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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 Results of the 1991 presidential election. Kravchuk won in all but three western provinces, which were won by Chornovil. | |||||||||||||||||
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An independence referendum held on the same day saw 91 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 | % |
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| Leonid Kravchuk | Independent | 19,643,481 | 61.6 |
| Vyacheslav Chornovil | People's Movement of Ukraine | 7,420,727 | 23.3 |
| Levko Lukyanenko | 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 Taburyansky | People's Party of Ukraine | 182,713 | 0.6 |
| Against all | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | – | ||
| 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, The Ukrainian Weekly, 8 December 1991
External links
- Chrystyna Lalpychak. INDEPENDENCE. The Ukrainian Weekly. December 8, 1991
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