Turkmenistan: President, 12 February 2017

At stake in this election:

• The office of the President of Turkmenistan

Note on the results: 9 candidates total ran for office. Only those receiving greater than 1% of the final vote are listed.

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Gurbanguly BERDYMUKHAMEDOV (since December 2006)
• Head of Government: President Gurbanguly BERDYMUKHAMMEDOV (since December 2006)
• Assembly: Turkmenistan has a unicameral National Assembly (Mejlis) with 125 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 7-year term. The term limit was extended from 5 years to 7 years in 2016. A single candidate must receive greater than 50% of the vote to be elected. If no candidates receive over 50% a runoff will be held between the two candidates who received the most votes in the first round.
• In the National Assembly (Mejlis) 125 members are elected by absolute majority vote in single-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms

Last Election:

• In 2012 Gurbanguly BERDYMUKHAMEDOV was re-elected as president with 89.18% of the vote. He faced no opposition from an opposing party, running against three Democratic candidates.

Main candidates in the election:

• Gurbanguly BERDYMUKHAMEDOV
  • Democratic Party  of Turkmenistant (DPT) / Türkmenistanyň Demokratik partiýasy
• Begmyrat ATALYEVA
  • State Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (PIE) / Senagatçylar we Telekeçiler partiýasy
• Durdygylycha ORAZOV
  • Agrarian Party (APT) / Türkmenistanyň Agrar partiýasy
• Maksat ANNANEPESOV
  • Independent
• Jumanazar ANNAN
  • Independent
• Durdiyev RAMADAN
  • Independent
• Meretdurdy GURBANOV
  • Independent
• Serdar DZHELILOV
  • Independent
• Suleymannepes NURNEPESOV
  • Independent

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 5,171,943
• Registered Voters: 3,063,218 (as of 2013)

Gender Data:

• Female Population: 2,784,000
• Is Turkmenistan a signatory to CEDAW: No
• Has Turkmenistan ratified CEDAW: Yes (May 1 1997)
• Gender Quota: None
• Female candidates in this election: 0
• Number of Female Parliamentarians: 32
• Human Development Index Position: 109
• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: none

Disability Data:

• Is Turkmenistan a signatory to CRPD: No
• Has Turkmenistan ratified CRPD: Yes (Sept 4 2008)
• Population with a disability: 784,713 (est)[1]