Atambayev wins Kyrgyz presidential election

Kyrgyz Prime Minister Almazbek Atambayev won the presidential election with over 60 percent of the vote, the Central Election Committee said Monday. Atambayev gained 62.88 percent of the counted votes, which accounted for 95.47 percent of the total vote in Sunday's election, CEC chairman Tuigunaly Abdraimov said at a press conference. The United Kyrgyzstan party leader Adakhan Madumarov, and Kamchibek Tashiyev, the Ata-Zhurt party leader, followed with 14.91 percent and 14.43 percent. Vote counting has been undergoing after the polling finished late Sunday. "Electing a president in the first round would be the best prospect," Atambayev said after casting his vote on Sunday. He said he had never used administrative resources for his election campaigns. "The Central Election Commission will count the votes and no one will engage in vote rigging," he added.