Election Profile:
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At stake in this election:
- The office of President of Kyrgyzstan
Description of government structure:
- Chief of State: President Kurmanbek BAKIEV *
- Head of Government: Prime Minister Igor CHUDINOV
- Assembly: Kyrgyzstan has a unicameral Supreme Council (Jorgorku Kenesh) with 90 seats.
* Electoral system is two-round.
Description of electoral system:
- The President is elected by majority vote to serve a 5-year term.
- In the Supreme Council (Jorgorku Kenesh) 90 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 5-year terms.***
*** The electoral system is closed list PR. Parties must clear a threshold of five percent of registered voters nationwide. They they must clear a second threshold of 0.5 percent of all registered voters in each of the country's seven regions, plus the cities Bishkek and Osh.
** After the February 27th elections, the parliament will become a unicameral body with 75 seats.
Main Candidates in the Presidential race:
- Kurmanbek BAKIEV
Party: Ak Jol - Toktayym UMETALIYEVA
Independent(s): N/A - Almaz ATAMBAEV
Party: Social Democratic Party - Temir SARIEV
Party: White Falcon / Ak-Shumkar - Jenishbek NAZARALIEV
Independent(s): N/A - Nurlan MOTUEV
Party: Joomart
Population and number of registered voters:
- Population: 5,431,747 (July 2009 est.)
- Registered Voters: 2,670,530 (July 2005 )
Last Updated on 09/02/2008
