Parties-winners in Kyrgyz election to recount votes

BISHKEK, October 13 (Itar-Tass) - Five parties which won in the
parliamentary election in Kyrgyzstan intend to re-count the results of the
vote at a number of polling stations jointly with the central election
commission, Deputy head of the Ar- Namys (Dignity) party Akylbek Zhaparov
said.
An automatic system of vote-counting has worked not correctly enough;
therefore, representatives of the five winner parties intend to recount
ballot papers by hand at approximately 300 polling stations, Zhaparov
said. He did not rule out that vote-recounting might give a chance to
another party - United Kyrgyzstan, to join the Kyrgyz parliament.
Afterwards the winner parties intend to begin consultations on
creating parliamentary coalitions because none of the winner parties
collected an absolute majority of votes with a ballot difference margin
ranging from 0.5 to 3 percent.
The turnout in the Kyrgyz election was 56 percent out of 2.85 million
registered voters. Five parties have won the right to be represented in
the legislative body, according to preliminary results.
The United Kyrgyzstan party that collected 4.84 percent of votes short
of the five-percent election barrier insists on vote re-counting at a
number of polling stations.