2000 Kyrgyz presidential election

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Turnout

78.40%


Nominee	Askar Akayev	Omurbek Tekebayev	Almazbek Atambayev
Party	Independent	Ata-Meken	SDPK
Popular vote	1,460,201	272,427	117,658
Percentage	76.36%	14.25%	6.15%

President before election

Askar Akayev
Independent

Elected President

Askar Akayev
Independent

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Presidential elections were held in Kyrgyzstan on 29 October 2000. The result was a victory for incumbent President Askar Akayev, who was re-elected with 76% of the vote. International election monitors described the vote as failing to meet international standards. Voter turnout was 78%.

Results


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Askar Akayev	Independent	1,460,201	76.36
	Omurbek Tekebayev	Ata Meken Socialist Party	272,427	14.25
	Almazbek Atambayev	Social Democratic Party	117,658	6.15
	Melis Eshimkanov [ky]	People's Party	21,260	1.11
	Tursunbai Bakir Uulu	Free Kyrgyzstan Party	18,774	0.98
	Tursunbek Akunov [ky]	Human Rights Movement	8,557	0.45
Against all			13,291	0.70
Total			1,912,168	100.00

Valid votes			1,912,168	97.52
Invalid/blank votes			48,679	2.48
Total votes			1,960,847	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			2,501,102	78.40
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

"Kyrgyz radio announces Akayev victory after all votes counted". Eurasianet.org. 30 October 2000. Archived from the original on 4 September 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2009.
"Akayev wins reelection amid fraud claims". Eurasianet.org. 30 October 2000. Archived from the original on 4 September 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2009.
"Kyrgyzstan election protest continues". BBC News. 1 November 2000. Retrieved 8 August 2009.
Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p448 ISBN 0-19-924958-X

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