Kyrgyzstan, parliament elections-2007. Photo by Photo.Kg

The Kyrgyz Central Electoral Commission came up with an interim outcome of the snap parliamentary election by 9 a.m. Bishkek time.

According to the latest estimate, 71.93% residents of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan participated in the parliamentary election.

The official automatic system Shailoo [Election] processed interim reports from 1,698 polling stations out of 2,236 (75.94%) by 9 a.m.

Press service of the Central Electoral Commission reports the following distribution of votes (%):

People's Party Ak Jol - 47.53;

Socialist Party Ata Meken - 9.51;

Social-Democratic Party - 4.65;

Communist Party - 2.78;

Ar-Namys - 1.43;

Erk - 0.85;

National Revival Party Asaba - 0.78;

Erkindik - 0.61;

Aalam - 0.53;

Vox Populi - 0.35;

New Force - 0.23; and

Against Everyone - 0.29.

Political party needs 5% of the total number of voters nationwide and 0.5% of all voting residents of each of the seven regions of Kyrgyzstan and central cities of Bishkek and Osh to make the parliament.

It became the first election of the parliament by the proportional system. The party with the majority of seats on the parliament of 90 lawmakers will nominate the prime minister and form the government.

Unless the remaining 24.06% bulletins dramatically alter the picture, President Kurmanbek Bakiyev's Ak Jol will constitute the parliamentary majority.

Shanghai Cooperation Organization observers recognize legitimacy of the election

Observers representing the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) recognized legitimacy of the parliamentary election in Kyrgyzstan and its concurrence with the national legislation and international standards. Sherali Jononov, the head of the SCO monitoring mission, said at a press conference earlier to day that SCO observers had been present at ten polling stations when the voting was under way and five others monitored the bulletin-count afterwards. Absence of serious complaints from representatives of political parties and voters themselves enabled SCO observers to praise the atmosphere of the election as tranquil and transparent.

Coalition For Democracy and Civil Society (an alliance of Kyrgyz non-governmental organizations) in the meantime refused to recognize legitimacy of the election. Coalition leader Dinara Oshurahunova referred at the press secretary to numerous violations like bribery of voters, voting under duress, rigged bulletin-count, and so on.

Observers representing the OSCE and its Bureau for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights will give their verdict at 4 p.m. later today.

Vremya Novostei political observer Arkady Dubnov is convinced that Ak Jol's triumph is a foregone conclusion, not to be doubted even though the first unofficial outcome of the election is only promised tomorrow.

Ak Jol's triumph is as inevitable as Nur Otan's and United Russia's were in Kazakhstan and Russia.