Kazakhstani presidential election, 1991

1 December 1991



Nominee	Nursultan Nazarbayev	Serikbolsyn Abdildin
Party	CPSU	CPSU
Popular vote	8,681,276	6,500
Percentage	98.80 %	0.10 %

President before election

Nursultan Nazarbayev
CPSU

Elected President

Nursultan Nazarbayev
CPSU

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Presidential elections were held for the first time in Kazakhstan on 1 December 1991.^[1] Nursultan Nazarbayev was elected with 98.0% of the vote, based on a turnout of 88.2%.^[2]

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Nursultan Nazarbayev	Communist Party of the Soviet Union	8,681,276	98.8
Serikbolsyn Abdildin	Communist Party of the Soviet Union	6,500	0.1
Against		100,752	1.1
Invalid/blank votes		198	-
Total		8,788,726	100
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

↑ Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p416 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
↑ Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p424 ISBN 0-19-924958-X

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