Politics of Uzbekistan - Political Parties and Elections

Political Parties and Elections

For other political parties see List of political parties in Uzbekistan. An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in Uzbekistan.
e • d Summary of the 23 December 2007 Uzbekistani presidential election results
Candidate Votes %
Islam Karimov (Uzbekistan Liberal Democratic Party) 13,008,357 90.76
Asliddin Rustamov (Uzbekistan People's Democratic Party) 468,064 3.27
Dilorom Toshmuhamedova (Justice Social Democratic Party) 434,111 3.03
Akmal Saidov (independent) 420,815 2.94
Valid votes 14,331,347 100.00
Invalid votes 434,097 2.94
Total votes (turnout 90.6%) 14,765,444
Source: elections.uz
e • d Summary of the 26 December 2004 and 9 January 2005 Supreme Assembly of Uzbekistan election results
Party Votes % Seats
Uzbekistan Liberal Democratic Party (O'zbekiston Liberal Demokratik Partiyasi) 34. 41
Uzbekistan People's Democratic Party (O'zbekistan Xalq Demokratik Partiyasi) 23.4 28
Self-Sacrifice National Democratic Party (Fidokorlar Milliy Demokratik Partiyasi) . 18
Uzbekistan National Revival Democratic Party (O'zbekistan Milliy Tiklanish Demokratik Partiyasi) . 11
Justice Social Democratic Party (Adolat Sotsial Demokratik Partiyasi) . 10
Non-partisans 14
Total 120
Source: Exxun.com

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