1991 Kyrgyz presidential election

1991 Kyrgyz presidential election

13 October 1991
Turnout89.02%
 
Candidate Askar Akayev
Party Independent
Popular vote 1,968,781
Percentage 95.39%

Results by region

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

CandidatePartyVotes%
Askar AkayevIndependent1,968,78195.39
Against95,2024.61
Total2,063,983100.00
Valid votes2,063,98399.95
Invalid/blank votes1,0980.05
Total votes2,065,081100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,319,78089.02
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