At stake
in this election:
- Office of president
of Kyrgyzstan
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Description
of government structure:
- Assembly: Kyrgyzstan
has a bicameral Supreme Council (Zhogorku Kenesh) consisting
of an Assembly of People's Representatives with 45 seats and a Legislative Assembly with 60 seats.
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Description
of electoral system:
- The president is
elected by popular vote for a five-year term.
- All members of
the Legislative Assembly are elected by absolute majority vote in single-member
constituencies.
- In the Assembly
of People's Representatives, 30 members are elected by absolute majority
vote in single-member constituencies and the remaining 15 members are
selected on the basis of party-list representation.
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Results of the election for president:
- Presidential
Candidate: Askar AKAEV
Party: NA
Valid Votes Received: 1,460,201
Percentage of Valid Votes: 74.49%
*The incumbent president is not officially registered
with any one party
- Presidential
Candidate: Omurbek TEKEBAEV
Party: Ata-Meken Party
Valid Votes Received: 272,427
Percentage of Valid Votes: 13.88%
- Presidential
Candidate: Almaz ATEMBAEV
Party: Social-Democratic Party
Valid Votes Received: 117,658
Percentage of Valid Votes: 6.00%
- Presidential
Candidate: Melis ESHIMKANOV
Party: People's Party
Valid Votes Received: 21,260
Percentage of Valid Votes: 1.08%
- Presidential
Candidate: Tursunbai Bakir UULU
Party: "Free Kyrgyzstan" Party
Valid Votes Received: 18,774
Percentage of Valid Votes: .96%
- Presidential
Candidate: Tursunbek AKUNOV
Party: Human Rights Movement of Kyrgyzstan
Valid Votes Received: 8,557
Percentage of Valid Votes: .44%
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When was
the last presidential election?
- Presidential elections
were last held on December 24, 1995
- President Askar
AKAYEV was reelected president with 75% of the vote.
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Population
and number of registered voters:
- Population: 4,685,230
(July 2000 est.)
- Number of registered voters: 2,505,763 (March 2000)
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Of Interest:
- A new requirement
that candidates pass a mandatory Kyrgyz language test sparked controversy.
Seven of 19 potential candidates failed the examination.
- President AKAYEV
ran for a third term in office, although the Kyrgyz Constitution limits
the president to two terms in office. The Constitutional Court ruled
that AKAEV's first term legally began in 1995, since he ran unopposed
in 1991.
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| SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS (IFES) |
| For additional information:
IFES ElectionGuide Online |
