The People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ўзбекистан Халқ Демократик Партияси, ЎзХДП.

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: Народно-демократическая партия Узбекистана, НДПУ) is a

political party in Uzbekistan This article lists political parties in Uzbekistan, a post-Soviet nation dominated by the supporters of the President of Uzbekistan. Despite small reforms and openness in the 2010s, no true opposition parties are allowed and every registered part ...

. It was founded in 1991 as the legal successor of the

Communist Party of Uzbekistan The Communist Party of Uzbekistan (russian: Коммунистическая партия Узбекистана, uz, Ўзбекистон Коммунистик Партияси), initially known as Communist Party (Bolshevik) of Uzbekistan, ...

. Under its founder

Islam Karimov Islam Abduganiyevich Karimov ( uz, Islom Abdugʻaniyevich Karimov / Ислом Абдуғаниевич Каримов, italics=no; russian: link=no, Ислам Абдуганиевич Каримов; 30 January 1938 – 2 September 2016) was t ...

, it oversaw the dissolution of the

Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic Uzbekistan (, ) is the common English name for the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (Uzbek SSR; uz, Ўзбекистон Совет Социалистик Республикаси, Oʻzbekiston Sovet Sotsialistik Respublikasi, in Russian: Уз� ...

and the establishment of the

Republic of Uzbekistan A republic () is a "state in which power rests with the people or their representatives; specifically a state without a monarchy" and also a "government, or system of government, of such a state." Previously, especially in the 17th and 18th c ...

. After Karimov resigned from the party in 1996 and later formed the

Uzbekistan Liberal Democratic Party The Uzbekistan Liberal Democratic Party (UzLiDeP) ( uz, Oʻzbekiston Liberal Demokratik Partisi, OʻzLiDeP) is a political party in Uzbekistan and the country's ruling party. The four other parties in the Oliy Majlis, Uzbekistan's parliament, a ...

, it lost its

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status. The party identifies with

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and

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, and is the main

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party in the

Legislative Chamber of Uzbekistan The Legislative Chamber ( uz, Қонунчилик палатаси) is the lower chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan. It has 150 members, 135 elected for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies using the two-round sys ...

. In its statute, it promotes

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and a regulated

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within a

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, while supporting

non-interventionism Non-interventionism or non-intervention is a political philosophy or national foreign policy doctrine that opposes interference in the domestic politics and affairs of other countries but, in contrast to isolationism, is not necessarily opposed ...

in foreign policy. Its core supporters are people who rely on

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, pensioners, people with disabilities, and employees; despite this, it is one of the four parties who acts as a pro-government opposition, and has done as such since the establishment of the Liberal Democratic Party.

History

The party was founded in October 1991 after the

voted to cut its ties with the

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. It has been led by president

since its foundation until 1996, at which point Karimov stepped down and resigned his membership. Karimov created the

(UzLiDeP) in 2003, and despite self-identifying with different ideologies, the parties are widely seen no different from each other, with the UzLiDeP being created to give an illusion of a competitive

multi-party system In political science, a multi-party system is a political system in which multiple political parties across the political spectrum run for national elections, and all have the capacity to gain control of government offices, separately or in coal ...

; this is supported by the fact that XDP remained supportive of Karimov's policies and retained his favor. In 2013, Hotamzhon Ketmonov was elected chairman of XDP. After the 2014–15 Uzbek parliamentary election, the party positioned at the

parliamentary opposition Parliamentary opposition is a form of political opposition to a designated government, particularly in a Westminster-based parliamentary system. This article uses the term ''government'' as it is used in Parliamentary systems, i.e. meaning ''th ...

of the

centre-right Centre-right politics lean to the Right-wing politics, right of the Left–right politics, political spectrum, but are closer to the Centrism, centre. From the 1780s to the 1880s, there was a shift in the Western world of social class structure a ...

, UzLiDeP, and the

Uzbekistan National Revival Democratic Party The Uzbekistan "National Revival" Democratic Party ( uz, Oʻzbekiston “Milliy Tiklanish” Demokratik Partiyasi, OʻzMTDP), simply known as Milliy Tiklanish, is a national-conservative political party in Uzbekistan. It is allied with the Libera ...

, a

right-wing Right-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that view certain social orders and hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position on the basis of natural law, economics, authorit ...

and moderate

national conservative National conservatism is a nationalist variant of conservatism that concentrates on upholding national and cultural identity. National conservatives usually combine nationalism with conservative stances promoting traditional cultural values, fa ...

-oriented party. Ketmonov ran as the party's candidate in the 2015 Uzbek presidential election, receiving 2.92% of the vote. In the

2021 Uzbek presidential election Presidential elections were held in Uzbekistan on 24 October 2021. This was the sixth presidential election held since independence. Incumbent President Shavkat Mirziyoyev won a second term with a majority 80.1% of the vote, although faring the ...

, Maqsuda Vorisova pledged to solve issues regarding education and medicine, and ran in a series of platforms related to

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and social priorities in spheres to living standards, justice and equality, and democracy, which were seen to have correlated with the Nordic model. Although losing the race to incumbent

Shavkat Mirziyoyev Shavkat Miromonovich Mirziyoyev (Uzbek Latin: ''Shavkat Miromonovich (Miromon o‘g‘li) Mirziyoyev'', Uzbek Cyrillic: Шавкат Миромонович (Миромон ўғли) Мирзиёев ; born 24 July 1957) is an Uzbek politician ...

, Vorisova became one of the runner ups in the election, earning second place with 6.6% vote share, making her the first person since

Muhammad Salih Muhammad Salih (born 20 December 1949) is an Uzbek political opposition leader and writer. He was the opposition candidate in the 1991 Uzbek presidential election, the first and only time an Uzbek president has faced a serious challenger in an e ...

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to gain more than 5% as a highest-performing non incumbent in the presidential vote.

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Legislative Chamber elections

References

External links

* 1991 establishments in Uzbekistan Political parties established in 1991 Political parties in Uzbekistan {{Uzbekistan-party-stub