1995 Kyrgyz parliamentary election

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Parliamentary elections were held in Kyrgyzstan on 5 February 1995, with a second round on 19 February. [1] The Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan emerged as the largest party, with 14 of the 105 seats. [2] Voter turnout was 76%. [1]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan 14
Asaba 4
Unity Party of Kyrgyzstan 4
Ata Meken Socialist Party 3
Republican Democratic Party 3
Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan 3
Republican People's Party of Kyrgyzstan 3
Agrarian Party of the Kyrgyz Republic 1
Agrarian Labour Party of Kyrgyzstan 1
Democratic Movement of Kyrgyzstan 1
Democratic Women's Party of Kyrgyzstan 1
Independents67
Total105
Total votes1,735,009
Registered voters/turnout2,275,45076.25
Source: Nohlen et al.

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References

  1. 1 2 Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p440 ISBN   0-19-924958-X
  2. Nohlen et al., p447