Presidential elections were held in
Turkmenistan on 12 February 2012. They were Turkmenistan's fourth presidential elections and decided who would be the country's president for the next five years.
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow won with 97% of the vote.
Candidates
Official
#
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, incumbent
President of Turkmenistan
The president of Turkmenistan ( tk, Türkmenistanyň prezidenti), officially the president and chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, is the head of state and head of government of Turkmenistan. The president is also the supreme c ...
# Rejep Bazarow, deputy head of the
Daşoguz Province
Daşoguz (also Dashoguz, Dasoguz; roughly "stone spring" in Turkmen), formerly known as Tashauz (until 1992; russian: Ташау́з) and Dashkhovuz (1992–1999; russian: Дашхову́з), is a city in northern Turkmenistan and the capital o ...
# Kakageldi Abdullaýew, Governor of the
Türkmenbaşy District
Türkmenbaşy District (Turkmen: Türkmenbaşy etraby) is a district in Balkan Province, Turkmenistan. The administrative center of the district is the town of Türkmenbaşy şäherçesi.
Its name is derived from the title "Türkmenbaşy" (hea ...
# Gurbanmämmet Mollaniýazow, manager of
Türkmennebit
Türkmennebit (also spelled Turkmennebit, also known by the translation of the name as Turkmenoil (in English) or Turkmenneft (in Russian)) is the national oil company of Turkmenistan. It has its headquarters in Ashgabat.
The chairman of the c ...
# Annageldi Orazberdiýewiç Ýazmyradow, Water Minister
# Esendurdy Gaýypow, head of Lebapgurluşyk production association
# Saparmyrat Batyrow, director of the Gökdepe
textile mill
# Ýarmuhammet Orazgulyýew, Deputy Energy and Industry Minister
All of them are members of Turkmenistan's only political party, the
Democratic Party of Turkmenistan.
Declared interest
# Nurmuhammet Hanamow, leader of the exiled
Republican Party of Turkmenistan
The Republican Party of Turkmenistan ( tk, Türkmenistanyň Respublikan partiýasy) is one of several dissident political parties that have been outlawed within Turkmenistan. Leaders of the exile-based RPT include Nurmuhammet Hanamow who went into ...
Denied
# Aina Abayeva, English teacher nominated by the Civil Society Movement. Her request to participate was rejected because the organisation that nominated her was an unregistered NGO. Its lack of legal status meant that it did not have the authority to make such a nomination.
Campaign
Campaigning started in October 2011.
During the campaign many of the candidates running against the incumbent president expressed their support for him, thus giving rise to suspicions that his victory was more or less guaranteed.
According to an expert from the
Chatham House, "the vote
asa democratic
sham" and an example of "
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democracy".
Results
References
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Turkmenistan
Presidential election
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