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The Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz: Жогорку Кеңеш, transliterated as Žoghorku Keňgesh or Jogorku Kenesh) is the unicameral Parliament of Kyrgyzstan. It has 90 seats with members elected for a five-year term by party-list proportional voting (Article 54 of the October 2007 Constitution).

Prior to the unicameralization introduced in the October 2007 Constitution, the Supreme Council consisted of the Legislative Assembly (Myizam Chygaruu Jyiyny, the upper house) and the Assembly of People's Representatives (El Okuldor Jyiyny, lower house) with 60 and 45 members, respectively. The members of both houses were elected to five year terms. In the Assembly of People's Representatives all 45 members were elected in single-seat constituencies; in the Legislative Assembly 45 members were elected in single-seat constituencies and 15 were elected through party lists.

[edit] 2005 parliamentary election

Main article: Kyrgyz parliamentary elections, 2005

The 2005 Kyrgyz parliamentary elections were held in February and March 2005. More than 400 candidates ran for the new 75-member unicameral legislative assembly. There were two rounds of voting held on 27 February and 13 March. Six seats were won by opposition politicians. Most candidates were officially independent. International observers said the elections fell short of international standards for democratic elections in several important areas. Widespread protests over alleged rigging of the election by the government culminated in the Tulip Revolution on 24 March. Revolutionaries overthrew President Askar Akayev.