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Parliamentary elections were held in Tajikistan on 27 February 2000, with a second round in 11 of the 41 constituencies on 12 March. [1] The result was a victory for the People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan, which won 36 of the 63 seats. [2] Voter turnout was 93%.
| Party | National | Constituency | Total seats | +/– | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
| People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan | 1,741,540 | 65.10 | 15 | 21 | 36 | +31 | |||
| Communist Party of Tajikistan | 547,076 | 20.45 | 5 | 8 | 13 | –47 | |||
| Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan | 196,105 | 7.33 | 2 | 0 | 2 | New | |||
| Democratic Party | 94,963 | 3.55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||
| Socialist Party of Tajikistan | 37,728 | 1.41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||
| Justice Party of Tajikistan | 35,414 | 1.32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||
| Independents | 10 | 10 | –103 | ||||||
| Against all | 22,322 | 0.83 | – | – | – | ||||
| Vacant | 2 | – | |||||||
| Total | 2,675,148 | 100.00 | 22 | 39 | 63 | –118 | |||
| Valid votes | 2,675,148 | 99.71 | |||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 7,862 | 0.29 | |||||||
| Total votes | 2,683,010 | 100.00 | |||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,873,832 | 93.36 | |||||||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | |||||||||
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