On October 27, the elections to the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis and local citizens’ councils were held in Uzbekistan, Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Uzbekistan Zayniddin Nizamkhodjaev said, the press office of the Central Election Commission of Uzbekistan reported.
The voter turnout was about 74,72%, or about 15 million people came to the polling stations. According to the laws of Uzbekistan, an election is considered valid when at least 33% of voters turned out for the election.
Over 10,000 polling stations opened in the country, 57 of which were located outside the Republic. Election results are to be announced officially within 10 days.
The political parties nominated 875 candidates for the Legislative Chamber. 11,028 polling stations opened, 57 of which were located in 40 countries. This year, it is the first time that parliamentary elections were held under the mixed electoral system — majoritarian (single-member districts) and proportional (party lists). 75 parliamentarians were elected under each system; 150 parliamentarians in total.
