1991 Kazakh presidential election

1991 Kazakh presidential election

1 December 1991
Turnout	88.23%
Nominee Nursultan Nazarbayev Party Independent Running mate Yerik Asanbayev Popular vote 8,681,276 Percentage 98.78%
President before election Nursultan Nazarbayev Independent Elected President Nursultan Nazarbayev Independent

Presidential elections were held in Kazakhstan for the first time on 1 December 1991. Nursultan Nazarbayev won with 99% of the vote, and 88% of the people who could vote actually did.

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Nursultan Nazarbayev	Independent	8,681,276	98.78
Against			107,252	1.22
Total			8,788,528	100.00
Valid votes			8,788,528	100.00
Invalid/blank votes			198	0.00
Total votes			8,788,726	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			9,961,242	88.23