After a year, a marathon of an election in Ulug-Khem district has finally reached a close. On July 27 Victor Puruna, an ex-head of the Ulug-Khem district, was elected into the Chief Administrator position over runner-up Kaadyr-ool Koshkendei by thirty-nine votes. A year ago, Koshkendei won the election, but the results were challenged in court as Koshendei was shown to have included false information in his documents. He claimed to have a higher education, but actually has none. For a year the district has gone without a head. With the elections ending so dramatically, after election night on July 28, one of Koshendei's supporters was killed in the villiage of Aryskan-- he died of gunshot wounds.