1991 Kyrgyz presidential election

1991 Kyrgyz presidential election

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Turnout	89.02%
Candidate Askar Akayev Party Independent Popular vote 1,968,781 Percentage 95.39%
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Elected President Askar Akayev Independent

Presidential elections were held for the first time in Kyrgyzstan on 13 October 1991. The only candidate was Askar Akayev, who received 95% of the vote. Voter turnout reported to be 89%. ^[1]

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Askar Akayev	Independent	1,968,781	95.39
Against			95,202	4.61
Total			2,063,983	100.00
Valid votes			2,063,983	99.95
Invalid/blank votes			1,098	0.05
Total votes			2,065,081	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			2,319,780	89.02
Source: Nohlen et al. [a]

Notes

1. The total number of votes reported by the electoral commission was 2,065,318, which would give a voter turnout of 89.03%.

References

1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p448 ISBN   0-19-924958-X