Ukrainian presidential election, 1991

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The Ukrainian presidential election, 1991 was the first presidential election held in Ukraine. It took place on December 1, 1991.

On the same day, Ukrainians overwhelmingly supported the Declaration of Independence in the national referendum. All six presidential candidates were campaigning in support of Ukrainian independence.

Summary of 1991 Ukraine presidential election results

Candidates Votes  %
Leonid Kravchuk 19,643,481 61.59
Vyacheslav Chornovil 7,420,727 23.27
Levko Lukyanenko 1,432,556 4.49
Volodymyr Hryniov 1,329,758 4.17
Ihor Yukhnovskyi 554,719 1.74
Taburianskyi L.I. 182,713 0.57

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