Kazakhstani presidential election, 1991

Kazakhstan presidential election, 1991
Kazakhstan
1 December 1991

 
Nominee Nursultan Nazarbayev
Party CPSU
Popular vote 8,681,276
Percentage 98.80 %

President before election

Nursultan Nazarbayev
CPSU

Elected President

Nursultan Nazarbayev
CPSU

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Presidential elections were held for the first time in Kazakhstan on 1 December 1991.[1] Nursultan Nazarbayev was elected with 99% of the vote, based on a turnout of 88.2%.[2]

Results

Candidate Party Votes %
Nursultan NazarbayevCommunist Party of the Soviet Union8,681,27698.8
Against107,2521.2
Invalid/blank votes198
Total8,788,726100
Registered voters/turnout9,961,24288.2
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p416 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  2. Nohlen et al., p424
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