Kyrgyzstani presidential election, 1995
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Presidential elections was held in Kyrgyzstan
on 24 December 1995. The result was a victory for incumbent President Askar Akayev
, who won 72.4% of the vote. Voter turnout reported to be 86.2%.
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan , officially the Kyrgyz Republic is one of the world's six independent Turkic states . Located in Central Asia, landlocked and mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east...
on 24 December 1995. The result was a victory for incumbent President Askar Akayev
Askar Akayev
Askar Akayevich Akayev served as the President of Kyrgyzstan from 1990 until his overthrow in the March 2005 Tulip Revolution....
, who won 72.4% of the vote. Voter turnout reported to be 86.2%.
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Askar Akayev Askar Akayev Askar Akayevich Akayev served as the President of Kyrgyzstan from 1990 until his overthrow in the March 2005 Tulip Revolution.... |
Birimdik-DPZh | 1,391,114 | 72.4 |
| Absamat Masaliyev Absamat Masaliyev Absamat Masaliyevich Masaliyev was the leader of the Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic before it gained independence, and led the Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.He began studies at the Mining Technical School in southern Kyrgyzstan in... |
Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan The Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan is a political party in Kyrgyzstan. PKK was founded on June 22, 1992.It was the largest single party in the Legislative Assembly of Kyrgyzstan between 2001 and 2005 with 15 of the 60 seats. Since 2005 it has only 1 of 75 seats. It was led by Absamat... |
474,547 | 24.7 |
| Medetkan Sherimkulov | Independent | 33,499 | 1.7 |
| Against all | 21,063 | 1.1 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 22,854 | ||
| Total | 1,943,077 | 100 | |
| Source: Nohlen et al | |||