1992 Turkmenistan presidential election

1992 Turkmenistan presidential election

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Turnout99.82%
 
Nominee Saparmurat Niyazov
Party TDP
Popular vote 1,874,357
Percentage 99.51%


President before election

Saparmurat Niyazov
CPT

Elected President

Saparmurat Niyazov
TDP

Presidential elections were held in Turkmenistan on 21 June 1992,[1] the first since independence. The sole candidate was Saparmurat Niyazov, who had served as the first Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Turkmen SSR since 21 December 1985. Other candidates were not allowed to participate in the elections.

According to official data, 99.5% of voters voted in favour of Niyazov, with voter turnout at 99.8%.[2]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p477 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  2. ^ Nohlen et al., p480