TASHKENT: Elections to the parliament and local councils in Uzbekistan will be conducted on 27 October, as the Central Election Commission has announced to starts campaign from 26 July. Elections of the deputies of the Legislative chamber and the senators of Uzbekistan, deputies of local councils will be conducted on 27 October, the Central election commission said.
The voters will elect 150 deputies of the parliament’s lower house and 56 members of the upper house, as well as 65 deputies of the Joqargy kenes of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, and deputies of the 12 regional, Tashkent city and 208 district and city kengashes.
As per local media reports, 30,000 candidates and 90,000 of their trusted representatives are likely to take part in the elections in the central Asian country. Over 120,000 member of election commissions and more than 70,000 local and foreign observers will take part in the process.
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For the first time, the polls will be conducted on a mixed system: 75 deputies of the Legislative chamber should be elected from one-mandate districts on majority (voting) system, and other 75 on a proportional basis, that is based on votes gained by political parties.
Earlier, elections in Uzbekistan had been conducted on majority system, where winners were candidates who gained most votes in their respective districts.
