Kyrgyzstan
○ Presidential Election
- Term of office: 6 years
○ Parliamentary Elections
· Parliamentary
- Seats: 120
- Term of office: 5 years
○ Election system
· Number of polling stations: 2,365
· Opening and closing time of polling stations
- 8 am and 4 pm respectively
· Number of registered voters: 3,014,434 (2017 election)
· Voter turnout: 56.32% (2017 presidential election)
· Voting age: 18
- Presidential: Directly elected by absolute majority popular vote (in 2 rounds if necessary).
- The Prime Minister
1. Nominated by the parliamentary party which holds more than 50% of the seats.
2. The nomination must then be approved by the president.
3. If no party holds more than 50% of the seats, the president may select the party that will nominate a prime minister.
- Parliamentary:
1. Closed-list proportional representation system.
2. There is a five percent threshold for gaining representation.
3. Parties are capped at 65 seats total.
· Voting process
1. Election Announcement2. Candidate Registration
3. Lot-Drawing to determine the candidates’ number designation
4. Voting ( Verify National ID Card -> Receive Ballots -> Mark Ballots -> Cast Ballots )
· Counting process
1. The results of the PCOS(voting machine) are printed.
2. The manual counting is done and recorded in the report.
· Time to take to announce voting results in the country: 1 day