title: 1991 Tajik presidential election
text: # 1991 Tajik presidential election
  
  Presidential elections were held for the first time in Tajikistan on 24 November 1991. The result was a victory for Rahmon Nabiyev of the Communist Party of Tajikistan, who received 60% of the vote. Voter turnout was 86.5%.
  
  ## Results
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Rahmon Nabiyev | Communist Party of Tajikistan | 1,321,189 | 60.44 |
  | | Davlat Khudonazarov | Democratic Party | 678,461 | 31.04 |
  | | Saifuddin Turayev | | 101,146 | 4.63 |
  | | Khikmatullo Nasriddinov | | 28,963 | 1.32 |
  | | Burikhon Salimov | | 11,863 | 0.54 |
  | | Bobisho Shoyev | | 8,273 | 0.38 |
  | | Akbar Maksumov | | 5,140 | 0.24 |
  | Against all | Against all | Against all | 30,974 | 1.42 |
  | Total | Total | Total | 2,186,009 | 100.00 |
  | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 2,186,009 | 96.83 |
  | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 71,467 | 3.17 |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,257,476 | 100.00 |
  | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 2,610,089 | 86.49 |
  | Source: Ethnic Aspects of Power |||||
  
  ## Aftermath
  
  After the elections, protesters gathered to peacefully protest the results. However, angry protesters eventually turned to violence, causing them to clash with the military in Khujand. This sparked the five-year long Tajikistani Civil War. Nabiyev was ambushed and held at gunpoint while going to Dushanbe Airport, where he was forced to resign.
  
  