1999 Ukrainian presidential election

1999 Ukrainian presidential election

← 1994 31 October 1999 (first round) 14 November 1999 (second round) 2004 →
Turnout	70.15% (first round) 0.22pp 74.87% (second round) 3.24pp
Nominee Leonid Kuchma Petro Symonenko Party Independent KPU Popular vote 15,870,722 10,665,420 Percentage 57.70% 38.77%
First round results by oblast Second round results by oblast
President before election Leonid Kuchma Independent Elected President Leonid Kuchma Independent

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Presidential elections were held in Ukraine on 31 October 1999, with a second round on 14 November.^[1] The result was a victory for Leonid Kuchma, who defeated Petro Symonenko in the run-off, winning a second consecutive presidential election.^[2]

As of 2024, this is the only re-election of an incumbent president in the history of independent Ukraine.