Elections in Kyrgyzstan gives information on election

Election

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 and election results in Kyrgyzstan

Politics of Kyrgyzstan

The Politics of Kyrgyzstan takes place in the framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the President is head of state and the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan is head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government...

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Kyrgyzstan elects on the national level a head of state

Head of State

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 - the president

President

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 - and a legislature

Legislature

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. The president is elected for a single six-year term by the people (previously, the term length was four years and briefly five years). The Supreme Council

Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan

The Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan is the unicameral Parliament of Kyrgyzstan. It has 120 seats with members elected for a five-year term by party-list proportional voting.-History:...

(Joghorku Keneš) 90 members filled by proportional representation

Proportional representation

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2010 Parliamentary election

2005 Presidential election

2005

69 seats were won by the ruling party and 6 were one by the opposition. Observers said there "some technical improvements over the first round" but stressed that there remained "significant shortcomings." Following the Tulip Revolution

Tulip Revolution

The Tulip Revolution or First Kyrgyz Revolution refers to the overthrow of President Askar Akayev and his government in the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan after the parliamentary elections of February 27 and of March 13, 2005...

 the incomplete results were never complete and the interim president, Kurmanbek Bakiev initially postponed a new round of election to later in the year, but subsequently put them off beyond 2005.

2000

• Assembly of People's Representatives - 20 February and 12 March 2000
• Legislative Assembly - 20 February and 12 March 2000

Election results: Total seats by party in the Supreme Council were as follows:

• Union of Democratic Forces
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   - 12 (Naryn, Jalalabad)
• Communists - 6 (Bishkek, Tokmok, Isilkul, Talas, Osh)
• My Country Party of Action - 4
• Independents - 73
• Other - 10

note: These results include both the Assembly of People's Representatives and the Legislative Assembly.

1995

• Assembly of People's Representatives - 5 February 1995

note: not all of the 70 seats were filled at the 5 February 1995 elections; as a result, run-off elections were held at later dates; the assembly meets twice yearly

• Legislative Assembly - 5 February 1995

note: not all of the 35 seats were filled at the 5 February 1995 elections; as a result, run-off elections were held at later dates

note: the legislature became bicameral for the 5 February 1995 elections