The results of the parliamentary elections were revealed today. According to the Central Election Committee, informs AKIpress, 1,650,698 people or 71.93% of voters took part and voted in the election process, which is equivalent to turnout of 83.27%. According to the preliminary voting results, the presidential party Ak-Zhol takes the lead followed by the opposition party “Ata-Meken” led by Omurbek Tekebaev, ex-deputy of Parliament. Following is the list of parties with percentage of votes:

Ak Zhol party has received 47.43% of votes.
Ata Meken party follows with 9.51% of votes
Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan - 4.65%
Communists’ Party of Kyrgyzstan - 2,78%
Turan party - 1.95%
Ar Namys – 1.43%
ErK - 0.85%
Asaba party - 0.78%
Erkindik - 0.61%
Aalam - 0.53%
Glas Naroda - 0.35%
Novaya Sila - 0.23%
0.23% of voters have voted against all parties.

The Central Election Commission said that according to preliminary results Ata Meken party has not gained 0.5% of the overall list of registered voters in Batken and Osh oblasts and in Osh city. In Batken oblast Ata Meken has gained 3,600 votes, in Osh oblast - 4,644 votes, in Osh city - 620 votes instead of the required 13,500 votes in order to overcome 0.5% threshold.

This, I guess would mean that we will have one-party system, which in this case is Ak-Zhol. The final results of the voting will be revealed on 19 or 20 December, 2007.