A four-part referendum was held in Ukraine on 16 April 2000. The referendum was called by President Leonid Kuchma, and asked voters whether they approved of four amendments to the constitution that would increase the powers of the President and introduce an upper chamber. Although all four were approved by wide margins, the changes were never implemented by the Verkhovna Rada on the basis that the referendum was unconstitutional, as it had not passed the proposals before they went to a referendum. The Venice Commission that reviewed the case confirmed the questionable nature of the referendum that should be reviewed by the Constitutional Court of Ukraine. Conduct According to historian Serhy Yekelchyk President Kuchma's administration "employed electoral fraud freely" during the referendum. Results Question I Question II Question III Question IV See also Ukraine without Kuchma - a protest campaign partially provoked by the unpopular referendum References External links 2000 Referendum Central Election Commission of Ukraine Constitutional Referendum in Ukraine (2000) Venice Commission Referendums in Ukraine 2000 referendums National referendum, 2000 History of Ukraine since 1991 Constitutional referendums April 2000 events in Ukraine