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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Kyrgyz elections neither free nor fair
2005-03-01
MOSCOW/BISHKEK — The son of Kyrgyzstan President Askar Akayev was elected to the Central Asian republic's parliament in Sunday's polls, election officials in Bishkek said yesterday as first results were announced. Aidar Akayev won a seat to the 75-member legislature with 80 per cent of ballots cast in his constituency in single-mandate voting, according to the official tally.  Rights activists however criticised the polls as being neither free and fair, the Interfax news agency reported.

Only 30 seats in the unicameral parliament were allocated in the first round of voting, requiring run-offs to be held March 13.
Posted by:Steve White

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