Presidential elections were held in Uzbekistan on 29 March 2015.[1] The result was a victory for incumbent President Islam Karimov, who received over 90% of the vote.[2][3] Karimov's win gave him a fourth consecutive term as president, dating back to 1990.
A constitutional law on presidential elections was approved by the Senate on 23 March 2012,[4] which required presidential elections to be held 90 days after parliamentary elections.[5]Elections to the Legislative Chamber were held over two-rounds, the first on 23 December 2014 and the second on 4 January 2015.
The law change effectively shortened the term of incumbent President Islam Karimov by several months, as under the previous law, the elections would have been held on 27 December 2015.[4] Though the constitution limits presidents to two terms in office, the Central Election Commission allowed Karimov to run again, arguing that Karimov had only served one term since the constitution was adopted in 2002, and that his previous two terms before that should not count.[6]
2015, uzbek, presidential, election, presidential, elections, were, held, uzbekistan, march, 2015, result, victory, incumbent, president, islam, karimov, received, over, vote, karimov, gave, fourth, consecutive, term, president, dating, back, 1990, 2007, march. Presidential elections were held in Uzbekistan on 29 March 2015 1 The result was a victory for incumbent President Islam Karimov who received over 90 of the vote 2 3 Karimov s win gave him a fourth consecutive term as president dating back to 1990 2015 Uzbek presidential election 2007 29 March 2015 2016 Turnout91 08 Nominee Islam Karimov Akmal SaidovParty OʻzLiDeP Milliy TiklanishPopular vote 17 122 597 582 688Percentage 91 83 3 12 President before electionIslam KarimovOʻzLiDeP Elected President Islam KarimovOʻzLiDeP Contents 1 Background 2 Candidates 3 Conduct 4 Results 5 ReferencesBackground EditA constitutional law on presidential elections was approved by the Senate on 23 March 2012 4 which required presidential elections to be held 90 days after parliamentary elections 5 Elections to the Legislative Chamber were held over two rounds the first on 23 December 2014 and the second on 4 January 2015 The law change effectively shortened the term of incumbent President Islam Karimov by several months as under the previous law the elections would have been held on 27 December 2015 4 Though the constitution limits presidents to two terms in office the Central Election Commission allowed Karimov to run again arguing that Karimov had only served one term since the constitution was adopted in 2002 and that his previous two terms before that should not count 6 Candidates EditThe candidates were Islam Karimov of the Liberal Democratic Party president since 1990 7 Khatamjan Ketmanov of the People s Democratic Party 7 Nariman Umarov of the Justice Social Democratic Party 8 Akmal Saidov of the National Revival Democratic Party 8 All candidates were loyal to Karimov 9 Conduct EditThe Organization for Security and Co operation in Europe stated that the Uzbek poll lacked genuine opposition 3 Steve Swerdlow at Human Rights Watch called the vote a sham election 10 Observers from the Commonwealth of Independent States and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation called the election open free and democratic and said it had proceeded openly and democratically respectively 11 Results EditCandidatePartyVotes Islam KarimovLiberal Democratic Party17 122 59791 83Akmal SaidovNational Revival Democratic Party582 6883 12Hotamjon KetmonovPeople s Democratic Party552 3092 96Nariman UmarovJustice Social Democratic Party389 0242 09Total18 646 618100 00Valid votes18 646 61898 44Invalid blank votes295 7311 56Total votes18 942 349100 00Registered voters turnout20 798 05291 08Source CECReferences Edit Uzbekistan to hold presidential polls in late March ITAR TASS 26 December 2014 Uzbek leader Karimov wins presidential election by landslide The Globe and Mail 30 March 2015 Retrieved 30 March 2015 a b Veteran Uzbek leader re elected in vote OSCE brands undemocratic 30 Mar 2015 a b Karimov surreptitiously shortens presidential term of office Archived 2014 05 18 at the Wayback Machine Uznews 29 March 2012 Election of President of Uzbekistan to take place on March 22 2015 CA News 14 May 2014 Lillis Joanna 2015 03 29 Uzbekistan Tashkent Voters Back Strongman as He Cruises to Victory Eurasianet org Retrieved 2015 03 31 a b Karimov Nominated For Reelection In Uzbekistan Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty 15 January 2015 a b Elections 2015 Archived 2016 11 12 at the Wayback Machine Uzbekistan Embassy to the United Kingdom Veteran Uzbek leader re elected in vote OSCE brands undemocratic Human rights activists dismay as Uzbekistan autocrat clings to power The Guardian 4 April 2015 Lillis Joanna 2015 03 30 Uzbekistan s Dictator Grabs Fourth Term in Opposition Free Poll Eurasianet org Retrieved 2015 03 31 This Asian election related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2015 Uzbek presidential election amp oldid 1142314477, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
