020.1638,5431,665,8323,426,95448.6167Smolensk236,09742.82315,28957.189944561,330873,72964.2568Tambov257,13341.99355,30158.0113,331625,765977,86763.9969Tver387,02651.34366,84148.6616,657770,5241,239,45062.1770Tomsk217,62468.45100,30831.559061326,993728,06244.9171Tula488,71458.22350,64341.7823,602862,9591,441,23359.8872Tyumen282,91767.77134,57632.2311,935429,428883,20348.6273Ulyanovsk314,21651.16299,92648.8414,056628,1981,059,02359.3274Chelyabinsk1,009,54477.21298,00022.7927,8931,335,4372,631,09850.7675Chita224,54856.81170,73943.1910,428405,715790,13751.3576Yaroslavl397,89866.33202,01333.6716,348616,2591,098,48356.1077Moscow (City)2,474,52469.941,063,40630.0675,8173,613,7476,987,49451.7278Saint Petersburg1,391,88771.61551,76528.3928,4081,972,0603,760,85252.4479Jewish AO44,40664.8524,07135.15215270,629137,03851.5480Agin-Buryat AO19,20169.908,27030.1084628,31744,38763.8081Komi-Permyak AO46,43281.4410,58018.56160358,615102,90956.9682Koryakia9,26773.983,25926.0279213,31822,82858.3483Nenets AO13,33874.414,58725.5955418,47931,47058.7284Taymyr13,81581.803,07418.2050717,39629,41159.1585Ust-Orda Buryat AO45,57780.8910,76419.1199657,33782,87169.1986Khanty-Mansi AO253,45881.8456,22418.165919315,601794,13139.7487Chukotka31,50375.8810,01524.1287642,39475,66156.0388Evenkia5,17668.942,33231.06177768513,86355.4489Yamalo-Nenets AO102,43080.3425,06919.662676130,175284,53245.75Total32,937,63058.4323,431,33341.571,357,90957,726,872106,170,83554.37Source: Central Election Commission of Russia References Category:Referendums in Russia Russia Category:Constitutional referendums Constitutional Category:1993 Russian constitutional 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