Tanzila Narbayeva was re-elected as chairperson of Uzbekistan’s Senate for the third term. She has led the upper house since 2019. Sodiq Safoyev was re-elected as first deputy chairperson, and Amanbay Orynbaev as deputy chairperson of the Senate.
In the new era, parliament must evolve into a people’s house, with its lower chamber fostering ideas, competition and debates, president of Uzbekistan told the newly elected Legislative Chamber. He called for energizing the opposition in the parliament.
President of Uzbekistan appointed 9 senators in addition to the 56 elected ones. Six of them had been appointed by the head of the state after the previous (2019) parliamentary elections.
Nearly 60% of the parliament’s Legislative Chamber and local councils have been renewed as a result of Sunday’s elections. Women now account for 38% of the parliamentary deputies, a historic high. For the first time, 3 persons with disabilities joined the parliament.
While Sunday parliamentary elections in Uzbekistan were well organized, significant challenges in meeting international standards persist, the OSCE ODIHR mission said in its statement. The CIS mission earlier said the elections were open, competitive and just.
The head of the CIS observers mission for Uzbekistan’s parliamentary elections Sergey Lebedev said the Sunday elections had been “open, competitive and fair”. He noted that voters showed “greater political maturity”.
UzLiDeP, Uzbekistan’s ruling party, secured most seats in the Legislative Chamber at the Sunday elections — 64 out of 150, or 42.7%. Milliy Tiklanish got 29 seats (19.3%), Adolat 21 seats (14%), People’s Democratic Party 20 seats (13%) and the Ecological Party 16 seats (10.7%).
The turnout at the elections of deputies in Uzbekistan reached 47.62% as of 1 p.m. The elections are recognized as valid, the Central Election Commission said.
Elections of deputies to the Legislative Chamber of the parliament and kengashes (local councils) began in Uzbekistan. Voting opened first at overseas polling stations in Japan and South Korea, and will close at stations in the US.
Electronic voting system will be tested for the first time at 10 polling stations in Tashkent on the day of the elections of deputies (27 October). Voters will be able to choose between the traditional or electronic form of voting.
Early voting for election of deputies will be held in Uzbekistan and at polling stations abroad during 16−23 October, the Central Election Commission said.
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights launched an election observation mission for the 27 October parliamentary elections in Uzbekistan. It will assess the conduct of the election in accordance with OSCE commitments, international standards and national legislation.
The Central Election Commission of Uzbekistan approved the design of ballot papers for October parliamentary elections. The ballots will have various colors for different types of elections, while their compact design should help reduce printing costs by at least $236,000.
Polling stations for the October parliamentary elections in Uzbekistan will operate in 39 countries. Seven stations will open in Russia, three each in Kazakhstan and China, two each in seven countries, and one station in 29 countries.
All five political parties in Uzbekistan received permission from the Central election commission to participate in the October elections of deputies to the Legislative chamber and local councils.
Elections to the parliament and local councils in Uzbekistan will be held on 27 October. The election campaign starts from 26 July, the Central election commission announced.
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