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TURKMENISTAN DAILY DIGEST
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From: Ina Iankulova (iiankulova@sorosny.org)
Date: Thu Apr 10 2003 - 11:32:13 EDT
SOVIET-STYLE ELECTIONS IN TURKMENISTAN
A report on the outcome of local elections on 6 April was aired on Turkmen state television on 9 April, focusing on a meeting of the Central Election Commission held that day to discuss election results and register the candidates who were elected. According to commission data, 99.8 percent of eligible voters cast their ballots. At least two candidates were registered in each constituency, but according to sources in Turkmenistan who must necessarily remain anonymous, the candidates were not popularly selected. Unofficial observers within the country also asserted that far fewer voters appeared at the polls than the turnout the authorities would claim. BB
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