1990 Turkmen presidential election

27 October 1990
Turnout96.71%
 
Nominee Saparmurat Niyazov
Party Communist Party
Popular vote 1,716,278
Percentage 98.29%

Elected President

Saparmurat Niyazov
Communist Party

Presidential elections were held for the first time in the Turkmen SSR on 27 October 1990.[1] The only candidate was Saparmurat Niyazov, who won 98% of the vote. Voter turnout was 97%.[2]

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Saparmurat NiyazovCommunist Party of Turkmenistan1,716,27898.29
Against29,7901.71
Total1,746,068100.00
Valid votes1,746,06899.98
Invalid/blank votes3070.02
Total votes1,746,375100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,805,78296.71
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p477 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  2. Nohlenet al., p479
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