1994 Ukrainian Presidential Election
10 July 1994 (second round) · The founding elections · two-round vote
Early presidential elections were held in Ukraine on 26 June 1994, with a second round on 10 July. They were held ahead of schedule following a compromise between President Leonid Kravchuk and the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament.
President before
Leonid Kravchuk
Independent
Elected President
Leonid Kuchma
Independent
Winning share
52.4%
second round
Turnout
70.4%
second round 71.6%
The result
| Leonid Kravchuk | Independent | 9,977,766 | 38.36% | 12,111,603 | 45.24% |
| Leonid Kuchma | Independent | 8,274,806 | 31.81% | 14,016,850 | 52.35% |
| Oleksandr Moroz | Socialist Party of Ukraine | 3,466,541 | 13.33% | — | — |
| Volodymyr Lanovyi | Independent | 2,483,986 | 9.55% | — | — |
| Valeriy Babych | Independent | 644,263 | 2.48% | — | — |
| Ivan Plyushch | Independent | 321,886 | 1.24% | — | — |
| Petro Talanchuk | Independent | 143,361 | 0.55% | — | — |