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]
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| Turnout | 96.71% | ||||||||||||||||
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Results
edit| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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| Saparmurat Niyazov | Communist Party of Turkmenistan | 1,716,278 | 98.29 | |
| Against | 29,790 | 1.71 | ||
| Total | 1,746,068 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 1,746,068 | 99.98 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 307 | 0.02 | ||
| Total votes | 1,746,375 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,805,782 | 96.71 | ||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | ||||
References
edit- ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p477 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
- ^ Nohlenet al., p479