Ukrainian presidential election, 2014

Ukrainian presidential election, 2014

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Nominee Petro Poroshenko Yulia Tymoshenko Oleh Lyashko Party Independent Fatherland Radical Alliance Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform Popular vote 9,857,308 2,310,085 1,500,377 Percentage 54.70% 12.81% 8.32%   Nominee Anatoliy Hrytsenko Serhiy Tihipko Mykhailo Dobkin Party Civil Position Independent Party of Regions Alliance Strong Ukraine Popular vote 989,029 943,430 546,138 Percentage 5.48% 5.23% 3.03%   Nominee Vadym Rabynovych Olha Bohomolets Petro Symonenko Party Independent Independent Communist Party Alliance Socialist Party Popular vote 406,301 345,384 272,723 Percentage 2.25% 1.91% 1.51%
Electoral districts which voted for Petro Poroshenko   Electoral districts which voted for Mykhailo Dobkin   Electoral districts in which elections were not held due to separatist insurgency   Electoral districts in which elections were not held due to their prior annexation by Russia
President before election Oleksandr Turchynov (acting) Fatherland Elected President Petro Poroshenko Independent

Oleksandr Turchynov (acting)
Fatherland

Petro Poroshenko
Independent

Presidential elections were held in Ukraine on 25 May 2014, resulting in Petro Poroshenko being elected President of Ukraine. Originally scheduled to take place on 29 March 2015, the date was changed following the 2014 Ukrainian revolution. Poroshenko won the elections with 54.7% of the votes. His closest competitor was Yulia Tymoshenko, who emerged with 12.81% of the votes. The Central Election Commission reported voter turnout at over 60% excluding those regions not under government control. Since Poroshenko obtained an absolute majority in the first round, a run-off second ballot (on 15 June 2014) was unnecessary.

The elections were not held throughout Ukraine. During the 2014 Crimean crisis, Ukraine lost control over Crimea, which was unilaterally annexed by Russia in March 2014. As a result, elections were not held in Crimea. In the Donbass region of Ukraine only 20% of the ballot stations were open due to threats and violence by pro-Russia separatists. Of the 2,430 planned ballot stations (in Donbass) only 426 remained open for polling. The self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic, controlling large parts of the Donbass, had vowed to do everything possible to disrupt the elections.