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Party of Russian Unity and Accord
Партия российского единства и согласия
Leader Sergey Shakhray
Founded17 August 1993
Colours  Dark blue
  Light blue
  Red

The Party of Russian Unity and Accord ( Russian: Партия российского единства и согласия, Partiya rossiiskogo edinstva i soglasiya, PRES) was a political party in Russia.

History

The party was established in August 1993. [1] In the December 1993 parliamentary elections it received 7% of the proportional representation vote, [2] and won 27 of the 450 seats in the State Duma. [3]

In the 1995 elections the party's vote share fell to 0.4%, and it failed to win any proportional seats, although it did win a single district seat. [4] [5] It did not contest any further elections. [5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Общероссийская общественно-политическая организация "Партия российского единства и согласия"
  2. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1650 ISBN  978-3-8329-5609-7
  3. ^ Elections held in 1993 IPU
  4. ^ Shevtsova, Lilia (1999). Yeltsin's Russia Myths and Reality. Washington: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. p. 148.
  5. ^ a b Nohlen & Stöver, p1645