But all 288 candidates stressed their support of the president: they were either members of the ruling Democratic Party of Turkmenistan, launched by Niyazov, or were state-approved independents.

• 但所有288位候选人都强调了他们对前任总统的支持：他们要么就是统治党土库曼斯坦民主党（由尼亚佐夫建立）的成员，或者就是国家认可的无党派人士。