Kyrgyzstan presidential election on 27 January 2027: candidates and voting rules

Kyrgyzstan will hold its regular presidential election on 27 January 2027, a Wednesday. Presidential elections take place every six years and were set by the Jogorku Kenesh and the head of state. The previous vote, an early election held in 2021, elected Sadyr Japarov with 79.2% of the vote, on a turnout of 39.75%.

Candidate nominations close on 23 December 2026. Candidates must be Kyrgyz citizens over 35, collect at least 30,000 citizen signatures, which this time can be gathered digitally, and pay a 1 million som deposit. The Central Election Commission has so far officially announced only one candidate, Aymen Kasenov. Azamat Esenbekov has also submitted documents, and Sadyr Japarov had earlier said he intends to run.

Campaigning runs from 23 December 2026 until 08:00 on 26 January 2027, and 27 January is a silence day. Polls open from 8:00 to 20:00. As of 19 October, 4,388,786 voters were registered, and voters can check their details on tizme.gov.kg until 17 November.