Acting president wins at the ballot
From Times Wire Reports
Turkmenistan’s acting president overwhelmingly won an election pitting him against five other members of the country’s only legal political party, the head of the central elections commission said.
Gurbanguly Berdimukhamedov won 89.23% of Sunday’s vote, commission director Murad Karyyev said.
It was the first time Turkmenistan held a presidential election with more than one candidate. Berdimukhamedov became interim president after the Dec. 21 death of Saparmurad A. Niyazov, who ruled for two decades.
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