Central Electoral Commission of Kyrgyzstan
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| Headquarters | 50 Pushkin Street, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan |
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| Parent department | Government of Kyrgyzstan |
| Website | shailoo |
The Central Commission on Elections and Referenda of the Kyrgyz Republic (often abbreviated as The Central Electoral Commission of Kyrgyzstan, or CEC) is Kyrgyzstan’s permanent, national election management body. It organises and conducts presidential and parliamentary elections, national referendums and local council elections, and supervises the network of territorial and precinct election commissions throughout the country.
Since independence, the CEC has played a central role in Kyrgyzstan’s post-Soviet political development, administering elections under the presidencies of Askar Akayev, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Almazbek Atambayev, Sooronbay Jeenbekov and Sadyr Japarov and operated through major political upheavals in 2005, 2010 and 2020.