The election commission of Turkmenistan has announced the results of the presidential elections held in Turkmenistan on 12 March 2022.
According to the information received from the election commission, Serdar Berdimuhamedov, the candidate of the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan has won the elections by bagging 72.97% of the votes.
The investiture ceremony of the president-elect is scheduled for 19 March 2022. It will be held in two parts – the first part will take place at the Oguzkhan Presidential Palace and the second part will be held at the Reception Centre, which was formerly the Tribune for the national parades.
Here are the details of the results:
In all, there were 9 candidates.
The polls were held on 12 march 2022 from 7am to 7pm. Out of 3,460,080 registered voters in the country, 3,362,052 cast their vote. This is 97.17% of the total registered voters.
Votes bagged by each candidate
| Name | Nominated by | % of votes | |
| 1 | Serdar Berdimuhamedov
|
Democratic Party of Turkmenistan
|
72.97 |
| 2 | Agajan Bekmuradov | Agrarian Party of Turkmenistan | 7.22 |
| 3 | Babamyrat Meredov | Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan | 1.08 |
| 4 | Maksatmyrat Ovezgeldiyev | Citizens’ Initiative Group, Ahal province
|
1.16 |
| 5 | Berdymammet Gurbanov
|
Citizens’ Initiative Group, Balkan province | 2.22 |
| 6 | Maksat Odeshov
|
Citizens’ Initiative Group, Dhoguz province
|
1.15 |
| 7 | Perhat Begenjov | Citizens’ Initiative Group, Lebap province
|
2.02 |
| 8 | Kakageldi Sariyev | Citizens’ Initiative Group, Mary province
|
1.09 |
| 9 | Hydyr Nunnaev | Citizens’ Initiative Group, Ashgabat
|
11.09 |
/// nCa, 15 March 2022