Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan

The Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz: Жогорку Кеңеш, transliterated as Žoghorku Keňgesh or Jogorku Kenesh) is the unicameral Parliament of Kyrgyzstan. It has 90 seats with members elected for a five-year term by party-list proportional voting (Article 54 of the October 2007 Constitution). Prior to the unicameralization introduced in the October 2007 Constitution, the Supreme Council consisted of the Legislative Assembly (Myizam Chygaruu Jyiy... more

The Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz: Жогорку Кеңеш, transliterated as Žoghorku Keňgesh or Jogorku Kenesh) is the unicameral Parliament of Kyrgyzstan. It has 90 seats with members elected for a five-year term by party-list proportional voting (Article 54 of the October 2007 Constitution). Prior to the unicameralization introduced in the October 2007 Constitution, the Supreme Council consisted of the Legislative Assembly (Myizam Chygaruu Jyiyny, the upper house) and the Assembly of People's Representatives (El Okuldor Jyiyny, lower house) with 60 and 45 members, respectively. The members of both houses were elected to five year terms. In the Assembly of People's Representatives all 45 members were elected in single-seat constituencies; in the Legislative Assembly 45 members were elected in single-seat constituencies and 15 were elected through party lists. The 2005 Kyrgyz parliamentary elections were held in February and March 2005. More than 400 candidates ran for the new 75... less