1990 Turkmenistan presidential election

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]

1990 Turkmen presidential election

27 October 1990 1992 →
Turnout	96.71%
Nominee Saparmurat Niyazov Party Communist Party Popular vote 1,716,278 Percentage 98.29%
Elected President Saparmurat Niyazov Communist Party

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Saparmurat Niyazov	Communist Party of Turkmenistan	1,716,278	98.29
Against			29,790	1.71
Total			1,746,068	100.00
Valid votes			1,746,068	99.98
Invalid/blank votes			307	0.02
Total votes			1,746,375	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,805,782	96.71
Source: Nohlen et al.