2001 Soviet Union legislative election (New Union)

12 October 2001
Soviet of The Union election
All 750 seats in the Soviet of The Union 376 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	54.34% (22.66pp)
Party Leader % Seats +/– SDPSU Konstantin Titov 162 +46 Rodina Alexander Lebed 7.85 117 +89 Communist (Reform) Nikolai Ryzhkov 96 -61 Green Grigory Yavlinsky 64 New Liberal Garry Kasparov 57 New LDPSU Vladimir Zhirinovsky 11.21 57 -7 People’s Party Yevgeny Primakov 8.46 56 +20 Agrarian Mikhail Lapshin 3.78 42 +13 Democratic Union Boris Yeltsin 41 -169 Rukh Ihor Yukhnovskyi 18 +2 CDKRP Viktor Tyulkin 1.16 11 +8 BPF Zianon Pazniak 6 -6 Communist (Soyuz) Sergei Stepanov 2 -17 APFP Ismat Abasov 0.54 3 0 ANC Levon Ter-Petrosyan 2 +2 Independent 16 -41 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Most voted-for party by region
Soviet of Nationalities election
244 seats in the Soviet of Nationalities
Turnout	54.34%
Party Leader % Seats DC Boris Yeltsin 224 Communist Nikolai Ryzhkov 62.08 45 LDPSU Vladimir Zhirinovsky 5.07 22 SDPSU Konstantin Titov 6.54 21 Rodina Alexander Lebed 8.86 20 Agrarian Mikhail Lapshin 20 People’s Party Yevgeny Primakov 11.46 12 BPF Zianon Pazniak 1.16 6 APFP 4 Independent 24 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Result

Soviet of the Union

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Democratic Union	1,000	14.29	210	New
	Communist Party	1,000	14.29	156	-394
	SDPSU	1,000	14.29	116	New
	LDPSU	1,000	14.29	64	+64
	People’s Party	1,000	14.29	36	New
	Rodina	1,000	14.29	28	New
	Agrarian	1,000	14.29	29	New
Total		7,000	100.00	639	+29
Valid votes		24,473	99.37
Invalid/blank votes		154	0.63
Total votes		24,627	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		30,899	79.70
Source: Guernsey Election Office