1991 Uzbek presidential election

Presidential elections were held for the first time in Uzbekistan on 29 December 1991.[1] Their result was a victory for Islam Karimov of the People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan, who won with 87.1% of the vote. Voter turnout was reported to be 94.2%.[2]

1991 Uzbek presidential election
29 December 1991
Turnout94.2%
 
Nominee Islam Karimov Muhammad Salih
Party PDPU Erk
Popular vote 8,514,136 1,220,474
Percentage 87.1% 12.5%
President before election

Islam Karimov
CPSU

 Elected President

Islam Karimov
PDPU

Background

Karimov had been elected the first President of the Uzbek SSR by the Supreme Soviet on 24 March 1990, with 491 votes in favour and 7 against.[3][4]

Results
Candidate Party Votes %
Islam KarimovPeople's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan8,514,13687.1
Muhammad SalihErk1,220,47412.5
Against all36,5250.4
Invalid/blank votes129,823–
Total9,900,958100
Registered voters/turnout10,515,06694.2
Source: Nohlen et al.

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p490 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  2. Nohlen et al., p496
  3. Nikolai Borisov (2018) Президентство на постсоветском пространстве: процессы генезиса и трансформаций p35
  4. Orphaned Dictator: The Making Of Uzbekistan's Islam Karimov RFERL, 24 March 2015
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