Parliamentary elections were held in

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on 22 December 2019, with a second round in 25 of the 150 constituencies on 5 January 2020. They were the first elections to be held after the death of

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in 2016. The ruling

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remained the largest party in the

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, winning 53 of the 150 seats. All five parties contesting the elections were regarded as loyal to President

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.Questions over Uzbekistan's new era of 'openness'
BBC News, 20 December 2019

Electoral system

The 150 members of the

were elected from single member

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using the

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. A second round was also held in constituencies where voter turnout was less than 33%. With the adoption of a new electoral code in June 2019, this was the first election in which all seats in the Legislative Chamber were directly elected; previously fifteen seats had been reserved for the Ecological Movement. Other reforms included a new requirement that all candidates be nominated by a political party, and a minimum quota of 30% of female candidates for each party.

Campaign

A total of 750 candidates contested the 150 seats, representing five parties viewed as loyal to the president. An official debate between party leaders was held for the first time. Opposition parties were banned, including the Erk Democratic Party, whose leader

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remained in exile. However, after the first round of voting, President Mirziyoyev and the Chairman of the Central Election Commission made rare public acknowledgements of the existence of opposition parties, and raised the possibility that they would be allowed to participate in future elections. These statements were made amidst an outbreak of protests over shortages and high prices during the campaign period, and the increased use of social media to discuss politics in the country. In the second round, the 50 candidates contesting the 25 remaining seats included 15 from the

, 11 from the

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, 10 from the

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, 9 from the

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and five from the Ecological Party.Об очередном заседании Центральной избирательной комиссии
CEC

Results

References

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Parliamentary elections in Uzbekistan

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