Presidential elections were held in Ukraine on 1 December 1991,[ 1] the first direct presidential elections in the country's history. Leonid Kravchuk , the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada and de facto acting president, ran as an independent candidate and was elected for a five-year term with 61.6% of the vote.[ 2]
1991 Ukrainian presidential election Turnout 84.18%
Results by oblast
An independence referendum held on the same day saw 92 percent of voters voting to secede from the Soviet Union .[ 2] All six presidential candidates supported independence and had campaigned for a "yes" vote in the referendum.
Candidate Party Votes % Leonid Kravchuk Independent 19,643,481 61.59 Viacheslav Chornovil People's Movement of Ukraine 7,420,727 23.27 Levko Lukianenko Ukrainian Republican Party 1,432,556 4.49 Volodymyr Hrynyov Party of Democratic Revival of Ukraine 1,329,758 4.17 Ihor Yukhnovskyi Independent 554,719 1.74 Leopold Taburyanskyi People's Party of Ukraine 182,713 0.57 Against all and invalid votes 1,327,788 4.16 Total 31,891,742 100.00 Total votes 31,891,742 – Registered voters/turnout 37,885,555 84.18 Source: Nohlen & Stöver[ 3]