Presidential election in Ukraine 1991

Result of the 1991 presidential election. Kravchuk (blue) won in almost all oblasts. Tschornowil (orange) was able to win only three oblasts in the west

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

1. ^ Nohlen D. & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p. 1976, ISBN 9783832956097
2. ^ The Ukrainian Weekly, December 8, 1991 , accessed March 23, 2015