Tagged: Turkmenistan

The Election Network

Turkmenistan’s incumbent president wins fresh seven-year term

Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov won the presidential elections with 98 percent of the vote in a weakly contested election, election officials revealed on Monday. The former dentist and health minister beat out seven token opponents following a 97 percent turnout at the polls. Voting is mandatory in Turkmenistan. Last year Berdymukhamedov signed off on constitutional […]