1997 Chechen general election

27 January 1997

Presidential election

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Candidate	Aslan Makhadov	Shamil Basayev	Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev
Party	PNN	Marşanan Toba	Dzhokhar's Path
Running mate	Vakha Arsanov		Said-Khasanom Abumuslimov
Popular vote	241,950	95,841	41,183
Percentage	61.82%	24.49%	10.52%

General elections were held in the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, an unrecognized state considered a part of Russia under international law, on 27 January 1997 to elect the president and parliament.^[1] The result of the presidential elections was a victory for Aslan Maskhadov.^[2]

Results

President


Candidate	Votes	%
Aslan Maskhadov	241,950	61.82
Shamil Basayev	95,841	24.49
Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev	41,183	10.52
Movladi Udugov	12,398	3.17
Akhmed Zakayev
Other candidates
Total	391,372	100.00

Registered voters/turnout	513,585	–
Source: L'Orient-Le Jour, Japanese Electoral Society

Parliament



Party		Seats
	Party of National Independence	20
	Islamic Order	7
	Independents	29
Vacant		7
Total		63

References

^ Maksimov, Fedor (10 March 2003). ""Да. Да. Да", или проиграешь!" ["Yes. Yes. Yes", or you lose!]. Kommersant (in Russian).
^ "Chechen rebel leader claims presidential victory". CNN. 28 January 1997.