Presidential election in Kyrgyzstan 2009
The 2009 presidential elections in Kyrgyzstan took place on July 23 of that year. The elections were early elections - President Bakiyev was elected for five years in 2005.
Candidates
Incumbent Kurmanbek Bakiyev was declared a candidate on May 1, 2009 by his Ak Dschol party . On April 20, the opposition United People's Movement had nominated the chairman of the Kyrgyz Social Democratic Party and former Prime Minister Almasbek Atambayev as its candidate. On May 19, the former defense minister Ismail Isakov announced that he would give up his proposed candidacy in order to support Atambayev. In addition to Bakiyev and Atambayev, there were four other candidates.
On election day Atambayev declared that he was withdrawing his candidacy because of massive election manipulation. The candidate Djishbek Nazaraliev did the same .
Result
| candidate | be right | Proportion of (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Kurmanbek Bakiev | 1,772,849 | 76.12 |
| Almasbek Atambayev | 195.973 | 8.41 |
| Temir Sarijew | 157.005 | 6.74 |
| Toktajym Ümötalijewa | 26,640 | 1.14 |
| Nurlan Motuev | 21,724 | 0.93 |
| Jenischbek Nazaraliev | 19,283 | 0.83 |
| against all | 108,553 | 4.66 |
| All in all | 2,302,027 | 98.83 |
| Source: CEC , АКИpress | ||
At the official inauguration on August 2, Bakiyev made the fight against corruption and poverty to his main concerns for the second term.
Protests
The opposition called on its supporters to protest against the "election fraud" on election day, but these were immediately banned by the authorities. A little later, the opposition claimed victory for themselves: According to own election observers, Atambayev received 60% of the vote. Further attempts by the opposition to gather for protest rallies were quickly stopped by the police.
Evaluation of the elections
The election observers of the OSCE declared the day after the election, incumbent Bakiyev was supported unfairly by the state apparatus. The implementation of the election was a disappointment. Western election observers had already complained in advance of numerous violations by the authorities. In contrast, an observer mission from the Commonwealth of Independent States described the elections as open and free; no serious irregularities were found.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bakiyev wants to fight poverty and corruption in Kyrgyzstan ( memento from January 24, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ), AFP on Google News, August 2, 2009
- ^ Kyrgyz opposition complains about election fraud , Die Zeit online of July 23, 2009
- ^ Kyrgyzstan's opposition claims victory in presidential election , diepresse.com on July 25, 2009
- ^ Protests against election results in Kyrgyzstan , NZZ online from July 30, 2009
- ↑ OSCE criticizes the presidential election in Kyrgyzstan , NZZ online of July 24, 2009
- ^ CIS observer mission: Presidential elections in Kyrgyzstan were open and free ( memento of August 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), russland.ru of July 24, 2009
