1992 Turkmen presidential election

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1992 Turkmen presidential election
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  1990 21 June 1992 2007  
Turnout99.8%
  Saparmurat Niyazov in 2002.jpg
Nominee Saparmurat Niyazov
Party TDP
Popular vote1,874,357
Percentage99.5%

President before election

Saparmurat Niyazov
TDP

Elected President

Saparmurat Niyazov
TDP

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Presidential elections were held in Turkmenistan on 21 June 1992. [1] The only candidate was incumbent President Saparmurat Niyazov, who won 99.5% of the vote. Voter turnout was 99.8%. [2]

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Saparmurat Niyazov Democratic Party of Turkmenistan 1,874,35799.5
Against9,2360.5
Invalid/blank votes231
Total1,883,824100
Registered voters/turout1,887,18399.8
Source: Nohlen et al.

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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., p480