Today, elections to the Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis and kengashes of people’s deputies are being held in our country.
President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev accompanied by his family members visited polling station No. 59 in Mirzo-Ulugbek district of the capital and took part in the voting.
Article 128 of the Constitution of our country states that citizens have the right to elect and be elected to the representative bodies of state power. The right to vote, equality and freedom of expression are guaranteed by law.
Five parties are running in the elections: the Movement of Entrepreneurs and Business People – Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan, the Milliy Tiklanish Democratic Party, the Ecological Party, the People’s Democratic Party and the Adolat Social Democratic Party. This important event is taking place in the context of increased social and political activity in our country, under the slogan “My Choice – Prosperous Motherland”.
For the first time in the history of Uzbekistan, elections to the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis are held on the basis of a majoritarian-proportional i.e. mixed electoral system. 75 deputies are elected directly under the majoritarian system, i.e. voting for their preferred candidates, while the remaining 75 are elected under the proportional system, when votes are cast for political parties.
Over the past period, the electoral legislation has been radically improved in line with advanced democratic standards. In particular, a new system of electoral bodies headed by the Central Election Commission was introduced, and in order to enhance the role of women in society, it was established that the proportion of women among candidates for deputies from political parties should be at least 40 percent.
Another notable aspect of the current elections was that the interaction between the participants in the process had been fully digitalized through the E-Saylov information system. This information system has raised the openness of the elections to a higher level.
All polling stations provided voters with the conditions mandated by law. On the ground, 5,770 district and 11,028 precinct election commissions have been organized, including 57 polling stations in 40 foreign countries.
More than 850 foreign and international observers from the CIS, SCO, Organization of Turkic States, as well as a full-scale mission of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights are participating in the observation of the electoral process.
The Head of State spoke to the citizens attending the polling station. He thanked them for their active participation in the elections with a sense of involvement in the fate of their homeland and their district.