Official •
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, incumbent
President of Turkmenistan • Rejep Bazarow, deputy head of the
Daşoguz Province • Kakageldi Abdullaýew, Governor of the
Türkmenbaşy District • Gurbanmämmet Mollaniýazow, manager of
Türkmennebit • Annageldi Orazberdiýewiç Ýazmyradow, Water Minister • Esendurdy Gaýypow, head of Lebapgurluşyk production association • Saparmyrat Batyrow, director of the Gökdepe
textile mill • Ýarmuhammet Orazgulyýew, Deputy Energy and Industry Minister All of them are members of Turkmenistan's only political party, the
Democratic Party of Turkmenistan.
Declared interest • Nurmuhammet Hanamow, leader of the exiled
Republican Party of Turkmenistan Denied • Aina Abayeva, English teacher nominated by the Civil Society Movement. Her request to participate was rejected because the organisation that nominated her was an unregistered NGO. Its lack of legal status meant that it did not have the authority to make such a nomination. ==Campaign==