1991 Uzbek presidential election

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1991 Uzbek presidential election
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Turnout94.2%
 
Nominee Islam Karimov Muhammad Salih
Party XDP Erk/Liberty Democratic Party
Popular vote 8,514,136 1,220,474
Percentage 87.1% 12.5%
President before election

Islam Karimov
CPSU

Elected President

Islam Karimov
XDP

Presidential elections were held for the first time in Uzbekistan on 29 December 1991.[1] Their result was a victory for Islam Karimov of the People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan, who won with 87.1% of the vote. Voter turnout was reported to be 94.2%.[2]

Background

Karimov had been elected the first President of the Uzbek SSR by the Supreme Soviet on 24 March 1990, with 491 votes in favour and 7 against.[3][4]

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Islam KarimovPeople's Democratic Party8,514,13687.14
Muhammad SalihErk1,220,47412.49
Against all36,5250.37
Total9,771,135100.00
Valid votes9,771,13598.69
Invalid/blank votes129,8231.31
Total votes9,900,958100.00
Registered voters/turnout10,515,06694.16
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p490 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  2. ^ Nohlen et al., p496
  3. ^ Nikolai Borisov (2018) Президентство на постсоветском пространстве: процессы генезиса и трансформаций p35
  4. ^ Orphaned Dictator: The Making Of Uzbekistan's Islam Karimov RFERL, 24 March 2015
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