2015 Tajik parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Tajikistan on 1 March 2015.[1]
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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: Asia Plus, IPU | ||||||||
References
- "OSCE To Monitor Tajik Parliamentary Elections". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 10 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
- Electoral system IPU
- 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
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