Kyrgyzstan: President, 15 October 2017

At stake in this election:

• The office of the President of Kyrgyzstan

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Almazbek ATAMBAEV (since 1 December 2011)
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Sooronbay JEENBEKOV (since 13 April 2016)
• Assembly: Unicameral Supreme Council (Jogorku Kenesh) with 120 seats

Description of electoral system:

• The President is directly elected by absolute majority popular vote (in 2 rounds if necessary) for a single 6-year term.

Last Election:

• The last presidential election in Kyrgyzstan occurred on October 30, 2011. President Almazbek ATAMBAEV was elected president in the first round with 63.2% of the vote.

Main candidates in the election:

• Sooronbay JEENBEKOV
  • Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan / Kırgızstan sotsial-demokratiyalık partiyası
• Bakyt TOROBAYEV
  • Onuguu–Progress Party
• Adakhan MADUMAROV
  • United Kyrgyzstan / Butun Kırgızstan
• Temir SARIYEV
  • White Falcom / Akshumkar
• Ernis ZARLYKOV
  • Independent
• Toktaiym UMETALIEVA
  • Independent
• Ulukbek KOCHKOROV
  • Independent
• Taalatbek MASADYKOV
  • Independent
• Ömürbek BABANOV
  • Independent
• Arstanbek ABDYLDAYEV
  • Independent
• Azimbek BEKNAZAROV
  • Independent
• Arslanbek MALIYEV
  • Independent

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 5,727,553 (2016)
• Registered Voters: 2,647,533 (2015)

Gender Data:

• Female Population: 2,920,067 (July 2016 est.)
• Is Kyrgyzstan a signatory to CEDAW: No
• Has Kyrgyzstan ratified CEDAW: Yes, Accession (10 February 1997)
• Gender Quota: Yes, party lists must include at least 30% of each gender. There must also be one person of each gender for every four positions on a party list.
• Female candidates in this election: 0
• Number of Female Parliamentarians: 23
• Human Development Index Position: 120
• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Medium (2014)

Disability Data:

• Is Kyrgyzstan a signatory to CRPD: Yes (21 September 2011)
• Has Kyrgyzstan ratified CRPD: No
• Population with a disability: 1,297,143 (est.)