1991 Ukrainian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Ukraine on 1 December 1991,[1] the first direct presidential elections in the country's history. Leonid Kravchuk, the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada and de facto acting president, ran as an independent candidate and was elected with 61.6% of the vote.[2]
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| Turnout | 84.2% | ||||||||||||||||
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An independence referendum held on the same day saw 92 percent of voters voting to secede from the Soviet Union.[2] All six presidential candidates supported independence and had campaigned for a "yes" vote in the referendum.
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leonid Kravchuk | Independent | 19,643,481 | 61.6 |
| Viacheslav Chornovil | People's Movement of Ukraine | 7,420,727 | 23.3 |
| Levko Lukianenko | Ukrainian Republican Party | 1,432,556 | 4.5 |
| Volodymyr Hrynyov | Party of Democratic Revival of Ukraine | 1,329,758 | 4.2 |
| Ihor Yukhnovskyi | Independent | 554,719 | 1.7 |
| Leopold Taburyanskyi | People's Party of Ukraine | 182,713 | 0.6 |
| Against all | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 1,327,788 | 4.2 | |
| Total | 31,891,742 | 100 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 37,885,555 | 84.2 | |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||
By region
References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1976 ISBN 9783832956097
- Independence - over 90% vote yes in referendum; Kravchuk elected president of Ukraine Archived 2017-10-19 at the Wayback Machine, The Ukrainian Weekly, 8 December 1991
External links
- Chrystyna Lalpychak. INDEPENDENCE Archived 2017-10-19 at the Wayback Machine. The Ukrainian Weekly. December 8, 1991
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