1990 Turkmen presidential election

Turkmenistani presidential election, 1990

October 27, 1990 (1990-10-27) 1992  →
Turnout	96.7%
Nominee Saparmurat Niyazov Party Communist Party of Turkmenistan Popular vote 1,716,278 Percentage 98.3%
Elected President Saparmurat Niyazov TDP

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Presidential elections were held for the first time in the Turkmen SSR on 27 October 1990. ^[1] The only candidate was Saparmurat Niyazov, who won 98.3% of the vote. Voter turnout was 96.7%. ^[2]

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Saparmurat Niyazov	Communist Party of Turkmenistan	1,716,278	98.3
Against		29,790	1.7
Invalid/blank votes		307	–
Total		1,746,375	100
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p477 ISBN   0-19-924958-X
2. Nohlen et al., p479