For the first time in the history of Kyrgyzstan, an elected president is due to peacefully hand over power after elections take place on Sunday.
Elections in Central Asia are usually easily predictable - the incumbent or the ruling party's candidate wins the vote with an overwhelming majority.
Image copyright EPA Image caption President Almazbek Atambayev has promised not to go for the PM's post.
Nearly 60 people applied to run in the race, 13 of whom were registered to stand.
In neighbouring states, laws have often been changed to allow the incumbent to run again but this did not happen in Kyrgyzstan.
President Atambayev also promised not to go for the prime minister's job in order to stay in power.
Although one of the main candidates - Sooronbay Jeenbekov - is from the president's party, he is not guaranteed to win the vote. »