2020 Tajik parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Tajikistan on 1 March 2020.[1] The result was a landslide victory for the ruling People's Democratic Party, which won 47 of the 63 seats. The only opposition party, the Social Democratic Party, received just 0.3% of the vote.[2]

2020 Tajikistani parliamentary election

1 March 2020

Party Leader % Seats ± PDP Emomali Rahmon 50.4% 47 -4 PER Rustam Qudratov 16.6% 5 +2 Agrarian Rustam Latifzoda 16.5% 7 +2 Socialist Abduhalim Ghafforov 5.2% 1 0 Democratic Saidjafar Usmonzoda 5.1% 1 0 Communist Miroj Abdulloyev 3.1% 2 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe was critical of the election.[2]

Electoral system

The 63 members of the Assembly of Representatives are elected by two methods: 41 members are elected in single-member constituencies using the two-round system, whilst 22 seats are elected by proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency, with an electoral threshold of 5%.[3] Voters cast a single ballot for a candidate in their single-member constituency, with the total votes received across all constituencies used to determine the proportional seats. In each constituency, voter turnout is required to be at least 50% for the election to be declared valid.[4]

Campaign

A total of 241 candidates contested the elections, 65 for the 22 party-list seats and 176 for the 41 constituency seats.[5]

The Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan was unable to participate, having been banned by the authorities over terrorism allegations in 2015.[6]

Preliminary results

Party	Votes	%	Seats
			TRS	PR	Total	+/–
People's Democratic Party		50.4	35	12	47	–4
Party of Economic Reform		16.6	1	4	5	+2
Agrarian Party		16.5	3	4	7	+2
Socialist Party		5.2	0	1	1	0
Democratic Party		5.1	0	1	1	0
Communist Party of Tajikistan		3.1	2	0	2	0
Social Democratic Party		0.3	0	0	0	0
Total	4,245,951	100	41	22	63	0
Registered voters/turnout	4,929,128	86.1	–	–	–	–
Source: RFERL, Asia Plus

References

1. Elections To Tajikistan's Lower House To Take Place March 1, Upper House March 27 - Decree Urdu Point, 4 December 2019
2. "Tajikistan's long-serving ruler dispenses with all political opposition". The Economist. 7 March 2020.
3. Electoral system IPU
4. Electoral law Legislation Online
5. CPT, SDPT fail to pass a 5-oersent threshold to get into the parliament, says CCER head Asia Plus, 2 March 2020
6. Pitiot, Christophe (2020-03-01). "Ruling party in Tajikistan expected to sweep parliamentary election". euronews. Retrieved 2020-03-11.