1991 Transcarpathian general regional referendum

The 1991 Transcarpathian general regional referendum took place on December 1, 1991, on the same day as the Ukrainian independence referendum and the first presidential elections in Ukraine. The question of the referendum was "On the granting Transcarpathian region status of an autonomous province within Ukraine."

The vast majority of those who participated in the referenda voted for the "Independence of Ukraine" (90.13%) and the accession of Transcarpathia to Ukraine with the status of a "Special self-governing territory" (78%). There was a high turnout at the referenda, with 700,555 people recorded at the polls.

The region was historically known as Carpathian Ruthenia and had been given autonomous status within the Second Czechoslovak Republic during the interwar years, from 30 December 1938 to 15 March 1939. During World War II, the region declared independence as the short-lived independent Republic of Carpatho-Ukraine before being invaded by Hungarian forces and later being incorporated into the Soviet Union after the end of the war on January 30, 1946.