Determining Factors of Election Protests in the Post-Soviet Space

... opposition set up a parallel power structure. The developments were reported on by some media, as the protests spilled over to the capital Bishkek (in the North) and the number of elite shifts to the opposition started to grow, including also members of the security forces. With loyalty to him withering away, Akayev decided to leave the country and resign, bringing Bakiyev into power. Fifteen years later, Kyrgyzstan lived through yet another post-election revolution. [1] In the parliamentary election on October 4, the pro-government parties from the South won 91 out of 120 seats, leaving the North of the country without sufficient representation, as information ...