Kyrgyzstani presidential election, 2000
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Presidential elections were held in Kyrgyzstan
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
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