Presidential election in Ukraine 1991
The presidential election in Ukraine in 1991 was the first presidential election of Ukraine as well as the first free election in this since 1918. They took place on 1 December 1991st
In the first ballot, the independent candidate Leonid Kravchuk emerged victorious with an approval of 61.59 percent of the votes cast and subsequently became the first President of Ukraine .
On the same day, the referendum on the independence of Ukraine was held, which was supported by all six candidates for the presidency and was approved by 92.3 percent.
The election of the head of state , from which six candidates stood, had the following result:
image | Surname | Political party | be right | percent |
---|---|---|---|---|
Leonid Kravchuk | independently | 19,643,481 | 61.59 | |
Vyacheslav Chornovil | People's Movement of Ukraine | 7,420,727 | 23.27 | |
Levko Lukyanenko | Ukrainian Republican Party | 1,432,556 | 4.49 | |
Volodymyr Hrynov | Democratic Rebirth Party of Ukraine | 1,329,758 | 4.17 | |
Ihor Juchnowskyj | independently | 554.719 | 1.74 | |
Leopold Taburjanskyj | People's Party | 182.713 | 0.57 | |
Votes against / abstentions / invalid votes | 1,327,788 | |||
Total votes cast | 31,891,742 | 100 | ||
Total registered voters / turnout | 37,885,555 | 84.16 |
Web links
Commons : Elections in Ukraine 1991 - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ Nohlen D. & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p. 1976, ISBN 9783832956097
- ^ The Ukrainian Weekly, December 8, 1991 , accessed March 23, 2015