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 votes
61.59%
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Viacheslav Chornovil
People's Movement of Ukraine · 7,420,727 votes
23.27%
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Levko Lukianenko
Ukrainian Republican Party · 1,432,556 votes
4.49%
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Volodymyr Hrynyov
Party of Democratic Revival of Ukraine · 1,329,758 votes
4.17%
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Ihor Yukhnovskyi
Party of Democratic Revival of Ukraine · 554,719 votes
1.74%
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Leopold Taburyanskyi
People's Party of Ukraine · 182,713 votes
0.57%
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Against all and invalid votes
1,327,788 votes
4.16%
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