1994 Ukrainian presidential election

1994 Ukrainian presidential election

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10 July 1994 (second round)
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Turnout70.37% (first round)
71.63% (second round)
 
Nominee Leonid Kuchma Leonid Kravchuk
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote 14,016,850 12,111,603
Percentage 52.35% 45.24%


President before election

Leonid Kravchuk
Independent

Elected President

Leonid Kuchma
Independent

Early presidential elections were held in Ukraine on 26 June 1994, with a second round on 10 July.[1][2] They were held ahead of schedule following a compromise between President Leonid Kravchuk and the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament. The elections saw Kravchuk defeated by his former Prime Minister Leonid Kuchma. They were the first presidential elections in the Commonwealth of Independent States in which the incumbent was defeated.

Kuchma took office on 19 July, marking the first peaceful transfer of power in Ukraine since the fall of Communism.

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1976 ISBN 9783832956097
  2. ^ Birch, Sarah (1995). "The Ukrainian parliamentary and presidential elections of 1994". Electoral Studies. 14 (1): 93–99. doi:10.1016/0261-3794(95)95775-6. ISSN 0261-3794.