2017 Kyrgyz presidential election

2017 Kyrgyz presidential election
15 October 2017 (2017-10-15)
Turnout56.32%
 
Nominee Sooronbay Jeenbekov Ömürbek Babanov Adakhan Madumarov
Party SDPK Independent Butun Kyrgyzstan
Popular vote 920,620 568,665 110,284
Percentage 54.67% 33.77% 6.55%
Results by district
President before election

Almazbek Atambayev
SDPK

 President-elect

Sooronbay Jeenbekov
SDPK

Presidential elections were held in Kyrgyzstan on 15 October 2017. Incumbent President Almazbek Atambayev was not allowed to run again because the constitution sets a single six-year term for the head of state. Eleven candidates registered for the race, and from this field Sooronbay Jeenbekov of the Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan won more than 50% of the vote, avoiding a runoff. Following certification of the results on 30 October, Jeenbekov was inaugurated as President of Kyrgyzstan on 24 November.

The elections marked the first change of president that was not the result of the death of the incumbent or a revolution. Some described the vote as Central Asia's first genuinely competitive presidential election.

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