Ukrainian presidential election, 1999
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The Ukrainian presidential election, 1999 was a presidential election held in 1999 in Ukraine
.
There were 15 candidates originally with two withdrawing prior to election (Volodymyr Oliynyk and Oleksandr Tkachenko).
At the time of election the population in Ukraine was 50,105,600 with 34,017,400 living in cities. The most districts contained the Donetsk Oblast
(23) as the most populous one, the least electoral districts among oblasts were in the Chernivtsi Oblast
, only 4. The city of Kiev
had 12 elctoral districts and Sevastopol
- 2. There also was a special out-of-country district available for voters who at the moment of elections were not available to vote in Ukraine.
The first round of the elections took place on October 30, 1999. During the round the most oblasts and the out-of-country district were won by Leonid Kuchma. In seven oblasts the top candidate was Petro Symonenko mostly in the east. Oleksandr Moroz managed to become the leader in the more agrarian oriented Poltava
and Vinnytsia Oblast
s. Nataliya Vitrenko took the peak of the candidate list in the Sumy Oblast
.
The second round of the elections took place on November 14, 1999, in which the acting President Leonid Kuchma
kept the presidential post
from the Communist party
leader Petro Symonenko
.
Summary of 1999 Ukraine presidential election results
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
.
There were 15 candidates originally with two withdrawing prior to election (Volodymyr Oliynyk and Oleksandr Tkachenko).
At the time of election the population in Ukraine was 50,105,600 with 34,017,400 living in cities. The most districts contained the Donetsk Oblast
Donetsk Oblast
Donetsk Oblast is an oblast of eastern Ukraine. Its administrative center is Donetsk. Historically, the province is an important part of the Donbas region...
(23) as the most populous one, the least electoral districts among oblasts were in the Chernivtsi Oblast
Chernivtsi Oblast
Chernivtsi Oblast is an oblast in western Ukraine, bordering on Romania and Moldova. It has a large variety of landforms: the Carpathian Mountains and picturesque hills at the foot of the mountains gradually change to a broad partly forested plain situated between the Dniester and Prut rivers....
, only 4. The city of Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
had 12 elctoral districts and Sevastopol
Sevastopol
Sevastopol is a city on rights of administrative division of Ukraine, located on the Black Sea coast of the Crimea peninsula. It has a population of 342,451 . Sevastopol is the second largest port in Ukraine, after the Port of Odessa....
- 2. There also was a special out-of-country district available for voters who at the moment of elections were not available to vote in Ukraine.
The first round of the elections took place on October 30, 1999. During the round the most oblasts and the out-of-country district were won by Leonid Kuchma. In seven oblasts the top candidate was Petro Symonenko mostly in the east. Oleksandr Moroz managed to become the leader in the more agrarian oriented Poltava
Poltava Oblast
Poltava Oblast is an oblast of central Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Poltava.Other important cities within the oblast include: Komsomolsk, Kremenchuk, Lubny and Myrhorod.-Geography:...
and Vinnytsia Oblast
Vinnytsia Oblast
Vinnytsia Oblast is an oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Vinnytsia.-Geography:The area of the region is 26,500 km²; its population is 1.7 million....
s. Nataliya Vitrenko took the peak of the candidate list in the Sumy Oblast
Sumy Oblast
Sumy Oblast is an oblast in the northeastern part of Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Sumy.Other important cities within the oblast include Konotop, Okhtyrka, Romny, and Shostka....
.
The second round of the elections took place on November 14, 1999, in which the acting President Leonid Kuchma
Leonid Kuchma
Leonid Danylovych Kuchma was the second President of independent Ukraine from 19 July 1994, to 23 January 2005. Kuchma took office after winning the 1994 presidential election against his rival, incumbent Leonid Kravchuk...
kept the presidential post
President of Ukraine
Prior to the formation of the modern Ukrainian presidency, the previous Ukrainian head of state office was officially established in exile by Andriy Livytskyi. At first the de facto leader of nation was the president of the Central Rada at early years of the Ukrainian People's Republic, while the...
from the Communist party
Communist Party of Ukraine
The Communist Party of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine, currently led by Petro Symonenko.The party fights the Ukrainian national self-determination by identifying any Ukrainian national parties as the National-Fascist ones The Communist Party of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine,...
leader Petro Symonenko
Petro Symonenko
Petro Mykolayovych Symonenko is a Ukrainian politician and the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine. Symonenko was the Communist Party's candidate in both the 1999 and 2004 presidential elections. During the Ukrainian presidential election, 2010 he was the candidate of the Election...
.
Summary of 1999 Ukraine presidential election results
| Candidates — Nominating parties | Votes (1st round) | % | Votes (2nd round) | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonid Kuchma Leonid Kuchma Leonid Danylovych Kuchma was the second President of independent Ukraine from 19 July 1994, to 23 January 2005. Kuchma took office after winning the 1994 presidential election against his rival, incumbent Leonid Kravchuk... — Independent |
9,598,672 | 36.49 | 15,870,722 | 56.25 |
| Petro Symonenko Petro Symonenko Petro Mykolayovych Symonenko is a Ukrainian politician and the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine. Symonenko was the Communist Party's candidate in both the 1999 and 2004 presidential elections. During the Ukrainian presidential election, 2010 he was the candidate of the Election... — KPU Communist Party of Ukraine The Communist Party of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine, currently led by Petro Symonenko.The party fights the Ukrainian national self-determination by identifying any Ukrainian national parties as the National-Fascist ones The Communist Party of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine,... |
5,849,077 | 22.24 | 10,665,420 | 37.80 |
| Oleksandr Moroz Oleksandr Moroz Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Moroz is a Ukrainian statesman and politician. He was the Speaker of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine twice: July 2006 to September 2007, and previously in 1994 through 1998. Moroz is one of the founders and leader of the Socialist Party of Ukraine, which was an influential... — SPU Socialist Party of Ukraine The Socialist Party of Ukraine is a Socialist political party in Ukraine and part of the Verkhovna Rada from 1994 to 2007.It is one of the oldest parties and was created by the former members of the Communist Party of Ukraine in late 1991 when the Communist Party was banned... |
2,969,896 | 11.29 | ||
| Nataliya Vitrenko Nataliya Vitrenko Nataliya Mikhailivna Vitrenko is a Ukrainian politician and scientist. She has a Ph.D in Statistics and Dr. of Social Sciences. She is a mother of three children.-Presidential candidacy:... — PSPU Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine -Ideology:The party favoures Ukraine's full-scale entry in the Eurasian Economic Community ; the protection of the non-aligned status of Ukraine; abolition of NATO exercises in Ukraine; giving the Russian language status as official language along with Ukrainian; annulment of former President... |
2,886,972 | 10.97 | ||
| Yevhen Marchuk Yevhen Marchuk Yevhen K. Marchuk , born on January 28, 1941, is a Ukrainian statesman and politician. During his career, Marchuk was prime minister of Ukraine, presidential candidate, secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, and Defense Minister of Ukraine. Marchuk is affiliated with the Ukrainian... — Yevhen Marchuk Bloc |
2,138,356 | 8.13 | ||
| Yuriy Kostenko Yuriy Kostenko Yuriy Kostenko is a Ukrainian politician and leader of the Ukrainian People's Party.Kostenko holds a Ph.D from the Zaporizhia Institute of Engineering. In 1989, he became one of the founders of Rukh and has been a Member of the Verkhovna Rada since 1990 . In 2002 as a member of Our Ukraine... — Independent |
570,623 | 2.17 | ||
| Hennadiy Udovenko Hennadiy Udovenko Hennadiy Yosypovych Udovenko is a Ukrainian politician and diplomat. He has served as Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, has been the 52nd President of the United Nations General Assembly and Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine . He is from Dnipropetrovsk Oblast... — NRU(Rukh) People's Movement of Ukraine The People's Movement of Ukraine is a Ukrainian center-right political party... |
319,778 | 1.22 | ||
| Vasyl Onopenko — SDPU | 124,040 | 0.47 | ||
| Oleksandr Rzhavskyy Oleksandr Rzhavskyy Oleksander Mykolayovych Rzhavsky was a candidate in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election, nominated by the "United Family" Party, of which he is the head. Presidential candidate in 1999, when he won 0.37% of the votes, and finished in 9th place. He was vice-chair of the board of... — One Kinship |
96,515 | 0.37 | ||
| Yuriy Karmazin — Party of Fatherland Defenders | 90,793 | 0.35 | ||
| Vitaliy Kononov Vitaliy Kononov Vitaly Mykolayovych Kononov was a candidate in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election, nominated by the Green Party of Ukraine, which he then chaired. He was a national deputy of Ukraine, has worked on youth politics issues, physical training issues, and sports issues. Since 1999, he has been a... — Green Party Party of Greens of Ukraine The Party of Greens of Ukraine is a Ukrainian political green party founded in 1990 and registered in May 1991.The party is a successor of the Green World Association and under that name participated in the Ukrainian parliamentary elections of 1990 as part of the Democratic Bloc... |
76,832 | 0.29 | ||
| Oleksandr Bazyliuk — Slav Party | 36,012 | 0.14 | ||
| Mykola Haber — Patriotic Party of Ukraine | 31,829 | 0.12 | ||
| Ivan Bilas — CUN Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists The Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists is a right-wing political party in Ukraine. It was founded on October 18, 1992 and registered with the Ministry of Justice on January 26, 1993. The party leader from its formation and until her death in 2003 was Yaroslava Stetsko .-History:During the 1998... |
disquilified | 0 | ||
| Against all | 477,019 | 1.81 | 970,181 | 3.44 |
| Total | 25,266,414 | 100 | 27,506,323 | 100 |