Kyrgyzstan's CEC Changes Procedure for Counting Votes in Elections

The Central Commission for Elections and Referendums of Kyrgyzstan has changed the procedure for organizing voting, establishing its outcomes and determining the results of presidential and parliamentary elections. The resolution was signed by CEC Chairman Tynchtyk Shainazarov.

The changes were introduced into the regulation approved on 14 November 2025 and are aimed at bringing the Central Election Commission's normative acts into compliance with current legislation.

One of the main innovations concerns the processing of remote voting results. System administrators of territorial election commissions must print out from the CEC information system the electronic protocols of precinct election commissions on the results of remote voting. After that, the documents are handed over to the chairmen of district or territorial election commissions to summarize the results.

In addition, paragraph 32 of the regulation has been changed: it now separately specifies that the provision concerning a single electoral district applies in elections of deputies of the Jogorku Kenesh. Another amendment is editorial in nature: in the text of the regulation in the state language, the word "tutumduk" has been replaced with "sistemalyk".

The next presidential election in Kyrgyzstan is scheduled for 27 January 2027. According to preliminary data, 11 people have announced their intention to take part in the presidential race.