People's Democratic Party Wins General Elections in Tajikistan

The People's Democratic Party won the parliamentary elections in Tajikistan with 51.9% of the votes.

Bahtiyar Khudoyarzoda, Chairman of the Central Commission for Elections and Referenda of Tajikistan, held a press conference yesterday to announce the results of the elections for the lower house of Parliament, the Assembly of Representatives.

Khudoyarzoda stated that in the elections for the 63-seat Parliament, the People's Democratic Party secured 51.9% of the votes, while the Agrarian Party received 21%, the Party of Economic Reforms 12.7%, the Socialist Party 5.3%, and the Democratic Party 5.1%. He also noted that the Communist Party received 1.9% of the votes, failing to surpass the 5% electoral threshold.

Khudoyarzoda reported that there were 5,522,000 registered voters in the country, with a voter turnout of 85.3%, as 4,172,967 people participated in the elections. He emphasized that the elections were conducted in an open, transparent, and free manner, highlighting the high voter turnout.

Voters Cast Ballots at 3,513 Polling Stations

The 5,522,000 registered voters in Tajikistan cast their ballots at 3,513 polling stations across 41 electoral districts. Additionally, 36 polling stations were set up at Tajikistan's diplomatic missions in 28 foreign countries for Tajik citizens abroad.

More than 200 international observers from various countries and organizations, including the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), monitored the elections.

The elections were also observed by the Chairman of the Supreme Election Council (SEC) of Turkey, Ahmet Yener, along with other Council members.

However, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) did not monitor the elections due to the absence of accreditation guarantees.

Last month, the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the OSCE officially announced that, due to the lack of accreditation guarantees for OSCE international observers, it had to cancel its monitoring mission for the parliamentary elections in Tajikistan.

In the previous parliamentary elections held in March 2020, the ruling People's Democratic Party won 47 out of 63 seats in the Assembly of Representatives. The Agrarian Party secured 7 seats, the Party of Economic Reforms 5, the Communist Party 2, while the Socialist and Democratic parties each obtained one seat, all surpassing the 5% electoral threshold.