An early parliamentary election was held in Kyrgyzstan on 10 October 2010. All 120 seats of the Jogorku Kenesh were elected by using a party list system. Seats were allocated to all parties who obtained more than 5% of the vote and more than 0.5% in each of the nine provinces, capped at 65 seats per party. Ata-Zhurt won a plurality of seats, while the ruling interim government's party finished second, and the Ar-Namys came in third.