[1] Members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) won 920 of the 1,068 seats, although several were supporters of the Democratic Russia movement.

[2] The seats for social organisations were abolished and candidate nomination criteria were relaxed,[2] with the local electoral commission screening stage scrapped.

[4] The CPSU was the only party to contest the elections,[2] but was challenged by independent opposition candidates in nearly every seat,[5] with only 33 uncontested.

[2] Vote counting was rigged in some areas where independent observers were unable to attend.

[1] Seven seats were left unfilled due to the turnout threshold requirement not being met.