Ukrainian independence referendum, 1991

The ballot paper used in the referendum, with the text of the Declaration of Independence printed on it.

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A referendum on the Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine took place in Ukraine on December 1, 1991. The only question of the referendum was: "Do you support the Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine?" – with the text of the Declaration as a preamble to the question. The referendum was called by the Parliament of Ukraine to confirm the Act of Independence, which was adopted by the Parliament on August 24, 1991.

Citizens of Ukraine expressed overwhelming support for independence. In the referendum, 31,891,742 registered voters (or 84.18% of the electorate) took part, and among them 28,804,071 (or 90.32%) voted "Yes".

On the same day, a presidential election took place. Ukrainians elected Leonid Kravchuk (the parliament chairman at the time) to serve as the first President of Ukraine.

Referendum results by regions

The Act of Independence was supported by citizens of all 27 administrative regions of Ukraine: 24 Oblasts, 1 Autonomous Republic, and 2 Special Municipalities (Kiev City and Sevastopol City).

Subdivision	Voted "Yes" %
Crimean ASSR	54.19
Cherkasy Oblast	96.03
Chernihiv Oblast	93.74
Chernivtsi Oblast	92.78
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast	90.36
Donetsk Oblast	83.90
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast	98.42
Kharkiv Oblast	86.33
Kherson Oblast	90.13
Khmelnytskyi Oblast	96.30
Kiev Oblast	95.52
Kirovohrad Oblast	93.88
Luhansk Oblast	83.86
Lviv Oblast	97.46
Mykolayiv Oblast	89.45
Odessa Oblast	85.38
Poltava Oblast	94.93
Rivne Oblast	95.96
Sumy Oblast	92.61
Ternopil Oblast	98.67
Vinnytsia Oblast	95.43
Volyn Oblast	96.32
Zakarpattia Oblast	92.59
Zaporizhzhia Oblast	90.66
Zhytomyr Oblast	95.06
Kiev City	92.87
Sevastopol City	57.07
National Total	90.32

See also

• Soviet Union referendum, 1991

External links

• "Law of Ukraine N 1660-XII on organization of referendum" (in Ukrainian). 1991-10-11. http://zakon1.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg=1660%2D12. 
• "Law of Ukraine N 1661-XII on text for referendum" (in Ukrainian). 1991-10-11. http://zakon1.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg=1661%2D12. 
• "Independence - over 90% vote yes in referendum; Kravchuk elected president of Ukraine" – Chrystyna Lapychak, The Ukrainian Weekly, December 8, 1991
• "The funeral of the empire", Leonid Kravchuk, Zerkalo Nedeli (Mirror Weekly), August 23–September 1, 2001. Available online in Russian and in Ukrainian.
• "Confide in people," Dr. Stanislav Kulchytsky, Zerkalo Nedeli (Mirror Weekly), December 1–December 7, 2001. Available online in Russian and in Ukrainian.