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For now. Tunisia’s moderate Islamists win vote, leader says rights are assured Related Topics World » 1 of 2. Kyrgyzstan's Prime Minister and presidential candidate Almazbek Atambayev casts his ballot during the presidential election at a polling station in the capital Bishkek October 30, 2011. Kyrgyzstan began voting on Sunday to elect a new president capable of bridging divisions that threaten stability in the former Soviet republic, a vital step to completing bold reforms to create Central Asia's first parliamentary democracy. Credit: Reuters/Vladimir Pirogov By Robin Paxton and Dmitry Solovyov BISHKEK/OSH, Kyrgyzstan | Mon Oct 31, 2011 2:55am EDT BISHKEK/OSH, Kyrgyzstan (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan's Moscow-backed prime minister was poised to become president of the strategically important former Soviet republic on Monday, with nearly all votes counted in a poll set to be disputed by rivals alleging electoral shortcomings. The vote is a test of reforms designed to make Kyrgyzstan, a landlocked country of 5.5 million, the first parliamentary democracy in Central Asia after 20 years of failed authoritarian rule that triggered a bloody revolution in April last year. A trouble-free election would signal the first peaceful transfer of power in the mainly Muslim country, where both Russia and the United States operate military air bases, but several candidates have already rejected the outcome. With 95 percent of ballots counted, pro-business Prime Minister Almazbek Atambayev had 63 percent of the vote, an outright majority that would avoid the need for a second round run-off against a potentially strong rival from the south. Atambayev's two main challengers from a field of 16 candidates were each polling just below 15 percent. Both enjoy strong nationalist support in the poorer south of the country and have vowed to contest any result they believe to be unfair. Both Adakhan Madumarov and Kamchibek Tashiyev have said their actions would be lawful, but have refused to rule out street protests. Any show of public discontent raises the threat of violence and could expose a north-south divide. Within the south, voting was also split roughly along ethnic lines. While Tashiyev and Madumarov polled well among the Kyrgyz population, many ethnic Uzbeks were supporting Atambayev. Many said Atambayev's close ties with Russia were their best hope of protection from a repeat of the June 2010 ethnic violence, when hundreds of people were killed in several days of clashes between the two communities. "All sane citizens want Atambayev. They don't want an ethnic feud," said Begin Tavokyalov, 48, who makes a living selling melons in an ethnic Uzbek neighborhood of southern Kyrgyzstan's largest city Osh. Bazaars were bustling in the city but there was disenchantment among ethnic Kyrgyz voters. "My personal opinion is that the results could not be further from the truth," said a university professor who gave his name only as Kamil. "Many voters could not find themselves on the ballot lists," said Kamil, who voted for Tashiyev. REFORM FLAG-BEARER Per capita GDP in Kyrgyzstan, at below $1,000, is less than a 10th of that in its oil-rich neighbor Kazakhstan. The economy relies heavily on remittances from migrant workers and the production of a single gold mine. "We are living from loan to loan. The law doesn't work," said housewife Gulsaira Tezekbayeva, 45, who was recently laid off from her job as a laboratory technician. "I personally fear for our people. Life isn't sweet." Atambayev, born in the Russian-leaning north of Kyrgyzstan, is the flag-bearer of reforms set in motion by outgoing leader Roza Otunbayeva when she assumed the presidency in a caretaker role after the revolution. The reforms have watered down the powers of the president and established parliament as the main decision-making body, changes opposed by the prime minister's main challengers. "Atambayev has shown he can work for his people and for the republic," said Turat Sheikinov, 56, chairman of an agricultural workers' co-operative. "There is a person here that can attract foreign investment." Madumarov, ahead in a close-run battle for second place, was among a group of candidates who declared the results invalid even before polls closed on Sunday, saying that many voters had been left off the electoral roll. The other leading southern candidate, former Emergencies Minister Kamchibek Tashiyev, has said "millions" would take to the streets if they believed the election to be unfair. He was placed third, with 14 percent of the vote. None of the other 13 candidates had more than 1 percent of the vote. Stamping out graft will be a major challenge for the next leader of a country that ranked alongside the Democratic Republic of Congo in Transparency International's 2010 Corruption Perceptions Index. The next president will be allowed by the current constitution to serve a single 6-year term and will appoint the defense minister and national security head. (Additional reporting by Olga Dzyubenko; Writing by Robin Paxton; Editing by Ralph Gowling) World Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. 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