Uzbekistani presidential election, 1991

Uzbekistani presidential election, 1991
Uzbekistan
December 29, 1991 (1991-12-29)

 
Nominee Islam Karimov Muhammad Salih
Party PDPU Erk
Popular vote 8,514,136 1,220,474
Percentage 87.1 % 12.5 %

President before election

Islam Karimov
CPSU

Elected President

Islam Karimov
PDPU

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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]

Results

Candidate Party Votes %
Islam KarimovPeople's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan8,514,13687.1
Muhammad SalihErk1,220,47412.5
Against all36,5250.4
Invalid/blank votes129,823
Total9,900,958100
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
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