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