Nationalist politician Sadyr Japarov is on course to a landslide victory in Kyrgyzstan’s snap presidential election, which was triggered by the collapse of the previous government.
Japarov won almost 80 percent of the vote on Sunday in the Central Asian nation which is closely allied with Russia, according to preliminary results cited by Kyrgyzstan’s Central Election Commission, meaning there will be no runoff.
The data meanwhile showed his closest competitor trailing with less than 7 percent.
“I am assuming power at a time of hardship and crisis,” Japarov told reporters after the results were announced.
“One or two years will not be enough to fix everything, we can do it in three or four years and it will require stability.”
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