*Note: Number of votes and percentages are currently unavailable.  A second round of voting occurred 4 January 2015.  

At stake in this election:      

• 135 (of 150) seats in Uzbekistan’s Legislative Chamber (Qonunchilik Palatasi)  

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Islom KARIMOV (since 24 March 1990)
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Shavkat MIRZIYOYEV (since 11 December 2003)
• Assembly: Uzbekistan has a bicameral Supreme Assembly (Oliy Majlis) consisting of the Senate with 100 seats and the Legislative Chamber (Qonunchilik Palatasi) with 150 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 5-year term.
• The Prime Minister is appointed by the President, “approved” by parliament.
• In the Senate, 84 members are elected by regional governing councils to serve 5-year terms and 16 members are appointed by the president. In the Legislative Chamber, 135 members are elected by absolute majority vote in single-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms.* The remaining 15 seats are reserved for the Ecological Movement of Uzbekistan.

** At least 33% of the electorate must turnout in each constituency for the election in that constituency to be a valid. If this does not happen a run off between the top two candidates is held. This also happens if no candidate receives an absolute majority in the first round.

Election Notes:

On Sunday 21 December 2014, Uzbekistan will hold an election for the Legislative Chamber (Qonunchilik Palatasi).[i]

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Party: Ecological Movement of Uzbekistan / O'zbekiston Ekologik Harakati
  • Leader: Boriy ALIXONOV
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: Justice Social Democratic Party of Uzbekistan (Adolat)
  • Leader: Narimon UMAROV
  • Seats won in last election: 19
• Party: Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan / O’zbekiston Liberal-Demokratik Partiyasi (LDPU) or (UzLiDeP)
  • Leader: Sodiqjob TURDIYEV
  • Seats won in last election: 53
• Party: Milliy Tiklanish Democratic Party of Uzbekistan (National Revival)
  • Leader: Sarvar OTAMURATOV
  • Seats won in last election: 31
• Party: People’s Democratic Party of Uzbekistan / Xalq Demokratik Partiyas (NDP) or (PDPU) *
  • Leader: Hotamjon KETMONOV
  • Seats won in last election: 32
  • *Formerly the Communist Party.

Last election:

• The last election to the Legislative Chamber (Qonunchilik Palatasi) in Uzbekistan was held on 27 December 2009.[ii] Turnout was 87.76 percent and 15,108,100 of 17,215,700 people casted ballots.[iii] The Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan (LDPU) won 53 seats and the People’s Democratic Party of Uzbekistan (NDP) won 32 seats.[iv] Results can be found here.

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 28,929,716 (July 2014 est)[v]
• Registered Voters: 17,215,700 (2010)[vi]

Gender Data:

• Female Population: 14,533,168 (July 2014 est)[vii]
• Is Uzbekistan a signatory to CEDAW: No.[viii]
• Has Uzbekistan ratified CEDAW: Yes (19 July 1995)[ix]
• Gender Quota:  Yes. Legislated Candidate Quotas for the Legislative Chamber (30%).[x]
• Female Candidates in this election: N/A
• Number of Female Legislators: 33 (22%) of 150 seats in the House of Assembly.[xi]
• Human Development Index (HDI) Position: 116[xii]
• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Medium (latest categorizations are from 2014)[xiii]