Elections in Tajikistan

Tajikistan elects on the national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature. The president is elected for a seven-year term by the people. The Supreme Assembly (Majlisi Oli) has two chambers. The Assembly of Representatives (Majlisi Namoyandogan) has 63 members, elected for a five-year term in, 22 by proportional representation and 41 in single-seat constituencies. The National Assembly (Majlisi Milliy) has 33 members, 25 elected for a five-year term by local majlisi deputies and eight appointed by the president. Tajikistan is a one-party dominant system with the People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan in power.

Latest elections

2015 Parliamentary election

Main article: 2015 Tajik parliamentary election

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Constituency	PR	Total	+/–
	People's Democratic Party			35	16	51	–4
	Agrarian Party			2	3	5	+3
	Party of Economic Reforms			1	2	3	+1
	Socialist Party			0	1	1	+1
	Communist Party			2	0	2	0
	Democratic Party			1	0	1	+1
	Islamic Renaissance Party			0	0	0	–2
	Social Democratic Party			0	0	0	0
Total				41	22	63	0
Total votes		3,791,827	–
Registered voters/turnout		4,323,634	87.70
Source: Asia Plus, IPU

2013 Presidential election

Main article: 2013 Tajik presidential election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Emomali Rahmon	People's Democratic Party	3,023,754	83.92
	Ismoil Talbakov	Communist Party	181,675	5.04
	Talibek Buhariyev	Agrarian Party	166,224	4.61
	Olimzhon Boboyev	Party of Economic Reforms	140,733	3.91
	Abduhalim Ghafforov	Socialist Party	54,148	1.50
	Saidjafar Ismanov	Democratic Party	36,573	1.02
Total			3,603,107	100.00
Valid votes			3,603,107	98.98
Invalid/blank votes			36,949	1.02
Total votes			3,640,056	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			4,201,156	86.64
Source: IFES

2010 Parliamentary election

Main article: 2010 Tajik parliamentary election

Party		National			Constituency			Total seats	+/–
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	People's Democratic Party	2,321,436	71.04	16			38	54	+5
	Islamic Renaissance Party	268,596	8.22	2			0	2	0
	Communist Party	229,080	7.01	2			0	2	–2
	Agrarian Party	166,935	5.11	1			1	2	New
	Party of Economic Reforms	165,324	5.06	1			1	2	New
	Democratic Party	33,657	1.03	0			0	0	0
	Social Democratic Party	27,006	0.83	0			0	0	New
	Socialist Party	18,029	0.55	0			0	0	0
	Independents						1	1	–4
Against all		37,597	1.15	–				–	–
Total		3,267,660	100.00	22			41	63	0
Valid votes		3,267,660	99.34
Invalid/blank votes		21,710	0.66
Total votes		3,289,370	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,641,778	90.32
Source: OCSE

2006 Presidential election

Main article: 2006 Tajik presidential election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Emomali Rahmonov	People's Democratic Party	2,419,192	80.34
	Olimzhon Boboyev	Party of Economic Reforms	190,138	6.31
	Ismoil Talbakov	Communist Party	159,493	5.30
	Amir Qaroqulov	Agrarian Party	156,991	5.21
	Abduhalim Ghafforov	Socialist Party	85,295	2.83
Total			3,011,109	100.00
Valid votes			3,011,109	98.70
Invalid/blank votes			39,529	1.30
Total votes			3,050,638	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			3,356,221	90.90
Source: OCSE

2005 Parliamentary election

Main article: 2005 Tajik parliamentary election

Party		National			Constituency			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	People's Democratic Party	1,666,909		49			3	52
	Communist Party of Tajikistan	395,534		4			0	4
	Islamic Renaissance Party	259,224		2			0	2
	Democratic Party			0			0	0
	Social Democratic Party			0			0	0
	Socialist Party of Tajikistan			0			0	0
	Independents			5			0	5
Total				60			3	63
Valid votes		2,831,724	97.57		191,968	98.75
Invalid/blank votes		70,592	2.43		2,423	1.25
Total votes		2,902,316	100.00		194,391	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,134,666	92.59		217,672	89.30
Source: IPU, IFES

See also

• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system

External links

• Adam Carr's Election Archive
• Angus Reid