1991 Kyrgyz presidential election From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia 1991 Kyrgyz presidential election 13 October 1991 1995 → Turnout89.02% Candidate Askar Akayev Party Independent Popular vote 1,968,781 Percentage 95.39% Elected President Askar Akayev Independent Politics of Kyrgyzstan CIS Member State Constitution Executive President Sadyr Japarov Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Akylbek Japarov Legislative Supreme Council President Talant Mamytov Elections Recent elections Presidential: 2011201720212026 Parliamentary: 2010201520202021 Referendums: 201020162021 (Jan)2021 (Apr) Political partiesPoliticians Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister: Ruslan Kazakbayev Diplomatic missions of / in Kyrgyzstan Passport Visa requirements Visa policy Related topics Human rights Administrative divisions (regionsdistricts) Tulip Revolution (2005) Second revolution (2010) Third revolution (2020) vte Presidential elections were held for the first time in Kyrgyzstan on 13 October 1991. The only candidate was Askar Akayev, who received 95% of the vote. Voter turnout reported to be 89%.[1] Results[edit] CandidatePartyVotes%Askar AkayevIndependent1,968,78195.39Against95,2024.61Total2,063,983100.00Valid votes2,063,98399.95Invalid/blank votes1,0980.05Total votes2,065,081100.00Registered voters/turnout2,319,78089.02Source: Nohlen et al.[a] Notes[edit] ^ The total number of votes reported by the electoral commission was 2,065,318, which would give a voter turnout of 89.03%. References[edit] ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p448 ISBN 0-19-924958-X vte Elections and referendums in KyrgyzstanPresidential elections 1991 1995 2000 2005 2009 2011 2017 2021 Parliamentary elections 1937 1947 1951 1954 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2007 2010 2015 2020 2021 Local elections ... 2004 2008 2012 2016 2021 Referendums 1991 1994 (Jan) 1994 (Oct) 1996 1998 2003 2007 2010 2016 2021 (Jan) 2021 (Apr) See also: Elections and referendums in the Soviet Union