2017 Turkmenistan presidential election

2017 Turkmenistan presidential election

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Turnout97.28%
 
Nominee Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow Maksat Annanepesow
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote 3,090,610 32,269
Percentage 97.69% 1.02%

Results by region

President before election

Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
Independent

Elected President

Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
Independent

Presidential elections were held in Turkmenistan on 12 February 2017.[1] This was Turkmenistan's fifth presidential election and decided who would be the country's president for the next seven years. Incumbent President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow won with more than 97% of the vote,[2] similar to the results of the 2012 elections.

The result was widely expected; although the election was nominally contested by nine candidates, all opposition candidates were appointed by the government and the elections were regarded by foreign organisations as not being a free and fair contest.[2][3]

  1. ^ Turkmenistan sets presidential election for 2017 Associated Press, 16 October 2016
  2. ^ a b "Turkmenistan Leader Remains in Power". Voice of America. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  3. ^ Volkov, Vitaly; Ostapchuk, Markian (10 February 2017). "Turkmenistan's non-election election". The DW. Retrieved 16 February 2017.