Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Sadyr JAPAROV*
• Head of Government: Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Ulukbek MARIPOV**
• Assembly: Kyrgyzstan has a unicameral Supreme Council (Jorgorku Kenesh) with 90 seats.***

*Elected during 10 January 2021 snap presidential election

**reflects results of Kyrgyzstan's constitutional referendum 11 April 2021; role shifted from Prime Minister

***changed from 120 after the constitutional referendum

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.
• The Prime Minister is nominated by the parliamentary party which holds more than 50% of the seats. The nomination must then be approved by the president. If no party holds more than 50% of seats, the president may select the party that will nominate a prime minister.
• In the Supreme Council (Jorgorku Kenesh) 90 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 5-year terms. There is a five percent threshold for gaining representation. Parties are capped at 65 seats total.

Population and number of registered voters:  

Population: 6,628,000 (2021 est) 

Registered Voters: 3,523,554

Gender Data: 

Female Population: 3,350,000 (2021 est)

Is Kyrgyzstan a signatory to CEDAW: No 

Has Kyrgyzstan ratified CEDAW: Yes (since 10 February 1997)

Gender Quota: No

Female candidates in this election: N/A 

Human Development Index Position: 120 (2020)

Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Low (2019)

Disability Data: 

Is Kyrgyzstan a signatory to CRPD: 21 Sep 2011

Has Kyrgyzstan ratified CRPD: 16 May 2019

Population with a disability: 849,74115