page_title: 1991 Ukrainian independence referendum
section_title: Results
hierarchical_section_title: 1991 Ukrainian independence referendum / Results
caption_attribution_description: Українська: Всеукраїнський референдум 1991 (Бюлетень)
context_page_description: A referendum on the Act of Declaration of Independence was held in Ukraine on 1 December 1991. An overwhelming majority of 92.3% of voters approved the declaration of independence made by the Verkhovna Rada on 24 August 1991.
context_section_description: Ukrainian media had converted en masse to the independence ideal.
  Polls showed 63% support for the "Yes" campaign in September 1991; that grew to 77% in the first week of October 1991 and 88% by mid-November 1991.
  55% of the ethnic Russians in Ukraine voted for independence.
caption: The ballot paper used in the referendum, with the text of the Declaration of Independence printed on it.
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