Uzbekistan elects on national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature. The president is elected for a five-year term by the people. The Supreme Assembly (Oliy Majlis) has 150 members in the Legislative Chamber, elected for a five-year terms and 100 members in the Senate; 84 members elected at the sessions of district, regional and city deputies, and 16 members appointed by the president. Most parties are excluded. Uzbekistan is a state dominated by the supporters of a head of state – the president. Oppositionparties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power.
Uzbekistan had the highest voting age in the world, at 25 (now 18).
Latest elections 2007 Presidential election
Summary of the 23 December 2007 Uzbekistanipresidential election results
Asliddin Rustamov (People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan)
468,064
3.27
Dilorom Toshmuhamedova (Justice Social Democratic Party)
434,111
3.03
Akmal Saidov (independent)
420,815
2.94
Valid votes
14,331,347
100.00
Invalid votes
434,097
2.94
Total votes (turnout 90.6%)
14,765,444
Source: elections.uz
2009–2010 Parliamentary election
Summary of the 27 December 2009 and 10 January 2010 Legislative Chamber of Uzbekistanelection results
Parties
First round
Second round*
Total
seats
Votes
%
Seats
Votes
%
Seats
Uzbekistan Liberal Democratic Party (O'zbekiston Liberal Demokratik Partiyasi)
33
20
53
Uzbekistan People's Democratic Party (O'zbekistan Xalq Demokratik Partiyasi)
22
10
32
Uzbekistan National Revival Democratic Party (O'zbekistan Milliy Tiklanish Demokratik Partiyasi)
25
6
31
Justice Social Democratic Party (Adolat Sotsial Demokratik Partiyasi)
16
3
19
Total
96
39
135
Total valid votes
15,108,950
(87.8%)
3,960,876
(79.7%)
Registered voters
17,215,700
4,969,547
*In 39 out of 135 electoral districts where no candidate polled more than 50% of the vote in the first round.
15 deputies to the Legislative Chamber were also elected by the Ecological Movement of Uzbekistan in indirect elections.
Source: Central Election Commission of the Republic of Uzbekistan
The number of seats in the lower house of Uzbekistan's bicameral parliament was increased in December 2008 from 120 to 150, with 15 seats reserved for election by the country's Ecological Movement.
The third elections for the Oliy Majlis started on 27 December 2009, with 517 candidates. The 150-member bicameral Oliy Majlis comprises the Leglislative Chamber and the 100-member Senate, which each member elected to a five-year term. According to the Uzbekistan's Election Commission, the following parties have been allowed to take part in these elections: Adolat (Social-Democratic Party of Uzbekistan) with 123 candidates, Milliy Tiklanish (Democratic Party of Uzbekistan) with 125 candidates, the People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan (PDP) with 134 candidates, the Liberal-Democratic Party of Uzbekistan (UzLiDeP) with 135 candidates, and the Ecological Movement of Uzbekistan.
On January 10, 2010 a second round of voting was held, because on the main election day on December 27, 2009 in 39 out of 135 electoral districts of the republic none of the candidates received more than 50 percent of the votes needed for a win. This second round was held for two candidates to deputies that got the largest number of votes in the first round. The candidate who gets a simple majority of votes cast by the electorate who came to the polls is considered elected to the parliament.
At least 33 percent of the registered voters should vote to make this second round of the elections valid.
The election was monitored by over 270 observers from 36 countries and representatives of four international missions. Human rights activists described the election campaign as oppressed by the government.
2014–2015 Parliamentary election Main article: Uzbekistani parliamentary election, 2014–2015
Uzbekistani parliamentary election, 2014–2015
Party
First round
Second round
Total
seats
+/–
Votes
%
Seats
Votes
%
Seats
Uzbekistan Liberal Democratic Party
47
5
52
–1
Uzbekistan National Revival Democratic Party
28
8
36
+5
People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan
21
6
27
–5
Justice Social Democratic Party
17
3
20
+1
Ecological Movement
–
–
–
–
–
–
15
0
Total
18,490,245
100
113
2,642,063
100
22
150
0
Registered voters/turnout
20,789,572
88.94
–
3,434,345
76.93
–
–
–
Source: CEC, CEC
OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Elections
OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Institutions and Structures
Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Representative on Freedom of the Media
Court of Conciliation and Arbitration
Minsk Group
Secretariat
Parliamentary Elections, 22 December 2019 Type: Needs assessment mission
Country: Uzbekistan
In accordance with its mandate and in anticipation of an official invitation to observe the 2019 parliamentary elections in Uzbekistan, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) undertook a Needs Assessment Mission (NAM) from 9 to 11 July. The NAM included Alexander Shlyk, Head of the ODIHR Elections Department, and Ulvi Akhundlu, ODIHR Election Adviser. The ODIHR NAM was joined by Farimah Daftary, Programme Officer of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.
The purpose of the mission was to assess the pre-election environment and preparations for the parliamentary elections. Based on this assessment, the NAM should recommend whether to deploy an ODIHR election-related activity for the forthcoming elections and, if so, what type of activity best meets the identified needs. Meetings were held with officials from state institutions and the election administration, as well as with representatives of political parties, media, civil society, and the international community. A list of meetings is annexed to this report.
Presidential Election, 4 December 2016
OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Elections
OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Institutions and Structures
Parliamentary Assembly
High Commissioner on National Minorities
Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Representative on Freedom of the Media
Court of Conciliation and Arbitration
Minsk Group
Secretariat
Presidential Election, 4 December 2016 Type: Election observation mission
Country: Uzbekistan
OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission press conference Mission at a glance Head of Mission: Ambassador Peter Tejler (Sweden)
15 core team experts from 10 participating States, based in Tashkent
20 long-term observers to be deployed throughout the country
250 short-term observers to be requested from participating States
Mission schedule 02 November: Opening press conference
08 November: Deployment of long-term observers