<page_title> 1996 Russian presidential election </page_title> <section_title> Results </section_title> <table> <cell> Boris Yeltsin <col_header> Candidate </col_header> <col_header> % </col_header> </cell> <cell> 54.4 <col_header> Second round </col_header> </cell> <cell> Gennady Zyuganov <col_header> Candidate </col_header> <col_header> % </col_header> </cell> <cell> Communist Party <col_header> Party </col_header> <col_header> Votes </col_header> </cell> </table>
Yeltsin defeated Communist Gennady Zyuganov in the 1996 Russian presidential election, receiving 54.4% of the vote.