Upcoming Elections
- Parliamentary (Tentative/ Snap)
October 10, 2010
Description of government structure:
- Chief of State: President Roza OTUNBAYEVA *
- Head of Government: Prime Minister Daniyar USENOV resigned following the revolution in April 2010. There is currently no prime minister **
- Assembly: Kyrgyzstan has a unicameral Supreme Council (Jorgorku Kenesh) with 90 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.***
Population:
- Population: 5,431,747 (July 2009 est.)
Future elections
- Parliamentary - October 10, 2010
Past elections
- Referendum - June 27, 2010
- Presidential
First Round - July 23, 2009 - Parliamentary - December 16, 2007
- Referendum - October 21, 2007
- Presidential - July 10, 2005
- Parliamentary
Second Round - March 13, 2005 - Parliamentary
First Round - February 27, 2005 - Referendum - February 2, 2003
- Presidential - October 29, 2000
- Parliamentary
Second Round - March 12, 2000 - Parliamentary
First Round - February 20, 2000 - Referendum - October 17, 1998
Last Updated on 08/17/2010