Ukrainian presidential election, 1991

Ukrainian presidential election, 1991

December 1, 1991 → 1994

Nominee Leonid Kravchuk Viacheslav Chornovil Party Independent People's Movement of Ukraine Popular vote 19,643,481 7,420,727 Percentage 61.59% 23.27%

Results of the December 1, 1991 presidential election. Kravchuk won in all but three western provinces, which were won by Chornovil.

President before election None Elected President Leonid Kravchuk Nonpartisan

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The Ukrainian presidential election, 1991 was the first presidential election held in Ukraine following independence from the Soviet Union. The election was contested on December 1, 1991, with all six candidates campaigning in support of Ukrainian independence. With the exception of Kravchuk, none of the candidates ever ran for president again.

On the same day, Ukrainians overwhelmingly supported the Declaration of Independence in the independence referendum.

Summary of 1991 Ukraine presidential election results

Candidates	Votes	%
Leonid Kravchuk	19,643,481	61.59
Viacheslav Chornovil	7,420,727	23.27
Levko Lukyanenko	1,432,556	4.49
Volodymyr Hryniov	1,329,758	4.17
Ihor Yukhnovskyi	554,719	1.74
Leopold Taburianskyi	182,713	0.57
Total	30,563,954	100

References

• "Ukraine in the modern day" (in Ukrainian). Uriadovyi Kur'er. 1991. p. 38–39. http://www.history.univ.kiev.ua/ukrbooks/1986-96.html#150. Retrieved 2009-06-16.