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Parliamentary elections were held in Uzbekistan on 5 December 1999, with a second round in 66 of the 250 constituencies on 19 December. [1] The People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan emerged as the largest party, with 49 of the 250 seats. Voter turnout was 95.0%. [1]
| Party | First round | Second round | Total seats | +/– | |||||
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| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
| Local Council nominees | 98 | 12 | 110 | –57 | |||||
| People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan | 32 | 17 | 49 | –20 | |||||
| Self-Sacrifice National Democratic Party | 19 | 15 | 34 | New | |||||
| Progress of the Fatherland Party | 9 | 11 | 20 | +6 | |||||
| Justice Social Democratic Party | 9 | 2 | 11 | New | |||||
| Uzbekistan National Revival Democratic Party | 6 | 4 | 10 | New | |||||
| Independents | 11 | 5 | 16 | New | |||||
| Total | 184 | 66 | 250 | 0 | |||||
| Total votes | 12,061,266 | – | 2,918,055 | – | |||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 12,692,202 | 95.03 | 3,338,912 | 87.40 | |||||
| Source: Nohlen et al., CEC | |||||||||
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