1992 Turkmenistan presidential election information
1992 Turkmenistan presidential election
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Turnout
99.82%
Nominee
Saparmurat Niyazov
Party
TDP
Popular vote
1,874,357
Percentage
99.51%
President before election
Saparmurat Niyazov
CPT
Elected President
Saparmurat Niyazov
TDP
Politics of Turkmenistan
Constitution
People's Council
Chairperson: Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
President
Serdar Berdimuhamedow
Cabinet
Assembly
Speaker: Dünýägözel Gulmanowa
State Security Council
Political parties
Agrarian Party
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Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs
Recent elections
Presidential: 2012
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Parliamentary: 2018
2021
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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]
^Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p477 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
^Nohlen et al., p480
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