2015 Tajik parliamentary election

2015 Tajik parliamentary election

1 March 2015

Party Leader Seats +/– PDP Emomali Rahmon 51 −4 Agrarian Amir Qaroqulov 5 +3 PERT Olimzhon Boboyev 3 +1 Socialist Abduhalim Ghafarov 1 +1 Communist Shodi Shabdolov 2 0 Democratic 1 +1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Parliamentary elections were held in Tajikistan on 1 March 2015.^[1]

Electoral system

The 63 members of the Assembly of Representatives were elected by two methods: 41 members were elected in single-member constituencies using the two-round system, whilst 22 seats were elected by proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency, with an electoral threshold of 5%.^[2]

Campaign

A total of 288 candidates contested the elections.^[3]

Conduct

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe sent observers to the elections. None of the elections in Tajikistan since 1992 were judged either free or fair by international observers.^[1]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Constituency	PR	Total	+/–
	People's Democratic Party			35	16	51	–4
	Agrarian Party			2	3	5	+3
	Party of Economic Reforms			1	2	3	+1
	Socialist Party			0	1	1	+1
	Communist Party			2	0	2	0
	Democratic Party			1	0	1	+1
	Islamic Renaissance Party			0	0	0	–2
	Social Democratic Party			0	0	0	0
Total				41	22	63	0
Total votes		3,791,827	–
Registered voters/turnout		4,323,634	87.70
Source: [4][5]

References

1. "OSCE To Monitor Tajik Parliamentary Elections". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 10 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
2. Electoral system IPU
3. Central Election Commission: Turnout at Tajikistan's parliamentary polls reaches 82% Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine Focus News Agency, 1 March 2015
4. "Central electoral commission releases the final parliamentary election results | Tajikistan News-NA «Asia-Plus»". April 2, 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
5. "IPU PARLINE database: TAJIKISTAN (Majlisi namoyandogon), Last elections". archive.ipu.org.