Kyrgyzstani presidential election, 2000
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Presidential elections were held in Kyrgyzstan
on 29 October 2000. The result was a victory for incumbent President Askar Akayev
, who was re-elected with over 70% of the vote, in a vote international election monitors described as having failing to meet international standards. Voter turnout was 78.4%.
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 29 October 2000. 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 was re-elected with over 70% of the vote, in a vote international election monitors described as having failing to meet international standards. Voter turnout was 78.4%.
Election 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.... |
Independent | 1,460,201 | 76.4 | |
| Omurbek Tekebayev Omurbek Tekebayev Omurbek Tekebayev is a Kyrgyz politician. He is a member and former speaker of the Kyrgyz Parliament, elected on March 28, 2005. Tekebaev is the leader of the Ata-Meken socialist party.... |
Ata Meken Socialist Party | 272,427 | 14.2 | |
| Almazbek Atambayev Almazbek Atambayev Almazbek Sharshenovich Atambayev is the President of Kyrgyzstan since 1 December 2011. He previously was Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan from 17 December 2010 to 1 December 2011, having also been Prime Minister from 29 March 2007 until 28 November 2007... |
Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan is a political party in Kyrgyzstan. Members formed the party on 1 October 1993, but did not register with the Justice Ministry until 16 December 1994... |
117,658 | 6.2 | |
| Melis Eshimkanov | People's Party | 21,260 | 1.1 | |
| Tursunbai Bakir uulu Tursunbai Bakir uulu Tursunbai Bakir Uulu is a Kyrgyz politician, former ombudsman and presidential candidate. He is leader of the political party Erkin Kyrgyzstan or ErK. A teacher by training, a historian, and a doctor of philosophy he is married with four children.-Biography:He graduated at the Kyrgyz National... |
Free Kyrgyzstan Party | 18,774 | 1.0 | |
| Tursunbek Akunov | Human Rights Movement of Kyrgyzstan | 8,557 | 0.4 | |
| Votes against all candidates | 13,291 | 0.7 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 48,679 | |||
| Total votes | 1,960,847 | 100 | ||
| Nohlen et al | ||||