2014–15 Uzbek parliamentary election

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2014–15 Uzbek parliamentary election
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  2009–10 21 December 2014 (first round)
4 January 2015 (second round)
2019–20  

135 of the 150 seats in the Legislative Chamber
76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout88.94% (first round)
76.93% (second round)
PartyLeaderSeats+/–
OʻzLiDeP Sodiqjon Turdiev 52−1
Milliy Tiklanish Shavkat Mirziyoyev 36+4
XDP Hotamjon Ketmonov 27−4
ASDP Sobir Tursunov 20+1
Ecological Movement Boriy Alixonov 150
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Speaker beforeSpeaker after
Diloram Tashmukhamedova
ASDP
Nurdinjon Ismoilov
XDP

Parliamentary elections were held in Uzbekistan on 21 December 2014, [1] with a second round on 4 January 2015, alongside provincial and district council elections. The Uzbekistan Liberal Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 52 of the 135 elected seats in the Legislative Chamber.

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Electoral system

Of the 150 members of the Legislative Chamber, 135 were directly elected from single member constituencies using the two-round system. [2] A further 15 seats were reserved for the country's Ecological Movement, which elected its members at a meeting on 21 December. [3]

Results

Of the 135 elected seats, 113 were won by candidates in the first round. [3] The remaining 22 seats were filled when run-off elections took place on 4 January 2015. [4]

PartyFirst roundSecond roundTotal
seats
+/–
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Uzbekistan Liberal Democratic Party 47552–1
Uzbekistan National Revival Democratic Party 28836+5
People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan 21627–5
Justice Social Democratic Party 17320+1
Ecological Movement of Uzbekistan 150
Total113221500
Total votes18,490,2452,642,063
Registered voters/turnout20,789,57288.943,434,34576.93
Source: CEC, CEC

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