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Ak Jol

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White Path People's Party
Ак Жол элдик партиясы
LeaderIgor Chudinov
FounderKurmanbek Bakiyev
Founded15 October 2007(2007-10-15)
Dissolved15 April 2010(2010-04-15)
Preceded byPeople's Movement of Kyrgyzstan
HeadquartersToktogul 175,Bishkek
IdeologyKyrgyznationalism[1][2][3]
National conservatism
Communitarianism[4]
Political positionCentre-right
ColoursWhite
Red
Website
akjolnarod.kg

TheAk JolPeople's Party(Kyrgyz:Ак Жол элдик партиясы,sometimes romanized asAk Zhol([ɑqdʒol],lit.'White/Bright/Genial Path'), is aKyrgyzpolitical partyfounded byPresidentKurmanbek Bakiyevon 15 October 2007 to contest theparliamentary electionto be held in December 2007.[5]

It gained 71 of the 90 seats in the 2007 elections and was one of the three parties to enter into the parliament,[citation needed]obtaining most of its support from the south of the country.[6]However, following theKyrgyz Revolution of 2010,snap elections were called, and the party lost all of its seats. It did not re-enter parliament thereafter, and it is defunct.

Election results[edit]

Jogorku Kenesh[edit]

Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– Government
2007 Igor Chudinov 1,245,331 61.73 (#1)
71 / 90
Supermajority

Presidential[edit]

Election Candidate First round Second round Result
Votes % Votes %
2009 Kurmanbek Bakiyev 1,779,417 77.44 Won

References[edit]

  1. ^"VI: National and Area Studies/Études Nationales et Régionales".International Political Science Abstracts.62(6): 817–831. December 2012.doi:10.1177/002083451206200606.ISSN0020-8345.S2CID220430700.
  2. ^Schmitz, Andrea; Stiftung Wissenschaft Und Politik (2021)."Revolution again in Kyrgyzstan: forward to the past?".SWP Comment.doi:10.18449/2021C08.
  3. ^Mamo, Christian (25 February 2021)."Sadyr Japarov: New hope for Kyrgyzstan or a return to autocracy?".Emerging Europe.Retrieved30 November2021.
  4. ^Ziegler, Charles E., ed. (27 February 2015).Civil Society and Politics in Central Asia.University Press of Kentucky. p. 292.ISBN9780813150796.
  5. ^Trend News: Kyrgyz president leads newly created party[permanent dead link]
  6. ^Robertson, Graeme; Pop-Eleches, Grigore (2011)."Cross-cutting Cleavages and Ethnic Conflict: Evidence from Survey Experiments in Kyrgyzstan".Rochester, NY.SSRN1903484.{{cite journal}}:Cite journal requires|journal=(help)