The Agrarian Party of Turkmenistan ( tk, Türkmenistanyň agrar partiýasy) is an officially registered political party in
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the sout ...
, founded on September 28, 2014.
One of the three officially registered
political parties legally existing in Turkmenistan, it is represented in the
Assembly of Turkmenistan
The Assembly ( tk, Mejlis) is since March 2021 the lower house of the National Council of Turkmenistan. It has 125 members, elected for five-year terms in single-seat constituencies.
Structure
In addition to the chairperson and deputy chairpe ...
.
In the
2017 presidential election, the Agrarian Party nominated Durdygylyç Orazow as its candidate. As a result of the elections, Orazow took ninth (last) place among candidates, gaining 1,898 votes (0.06%). In the
2022 presidential election, the party nominated Agajan Bekmyradow who received 7.22% of the vote and achieved third place.
Among the elected deputies, members of the
People's Council and local councils ( tk, geňeşler), elected on March 25, 2018, there are 3257 representatives of the
Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to:
*Democratic Party (United States)
Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to:
Active parties Africa
*Botswana Democratic Party
*Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea
*Gabonese Democratic Party
*Demo ...
, 352 from the
Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs
The Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan ( tk, Türkmenistanyň Senagatçylar we Telekeçiler partiýasy) is a political party in Turkmenistan. The party originated in August 2012 as first legal opposition party in the countr ...
, 1358 from the Agrarian Party, and 2498 independents.
Criticism
The party supports the policy of President
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
Gurbanguly Mälikgulyýewiç Berdimuhamedow (born 29 June 1957), also known as Arkadag (Cyrillic: Аркадаг, "protector"), is a Turkmen politician who served as the second president of Turkmenistan from 2006 to 2022.
A dentist by profes ...
. According to critics, the party appeared only to create the
illusion of multi-party elections.
Election results
Presidential elections
Legislative elections
References
{{Turkmenistani political parties
Agrarian parties
Political parties in Turkmenistan
Political parties established in 2014
2014 establishments in Turkmenistan