1994 Ukrainian presidential election

1994 Ukrainian presidential election

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Turnout	70.37% (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%
First round results by oblast Second round results by oblast
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] They were held ahead of schedule following a compromise between President Leonid Kravchuk and the Verkhovna Rada. 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 since the fall of Communism.