2000 Tajik parliamentary election

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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%.

Results

PartyNationalConstituencyTotal
seats		+/–
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan 1,741,54065.10152136+31
Communist Party of Tajikistan 547,07620.455813–47
Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan 196,1057.33202New
Democratic Party 94,9633.55000New
Socialist Party of Tajikistan 37,7281.41000New
Justice Party of Tajikistan35,4141.32000New
Independents1010–103
Against all22,3220.83–––
Vacant2–
Total2,675,148100.00223963–118
Valid votes2,675,14899.71
Invalid/blank votes7,8620.29
Total votes2,683,010100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,873,83293.36
Source: Nohlen et al.

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References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p462 ISBN   0-19-924958-X
  2. ↑ Nohlen et al., p465
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