Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the east. ...

elects on the national level a

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– the

president President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

– and a

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. The president is elected for a tenure of single six-year term by the people (previously, the term length was four years and briefly five years). The Supreme Council (''Joghorku Keneš'') is composed of 120 members filled by

proportional representation Proportional representation (PR) refers to a type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical (e.g. states, regions) and political divis ...

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2005

69 seats were won by the ruling party and 6 were won by the opposition. Observers said there "some technical improvements over the first round" but stressed that there remained "significant shortcomings." Following the

Tulip Revolution The Tulip Revolution or First Kyrgyz Revolution (russian: Тюльпановая революция; ky, Жоогазын революциясы) led to President of Kyrgyzstan Askar Akayev's fall from power. The revolution began after parliame ...

the incomplete results were never complete and the interim president, Kurmanbek Bakiev initially postponed a new round of elections to later in the year, but subsequently put them off beyond 2005.

2000

* Assembly of People's Representatives – 20 February and 12 March 2000 * Legislative Assembly – 20 February and 12 March 2000 Election results: Total seats by party in the Supreme Council were as follows: * Union of Democratic Forces – 12 (Naryn, Jalalabad) *

Communists Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a so ...

– 6 (Bishkek, Tokmok, Isilkul, Talas, Osh) * My Country Party of Action – 4 * Independents – 73 * Other – 10 ''note:'' These results include both the Assembly of People's Representatives and the Legislative Assembly.

1995

* Assembly of People's Representatives – 5 February 1995 ''note:'' not all of the 70 seats were filled at the 5 February 1995 elections; as a result, run-off elections were held at later dates; the assembly meets twice yearly * Legislative Assembly – 5 February 1995 ''note:'' not all of the 35 seats were filled at the 5 February 1995 elections; as a result, run-off elections were held at later dates
''note:'' the legislature became bicameral for the 5 February 1995 elections

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