2004 Ukrainian Presidential Election
The Orange Revolution election26 December 2004 (second round re-run) · The Orange decade · two-round vote
Presidential elections were held in Ukraine on 31 October, 21 November, 26 December 2004 and 1 January 2005. This was the fourth presidential election in Ukraine following independence from the Soviet Union.
The official November runoff was falsified for Viktor Yanukovych, and the Orange Revolution forced the Supreme Court to annul it. The result recorded here is the re-run of 26 December, judged free and fair by international observers.
President before
Leonid Kuchma
Independent
Elected President
Viktor Yushchenko
Independent
Winning share
52.8%
second round
Turnout
74.5%
second round 81.1%
The result
| Viktor Yushchenko | Independent | 11,188,675 | 41.13% | 15,115,712 | 52.77% |
| Viktor Yanukovych | Party of Regions | 11,008,731 | 40.47% | 12,848,528 | 44.85% |
| Oleksandr Moroz | Socialist Party of Ukraine | 1,632,098 | 6.00% | — | — |
| Petro Symonenko | Communist Party of Ukraine | 1,396,135 | 5.13% | — | — |
| Nataliya Vitrenko | Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine | 429,794 | 1.58% | — | — |
| Anatoliy Kinakh | Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine | 262,530 | 0.97% | — | — |
| Oleksandr Yakovenko | Communist Party of Workers and Peasants | 219,191 | 0.81% | — | — |
| Oleksandr Omelchenko | Unity | 136,830 | 0.50% | — | — |
| Leonid Chernovetskyi | Independent | 129,066 | 0.47% | — | — |
| Dmytro Korchynsky | Independent | 49,961 | 0.18% | — | — |
| Andriy Chornovil | Independent | 36,278 | 0.13% | — | — |
| Mykola Hrabar | Independent | 19,675 | 0.07% | — | — |
| Mykhailo Brodskyy | Independent | 16,498 | 0.06% | — | — |
| Yuriy Zbitnyev | New Power | 16,321 | 0.06% | — | — |
| Serhiy Komisarenko | Independent | 13,754 | 0.05% | — | — |
| Vasyl Volha | Public Control | 12,956 | 0.05% | — | — |
| Bohdan Boyko | People's Movement of Ukraine for Unity | 12,793 | 0.05% | — | — |
| Oleksandr Rzhavskyy | United Family | 10,714 | 0.04% | — | — |
| Mykola Rohozhynskyy | Independent | 10,289 | 0.04% | — | — |
| Vladyslav Kryvobokov | People's Party of Depositors and Social Protection | 9,340 | 0.03% | — | — |
| Oleksandr Bazylyuk | Slavic Party | 8,963 | 0.03% | — | — |
| Ihor Dushyn | Liberal Democratic Party of Ukraine | 8,623 | 0.03% | — | — |
| Roman Kozak | OUN in Ukraine | 8,410 | 0.03% | — | — |
| Volodymyr Nechyporuk | Independent | 6,171 | 0.02% | — | — |