The eng24.kg news service is providing regular updates about the coalition talks in Kyrgyzstan. They are proving as difficult as expected.

Adam Carr’s website provides a summary of the final results:

As expected, there will have to be a three-party coalition if the government is to have majority support.

It now seems as if the two blocks have formed. On one side, there is Ar-Namys (Dignity) and Ata-Zhurt (IDPP, known as Fatherland). On the other side, there is Respublika (Republic) and the SDPK. So, the Ata Meken (also known as Fatherland – Socialist Party) is the kingmaker at the moment. Regional issues, personal issues and ideological issues are all in the mix, making agreement very difficult.

The Carnegie Endowment website has an extremely useful background piece on the various parties and the election as well as regular updates. It helps to make some sense of the various groups.