The Party of Russian Unity and Accord (, ''Partiya rossiiskogo edinstva i soglasiya'', PRES) was a political party in
Russia
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with centrist, moderate pro-reform positions.
History
The party was established in late 1993. In the
1993 parliamentary elections it received 6.7% of the proportional representation vote,
[ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1650 ] and won 27 of the 450 seats in the
State Duma.
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.
[Nohlen & Stöver, p1645] It did not contest any further elections.
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See also
*Party of Russian Unity and Accord politicians
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References
{{Defunct Russian political parties
Defunct political parties in Russia
Political parties established in 1992
1992 establishments in Russia