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18 Leonid B. Vardomskiy
Table 2:
Comparison of political preferences of the population of Russia and Ryazan
Oblast in the results of the 1999 State Duma elections in %
Table 4:
Foreign Economic Relations of Ryazan Oblast 19
Some results of the elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation in
1999*
Region
Total
Yabloko Unity LDPR OVR CPRF SPS
Other
CPRF
Unity
OVR
SPS LDPR Yabloko
The Ryazan electoral district 149
Results in Russia
Results in Ryazan Oblast
24.29
23.24
13.12
8.60
6.40
5.98
Zakharov
100
2.8
18.8
7.6
11.7
32.4
5.8
4.4
29.94
23.05
11.65
6.36
5.83
4.83
Mikhailovsk
100
3.4
23.2
6.2
11.1
32.6
5.2
4.0
Rybnov
100
5.1
19.9
7.5
14.3
27.1
5.9
4.9
(Source: Riazanskie vedomosti, 12 December 1999.)
However, the number of CPRF supporters shows regional variation. In the Shilov
electoral district 150 with its predominantly rural population, the political prefer-
ences of the electorate have not changed in practical terms. The CPRF vote
exceeds the average Russian figure by approximately 10%, and this number has
grown somewhat in the four years between the elections (Table 3). At the same
time, in the Ryazan electoral district 149, which has a mainly urban population,
the CPRF electorate had shrunk by almost 4%. However, the tendency to exceed
the average Russian percentage has persisted.
Table 3: Some results of the State Duma elections in Russia and in the Ryazan Oblast
Ryazan
100
4.2
20.5
7.1
10.0
31.8
6.8
4.9
City of Ryazan
100
7.9
18.8
5.0
15.7
25.7
9.7
4.5
The Shilov electorral district 150
Ermishin
100
1.5
36.0
5.5
32.1
2.9
2.6
Kdaomsk
100
1.1
30.3
Kasimov
100
1.3
40.2
City of Kasimov
Klepikov
100
3.3
39.8
100
4.0
22.3
Korablin
100
3.1
23.6
Miloslavl
100
1.6
26.5
Novo-Derevensk
100
2.0
35.2
1995
CPRF in Russia
22.0%
CPRF in the Ryazan electoral district 149
30.6%
CPRF in the Shilov electoral district 150
32.3%
1999
24.3%
26.7%
34.3%
Pitelin
100
1.1
27.6
Pronsk
100
3.6
35.5
Putyatin
100
3.3
25.6
Ryazh
100
3.3
28.6
(Sources: Priokskaia gazeta, 28 December 1995; Riazanskie vedomosti, 21 December 1999.)
The left-wing parties are dominant in the local governmental organs as well.
CPRF candidate V. N. Liubimov won the elections to the position of the Head of
the Ryazan Oblast Administration both in 1996 and in 2000. Communists and
their supporters enjoy the majority in the Ryazan Oblast Duma, where they hold
the position of the Duma Chairman, along with other positions.
The Ryazan City Council that was elected in 1999 has an overwhelming
majority of Communists. Only four out of 36 Council deputies were not CPRF
members. Elections to the Ryazan City Council in 2000 have brought an end to
this trend in accordance with recent developments. Only 22 deputies out of 28
had been elected (in six districts, the ballots were not counted as voter turnout
was below the required quorum), and out of the 22 elected delegates, only five
were representatives of the CPRF. However, those results cannot be seen as evi-
dence of changing political preferences of the Ryazan residents. At the last elec-
tion in particular, voters showed a preference for strong manager types. Out of 22
Shilov
Total in
Ryazan Oblast
Sapozhkov
100
2.0
25.3
Saraev
100
1.4
28.8
Sasovo
100
1.1
26.3
City of Sasovo
100
3.3
25.0
Skopin
100
2.1
26.8
City of Skopin
100
4.0
17.0
Spassk
100
2.7
24.0
Starozhilov
100
2.9
26.3
Ukholov
100
2.2
29.7
Chuchkovsk
100
2.0
27.6
Shatsk
100
1.6
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5.7
36.7
2.0
2.5
5.4
30.4
2.4
2.6
6.2
24.9
4.7
3.3
10.0
29.4
4.4
4.6
6.3
39.4
4.4
3.4
7.0
40.3
3.0
2.2
5.2
31.0
3.0
3.2
6.9
40.1
2.4
3.0
5.9
24.9
7.8
3.1
11.6
27.4
3.9
4.3
8.6
32.0
4.2
3.6
7.1
38.1
2.6
3.3
4.4
43.6
2.2
2.6
4.4
46.8
2.1
2.2
6.7
39.7
4.9
2.5
10.8
32.7
3.0
3.7
15.3
37.8
3.8
4.2
7.4
39.9
3.4
3.3
9.7
27.2
5.8
3.6
8.5
32.3
3.3
3.6
5.4
36.2
3.5
3.6
24.4
32.0
2.9
3.1
100
2.8
24.9
8.7
35.8
3.9
3.3
100
4.9
23.4
11.8
30.4
6.5
3.9
(Calculations based on data in: Delovoi vestnik, 28 December 1999.)View entire presentation