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  • Parliamentary
    2015

Kyrgyzstan

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: President Almazbek Sharshenovich ATAMBAYEV
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Zhantoro SATYBALDIYEV.**
  • Assembly: Kyrgyzstan has a unicameral Supreme Council (Jorgorku Kenesh) with 120 seats.

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 parliament to serve a 5-year term.**
  • In the Supreme Council (Jorgorku Kenesh) 120 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 5-year terms.***

** 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.

*** There is a five percent threshold for gaining representation. Parties are capped at 65 seats total.

Population:

  • Population: 5,587,443 (July 2011 est.)

Future elections

  • Parliamentary - 2015

Past elections

Last Updated on 01/10/2013

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