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Challenges amid Kyrgyzstan's return to presidential politics


21 January 2021
Author: Matteo Fumagalli, University of St Andrews
Landslide victories in the Kyrgyz election and referendum held on 10 January 2021 give President-elect Sadyr Japarov a strong mandate to change the foundations of Kyrgyzstan’s constitutional order. The election was held after former president Sooronbay Jeenbekov was forced from power in the crisis following the rigged parliamentary elections on 4 October 2020.
 
Japarov received 79 per cent of votes, with runner-up Adakhan Madumarov receiving a mere 6.7 per cent. In the constitutional referendum, 81 per cent voted in favour of a presidential system over a parliamentary one.
Japarov’s victory was widely expected. But the scale was impressive and, for once, defies the facile north–south reading of Kyrgyzstani politics. Apart from tepid support in the capital Bishkek (52 per cent), Japarov did well everywhere, including his native Issyk-Kul region (93 per cent), Osh city (77 per cent), Osh r ....

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