2017 Turkmenistan presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Turkmenistan on 12 February 2017. This was Turkmenistan's fifth presidential election and decided who would be the country's president for the next seven years. Incumbent President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow won with more than 97% of the vote, similar to the results of the 2012 elections.

2017 Turkmenistan presidential election

12 February 2017 (2017-02-12)
Turnout97.28%
 
Nominee Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow Maksat Annanepesow
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote 3,090,610 32,269
Percentage 97.69% 1.02%

Results by region

President before election

Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
Independent

Elected President

Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
Independent

The result was widely expected; although the election was nominally contested by nine candidates, all opposition candidates were appointed by the government and the elections were regarded by foreign organisations as not being a free and fair contest.

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