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were held in Ukraine on 1 December 1991,

Dieter Nohlen Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An expe ...

& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1976 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 with 61.6% of the vote.Independence - over 90% vote yes in referendum; Kravchuk elected president of Ukraine
, '' The Ukrainian Weekly'', 8 December 1991 An independence referendum held on the same day saw 92 percent of voters voting to secede from the Soviet Union. All six presidential candidates supported independence and had campaigned for a "yes" vote in the referendum.

Results

By region

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* Chrystyna Lalpychak.
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''. The Ukrainian Weekly. December 8, 1991 {{1991 presidential election candidates, Ukraine

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