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For Fair Elections was an electoral alliance
Electoral alliance
An electoral alliance may take the form of a bipartisan electoral agreement, electoral agreement, electoral coalition or electoral bloc. It is an association of political parties or individuals which exists solely to stand in elections...

 formed by four opposition parties in Kyrgystan. It was formed on May, 20, 2004 in preparation for the February 2005 parliamentary elections.
Former Security Council secretary Misir Ashyrkulov was chosen as the blocs leader.

The Alliance consisted of
  • El Dobushu 
  • Ata-Meken Socialist Party
  • Ar-Namys
    Ar-Namys
    Ar-Namys is a political party in Kyrgyzstan. It was founded on July 9, 1999 by former Prime Minister Felix Kulov. The party quickly became the nation's leading opposition party but was barred from the 2000 parliamentary elections. However, since the party was barred its members formed a bloc with...

  • Social Democratic Party of Kyrgystan


The alliance gained a key member when the Ar-Namys (Dignity) party, the nations largest opposition party joined the alliance.

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 alliance collapsed as Ar-Namys joined the new government of Kurmanbek Bakiyev
Kurmanbek Bakiyev
Kurmanbek Saliyevich Bakiyev is a politician who served as the second President of Kyrgyzstan, from 2005 to 2010...

while the Social Democratic Party of Kyrgystan later resigned in 2006.
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