The key facts

  • Klara Sooronkulova filed her documents on November 12 as a self-nominated candidate and became the only woman among the candidates
  • The number of contenders for the presidency has reached 11; the document submission deadline ended on November 12
  • The election is scheduled for January 27, 2027; among those who declared their intention to run is incumbent President Sadyr Japarov

Eleven contenders for the presidency

In Kyrgyzstan, the acceptance of documents for nominating candidates in the presidential election scheduled for January 27, 2027, has concluded. The submission deadline ended on November 12, and by that day the number of contenders had reached 11. According to the press service of the Central Election Commission, the last to file a nomination as a self-nominated candidate was Klara Sooronkulova, a former judge of the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court. She is the only woman among the candidates who have declared their intention to run in the election.

Who is Klara Sooronkulova

The 57-year-old Sooronkulova worked as a judge at the Central Election Commission in 2010–2011, and at the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court in 2011–2015. In 2020, she led the Reform party, which took part in the parliamentary election. She already has experience with presidential campaigns: in the early election on January 10, 2021, she received 14,005 votes — about 1% of the voters who took part in the vote.

What is known about the campaign landscape

Incumbent President Sadyr Japarov has declared his intention to run in the election, as have other political figures. So far, these are declared candidates: registration and the final list of campaign participants are a separate stage, and no data on it is available in the published reports. The previous presidential election in the country was held in January 2021, when Japarov was elected head of state.