Nationalist Sadyr Zhaparov has won Kyrgyzstan's presidency on Sunday as the central Asian nation held its first elections since political unrest in October, Deutsche Welle reports.
At the same time, voters also elected to do away with a parliamentary government system, granting more powers to the presidency in the former Soviet state.
Results published by the country's Central Election Commission (CEC) showed Zhaparov with close to 80% of the vote. His closest competitor, Adakhan Madumarov, was at less than 7% support.