The People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ўзбекистан Халқ Демократик Партияси, ЎзХДП. Russian: 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. Under its founder Islam Karimov, it oversaw the dissolution of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic and the establishment of the

Republic of Uzbekistan A republic () is a "sovereign state, state in which Power (social and political), power rests with the people or their Representative democracy, representatives; specifically a state without a monarchy" and also a "government, or system of gov ...

. 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, ar ...

, it lost its ruling party status. The party identifies with

social democracy Social democracy is a Political philosophy, political, Social philosophy, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports Democracy, political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocati ...

and

centre-left politics Centre-left politics lean to the left on the left–right political spectrum but are closer to the centre than other left-wing politics. Those on the centre-left believe in working within the established systems to improve social justice. The ...

, and is the main left-leaning 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

egalitarianism Egalitarianism (), or equalitarianism, is a school of thought within political philosophy that builds from the concept of social equality, prioritizing it for all people. Egalitarian doctrines are generally characterized by the idea that all hu ...

and a regulated social market economy within a

welfare state A welfare state is a form of government in which the state (or a well-established network of social institutions) protects and promotes the economic and social well-being of its citizens, based upon the principles of equal opportunity, equitabl ...

, while supporting non-interventionism in foreign policy. Its core supporters are people who rely on social welfare, 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 Communist Party of Uzbekistan voted to cut its ties with the

Communist Party of the Soviet Union "Hymn of the Bolshevik Party" , headquarters = 4 Staraya Square, Moscow , general_secretary = Vladimir Lenin (first) Mikhail Gorbachev (last) , founded = , banned = , founder = Vladimir Lenin , newspaper ...

. It has been led by president Islam Karimov 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; 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 Parliamentary elections were held in Uzbekistan on 21 December 2014, with a second round on 4 January 2015, alongside provincial and district council elections. The Uzbekistan Liberal Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 52 of the ...

, 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 ...

, ruling party, UzLiDeP, and the Uzbekistan National Revival Democratic Party, 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-oriented party. Ketmonov ran as the party's candidate in the

2015 Uzbek presidential election Presidential elections were held in Uzbekistan on 29 March 2015. The result was a victory for incumbent President Islam Karimov, who received over 90% of the vote. Karimov's win gave him a fourth consecutive term as president, dating back to 1990. ...

, 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 Maqsuda Azizovna Vorisova (born 20 January 1961) is an Uzbek politician who is serving as a member of the Legislative Chamber of Uzbekistan since 2019. Prior to that, she was a member of the Tashkent Regional Kengash and Senator for Tashkent Regi ...

pledged to solve issues regarding education and medicine, and ran in a series of platforms related to egalitarian and social priorities in spheres to living standards, justice and equality, and democracy, which were seen to have correlated with the

Nordic model The Nordic model comprises the economic and social policies as well as typical cultural practices common to the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden). This includes a comprehensive welfare state and multi-level coll ...

. Although losing the race to incumbent Shavkat Mirziyoyev, 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