Kyrgyzstan's top opposition party has failed to win parliament seats, according to official returns released Thursday. Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev's Ak Jol party won 71 out of 90 parliament seats in Sunday's parliamentary election, the Central Election Commission said. The opposition Ata Meken party of former parliament speaker Omurbek Tekebayev finished second with about 8.3 percent of the vote, but failed to win any seats because it didn't clear the 0.5 percent regional barrier to make it into parliament in Bakiyev's southern stronghold.
