1990 Turkmenistan presidential election From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia 1990 Turkmen presidential election 27 October 1990 1992 → Turnout96.71% Nominee Saparmurat Niyazov Party Communist Party Popular vote 1,716,278 Percentage 98.29% Elected President Saparmurat Niyazov Communist Party Politics of Turkmenistan Constitution People's Council Chairperson: Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow President Serdar Berdimuhamedow Cabinet Assembly Speaker: Dünýägözel Gulmanowa State Security Council Political parties Agrarian Party Democratic Party Party of Industrialists andEntrepreneurs Recent elections Presidential: 201220172022 Parliamentary: 201820212023 Administrative divisions RegionDistrictsCities Foreign relations Visa policy Human rights Ruhnama Other countries vte Presidential elections were held for the first time in the Turkmen SSR on 27 October 1990.[1] The only candidate was Saparmurat Niyazov, who won 98% of the vote. Voter turnout was 97%.[2] Results[edit] CandidatePartyVotes%Saparmurat NiyazovCommunist Party of Turkmenistan1,716,27898.29Against29,7901.71Total1,746,068100.00Valid votes1,746,06899.98Invalid/blank votes3070.02Total votes1,746,375100.00Registered voters/turnout1,805,78296.71Source: Nohlen et al. References[edit] ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p477 ISBN 0-19-924958-X ^ Nohlenet al., p479 vte Elections and referendums in TurkmenistanPresidential elections 1990 1992 2007 2012 2017 2022 Assembly elections 1937 1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1980 1984 1990 1994 1999 2004 2008–09 2013 2018 2023 People's Council elections 1992 1998 2003 2007 2010 2016 2018 2021 Local elections 2003 2006 2007 2010 2014 2016 2018 Referendums 1991 1994 See also: Elections and referendums in the Soviet Union