Elections in Kyrgyzstan

Politics of Kyrgyzstan
CIS Member State
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Executive President Sadyr Japarov Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Akylbek Japarov
Legislative Supreme Council President Talant Mamytov
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Kyrgyzstan elects on the national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature. The president is elected for a tenure of single six-year term by the people (previously, the term length was four years and briefly five years).^[1] The Supreme Council (Joghorku Keneš) is composed of 120 members filled by proportional representation.

Latest elections[]

Presidential elections[]

As of 14 November 2020, 63 individuals had filed applications to run for the office. On 4 December, the Central Committee on Elections announced the final list of 19 approved candidates.^[2]

All candidates officially ran as independents, although some were supported by their respective political parties. Sadyr Japarov won the election handily, receiving nearly 80% of the vote. A total of 10,851 ballots returned were invalid, in addition to 196 which were retrieved from invalid portable ballot boxes. Turnout was 39.16%.

Parliamentary elections[]

Unity received a plurality of votes, beating out the Ata-Zhurt–Mekenim Kyrgyzstan alliance by under one percent, with 46 seats. Ata-Zhurt–Mekenim Kyrgyzstan received 45 seats, while other parties lagged behind. The Kyrgyzstan Party received 16 seats, while United Kyrgyzstan entered parliament for the first time with 13. Several other parties failed to meet the 7% threshold, including Ata Meken, which had been a part of every parliament since the 2010 Kyrgyz Revolution.

Out of the parties that made it into parliament, only United Kyrgyzstan consistently opposes the incumbent government led by President Jeenbekov.^[3]

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Unity	487,685	24.90	46	New
	Mekenim Kyrgyzstan	475,372	24.27	45	New
	Kyrgyzstan	174,317	8.90	16	–2
	United Kyrgyzstan	141,940	7.25	13	+13
	Mekenchil	136,276	6.96	0	New
	Respublika	115,288	5.89	0	New
	Ata Meken Socialist Party	80,279	4.10	0	–11
	Light of Faith	66,747	3.41	0	New
	Bir Bol	60,305	3.08	0	–12
	Great Crusade	46,568	2.38	0	New
	Zamandash	42,862	2.19	0	0
	Social Democrats	42,460	2.17	0	New
	Reform Party	32,795	1.67	0	New
	Homeland Accord	12,468	0.64	0	New
	The Centre	4,395	0.22	0	New
	Party of Veterans of the Afghan War	3,459	0.18	0	New
Against all		35,714	1.82	–	–
Total		1,958,930	100.00	120	0
Valid votes		1,958,930	98.40
Invalid/blank votes		31,823	1.60
Total votes		1,990,753	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,523,554	56.50
Source: CEC, CEC (98.14% counted)

Past elections and referendums[]

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Parliamentary elections[]

2005[]

69 seats were won by the ruling party and 6 were won by the opposition. Observers said there "some technical improvements over the first round" but stressed that there remained "significant shortcomings." Following the Tulip Revolution the incomplete results were never complete and the interim president, Kurmanbek Bakiev initially postponed a new round of elections to later in the year, but subsequently put them off beyond 2005.

2000[]

• Assembly of People's Representatives – 20 February and 12 March 2000
• Legislative Assembly – 20 February and 12 March 2000

Election results: Total seats by party in the Supreme Council were as follows:

• – 12 (Naryn, Jalalabad)
• Communists – 6 (Bishkek, Tokmok, Isilkul, Talas, Osh)
• – 4
• Independents – 73
• Other – 10

note: These results include both the Assembly of People's Representatives and the Legislative Assembly.

1995[]

• Assembly of People's Representatives – 5 February 1995

note: not all of the 70 seats were filled at the 5 February 1995 elections; as a result, run-off elections were held at later dates; the assembly meets twice yearly

• Legislative Assembly – 5 February 1995

note: not all of the 35 seats were filled at the 5 February 1995 elections; as a result, run-off elections were held at later dates
note: the legislature became bicameral for the 5 February 1995 elections

See also[]

• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system

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