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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 BISHKEK 000810 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR SCA/CEN 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREL KDEM KG
SUBJECT: KYRGYZ ELECTION: PRELIMINARY RESULTS SHOW BAKIYEV 
LANDSLIDE 
 
REF: A. BISHKEK 331 
     ¶B. BISHKEK 809 
     ¶C. SEPTEL 
 
BISHKEK 00000810  001.4 OF 002 
 
 
¶1. (SBU) Summary:  Preliminary results from the July 23 
Kyrgyz presidential election forecast a landslide victory for 
incumbent Kurmanbek Bakiyev.  Leading opposition candidate, 
Almazbek Atambayev, withdrew his earlier calls for protests, 
but vowed to collect precinct protocols and develop a plan of 
action to challenge the results legally.  Two opposition 
members of parliament along with 12 supporters, who were 
involved in a July 23 protest in Balykchi, faced 
interrogations at a district court.  This cable should be 
read in conjunction with septel, which reports on the 
preliminary assessments of OSCE and other observer missions. 
End Summary. 
 
CEC RELEASES PRELIMINARY ELECTION RESULTS 
----------------------------------------- 
 
¶2. (SBU) On July 24, the Central Election Commission (CEC) 
posted updates to election results throughout the day, 
including completed precinct protocols with final polling 
station tabulations.  Media reports indicate that 79 per cent 
of the 2.8 million registered voters cast ballots in the July 
23 presidential election.  The CEC reported the following 
division of votes for candidates: Kurmanbek Bakiyev (85.5%), 
Almazbek Atambayev (7.5%), Temir Sariyev (2.7%), Jenishbek 
Nazaraliyev (0.5%), Toktoayim Umetalieva (0.4%), Nurlan 
Motuyev (0.3%), and "against all candidates" (2.1%).   As 
pledged by CEC Chairman Damir Lisovsky in April (Ref A), the 
"Shailoo" computerized vote tabulation system website 
continued to add precinct protocols detailing election 
results from individual polling stations throughout the day, 
with over half posted by noon on the day after the election. 
 
ATAMBAYEV OPTS FOR CALM APPROACH TO PROTESTING ELECTION 
--------------------------------------------- ---------- 
 
¶3. (SBU)    United People's Movement (UPM) candidate Almazbek 
Atambayev backed down from earlier calls for protests and 
promised a planned response in the days ahead.  Of the two 
election events planned by Atambayev and independent 
candidate Jenishbek Nazaraliyev for the evening of July 23 
(Ref B), the concert took place without incident but 
organizers cancelled the Gorky Park rally.  The concert in 
front of the Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan (SDPK) 
headquarters in Bishkek drew an estimated 500-1000 supporters 
and lasted for two hours before ending peacefully.  During 
the concert, Atambayev and Nazaraliyev announced the 
cancellation of the Gorky Park event.  The presidential 
candidates called for calm and stated that they placed all 
plans to hold protests on hold, while they gathered protocols 
and built their case against the Bakiyev administration and 
the CEC.  They vowed to develop a plan of action in the 
coming days. 
 
SDPK PARLIAMENTARIANS FACE COURT INTERROGATION 
--------------------------------------------- - 
 
¶4. (SBU)  Local press reported that SDPK parliamentarians 
Mirbek Asanakunov and Kubanychbek Kadyrov, along with up to 
12 SDPK supporters, faced interrogations by the Balykchi 
district court following a protest that erupted outside a 
polling station.  While only the General Prosecutor has the 
right to charge the parliamentarians, the detained SDPK 
supporters could face criminal charges of obstructing voters' 
rights, public disorder, and public calls to forceful change 
of constitutional order. 
 
OTHER CLASHES BETWEEN OPPOSITION AND ELECTION COMMISSION 
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¶5. (SBU) In southern Kyrgyzstan, local opposition party 
representatives face charges of "hooliganism" after 
disrupting activities at polling stations.  Authorities 
detained two Ata Meken party representatives and opened a 
criminal case after the representatives allegedly assaulted 
two precinct election commission members in Kolot village in 
Jalalabad Oblast.  In addition, police arrested a local SDPK 
representative after allegedly arriving drunk to the 
Karakulja polling station in Osh Oblast.  The Ata Meken 
representatives face criminal charges of "hooliganism," while 
the SDPK party member faced administrative charges of "minor 
hooliganism." 
 
(Note: This cable should be read in conjunction with SEPTEL 
that highlights OSCE/ODIHR and other observer mission press 
statements.  End Note.) 
 GFOELLER