著者

林 俊郎 田中 泰恵

出版者

日本社会情報学会

雑誌

日本社会情報学会全国大会研究発表論文集

巻号頁・発行日

vol.25, pp.148-153, 2010

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The Ukrainian presidential election campaign unfolded from December 2009 through February 2010. As a result the people of Ukraine chose the path of a major change in policy, towards pro-Russian alignment and away from the hitherto pro-Western alignment. Former President Yushchenko, a flag-bearer for the pro-Western alignment policies, received 6% of the total number of votes and was 5th amongst all of the candidates. Because no candidate received a majority of votes, a run-off election was held between the top two candidates. Both run-off candidates where flag-bearers for pro-Russian alignment, and in the end Yanukovych was inaugurated as president. Why was the sitting president defeated so soundly? It might be suggested that suspicions over the case of Yushchenko's attempted assassination by dioxin 5 years earlier could be a background for the Ukrainian people's dramatic change of direction.