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 votes
52.77%
second round
Viktor Yanukovych
Party of Regions · 11,008,731 votes
44.85%
second round
Oleksandr Moroz
Socialist Party of Ukraine · 1,632,098 votes
6.00%
first round
Petro Symonenko
Communist Party of Ukraine · 1,396,135 votes
5.13%
first round
Nataliya Vitrenko
Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine · 429,794 votes
1.58%
first round
Anatoliy Kinakh
Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine · 262,530 votes
0.97%
first round
Oleksandr Yakovenko
Communist Party of Workers and Peasants · 219,191 votes
0.81%
first round
Oleksandr Omelchenko
Unity · 136,830 votes
0.50%
first round
Leonid Chernovetskyi
Independent · 129,066 votes
0.47%
first round
Dmytro Korchynsky
Independent · 49,961 votes
0.18%
first round
Andriy Chornovil
Independent · 36,278 votes
0.13%
first round
Mykola Hrabar
Independent · 19,675 votes
0.07%
first round