2021 Kyrgyz parliamentary election

Snap parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in Kyrgyzstan by June 2021.[1] They follow the annulment of the results of the October 2020 elections and the subsequent protests.

Electoral system

The 120 seats in the Supreme Council are elected by proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency. To win seats, parties must pass a national electoral threshold of 3% of the votes cast (down from 7% in the October 2020 elections),[1] and receive at least 0.7% of the vote in each of the seven regions.[2] No one party is allowed to hold more than 65 seats.[3] Party lists are required to have at least 30% of the candidates from each gender, and every fourth candidate had to be of a different gender. Each list is also required to have at least 15% of the candidates being from ethnic minorities and 15% of under 35 years old, as well as at least two candidates with disabilities.[3][4]

In addition, parliament abolished the use of Form No. 2, which allowed Kyrgyz voters to register to cast their ballots outside of their official home districts. The system was intended to allow migrant workers to vote where they worked, but after record numbers of this type of ballot were cast in the previous, annulled election, it was thought that the forms were abused to manipulate vote totals in the different regions.[1]

References

1. Putz, Catherine (22 October 2020). "Kyrgyzstan Punts on Elections to Pursue Constitutional Reforms". The Diplomat. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
2. Kyrgyz Republic: Election for Jorgorku Keneshg (Kyrgyz Supreme Council) IFES
3. Electoral system IPU
4. THE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW On Presidential and Jogorku Kenesh Elections in the Kyrgyz Republic