1991 Ukrainian Presidential Election
The independence-day election1 December 1991 · The founding elections
Presidential elections were held in Ukraine on 1 December 1991. Leonid Kravchuk, the chairman of the Verkhovna Rada and de facto incumbent head of state, won with 61.6% of the vote, defeating five candidates from the pro-independence national democratic opposition Democratic Bloc.
President before
Leonid Kravchuk (acting)
Independent
Elected President
Leonid Kravchuk
Independent
Winning share
61.6%
Turnout
84.2%
The result
| Leonid Kravchuk | Independent | 19,643,481 | 61.59% |
| Viacheslav Chornovil | People's Movement of Ukraine | 7,420,727 | 23.27% |
| Levko Lukianenko | Ukrainian Republican Party | 1,432,556 | 4.49% |
| Volodymyr Hrynyov | Party of Democratic Revival of Ukraine | 1,329,758 | 4.17% |
| Ihor Yukhnovskyi | Party of Democratic Revival of Ukraine | 554,719 | 1.74% |
| Leopold Taburyanskyi | People's Party of Ukraine | 182,713 | 0.57% |
| Against all and invalid votes | — | 1,327,788 | 4.16% |