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Article 66
 

Repeated Voting

1. If two or more Presidential candidates of the Kyrgyz Republic were included into the ballot and none of them is elected, the Central Election Commission shall designate a repeat voting to elect President of the Kyrgyz Republic with two candidates who won the largest number of votes included in the ballot.

2. The repeat voting shall be conducted not later than two weeks following the day of establishment of the election results, in compliance with the requirements of this Code. The Central Election Commission shall publish information on the repeat voting in mass media not later than three calendar days after the day of establishment of the election results.

3. Should one of the presidential candidates of the Kyrgyz Republic withdraw before the conduct of repeat voting, by decision of the Central Election Commission the second candidate for repeat voting shall be the candidate who at general elections received the largest number of votes after the two candidates for whom repeated voting was initially appointed. In case there are no other candidates left, voting shall be conducted for one candidate.

4. A candidate who wins the majority of votes in the course of repeated voting shall be considered elected, if not less than 50 percent of all the voters participated in voting.

(In the edition of the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic issued on January 24th 2004 year No.7)