1991 Tajik presidential election
24 November 1991
Turnout86.49%
 
Nominee Rahmon Nabiyev Davlat Khudonazarov
Party Communist Democratic
Popular vote 1,321,189 678,461
Percentage 60.44% 31.04%
President before election

Rahmon Nabiyev
Communist

 Elected President

Rahmon Nabiyev
Communist

Presidential elections were held for the first time in Tajikistan on 24 November 1991.[1] The result was a victory for Rahmon Nabiyev of the Communist Party of Tajikistan, who received 60% of the vote. Voter turnout was 86.5%.

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Rahmon NabiyevCommunist Party of Tajikistan1,321,18960.44
Davlat KhudonazarovDemocratic Party678,46131.04
Saifuddin Turayev101,1464.63
Khikmatullo Nasriddinov28,9631.32
Burikhon Salimov11,8630.54
Bobisho Shoyev8,2730.38
Akbar Maksumov5,1400.24
Against all30,9741.42
Total2,186,009100.00
Valid votes2,186,00996.83
Invalid/blank votes71,4673.17
Total votes2,257,476100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,610,08986.49
Source: Ethnic Aspects of Power[2]

Aftermath

After the elections, protesters gathered to peacefully protest the results. However, angry protesters eventually turned to violence, causing them to clash with the military in Khujand. This sparked the five-year long Tajikistani Civil War. Nabiyev was ambushed and held at gunpoint while going to Dushanbe Airport, where he was forced to resign.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p462 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  2. ↑ Этнические аспекты власти: сборник статей, Языковскій центр, 1995, p174
  3. ↑ Tajikistan's Civil War: A Nightmare The Government Won't Let Its People Forget RFE/RL 23 June 2017
  4. ↑ Парламент Таджикистана должен решить вопрос о власти Kommersant
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