Democratic Party (Tajikistan)

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Democratic Party of Tajikistan
Ҳизби демократии Тоҷикистон
Leader Saidjafar Usmonzoda
FoundedAugust 1990
Ideology Liberal conservatism
Social conservatism
Tajik nationalism
Secularism
Pan-Iranism [ citation needed ]
Political position Centre-right
Colors  Blue
Slogan Пиндори нек, гуфтори нек, кирдори нек.
Pindor-i nek guftor-i nek kardor-i nek.
('Good thoughts, good words, good deeds')
Seats in the Assembly of Representatives
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The Democratic Party of Tajikistan [a] is a political party in Tajikistan founded in August 1990 [1] by Mahmadruzi Iskandarov. Along with the other Tajik opposition parties, it was banned from July 1993 to August 1999.

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Under the 30% quota provided by the Peace Agreement that concluded the Tajik Civil War, some party members were appointed to governmental and administrative posts. Iskandarov, who had been party chairman since its resumption in 1999, headed the state gas monopoly Tajikgaz from 2001 to 2003. [1]

The party received no seats in the legislative elections held on 27 February and 13 March 2005, but percentages are not available. The party boycotted the 2006 Presidential election. On 15 April 2005, the party founder Mahmadruzi Iskandarov was taken by Russian security agencies, which has been considered illegal, in the town of Korolyov, and [2] [3] flown to Tajikistan and sentenced there to 23 years in jail. Following this, Saidjafar Usmonzoda was elected as the party's new leader. [4]

Election results

Presidential elections

ElectionParty candidateVotes%Result
2013 Saidjafar Ismanov36,5731.02%LostRed x.svg

Assembly of Representatives elections

ElectionParty leaderVotes%Seats+/–PositionResult
2000 Mahmadruzi Iskandarov94,9633.55%
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2005
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2010 Saidjafar Usmonzoda33,6571.03%
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2015
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2020 216,5265.18%
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2025 237,5365.11%
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Notes

    • Tajik: Ҳизби демократии Тоҷикистон, romanized: Hizbi Demokratiyi Tojikiston, IPA: [ˈhɪzbɪdʲɪmɐˈkratʲɪjɪtʰɔdʒikʰɪsˈtʰɔn]
    • Russian: Демократическая партия Таджикистана, romanized: Demokratičeskaja partija Tadžikistana

References

  1. 1 2 Lena Jonson (3 October 2006). Tajikistan in the New Central Asia: Geopolitics, Great Power Rivalry and Radical Islam. I.B.Tauris. pp. 152–. ISBN   978-1-84511-293-6.
  2. Karinna Moskalenko: "The ordinary person is at the centre of our concerns" Archived 18 February 2022 at the Wayback Machine by Vera Vasilieva, Human Rights in Russia, 23 December 2010
  3. Judgement in case of "Iskandarov vs. Russia", Application no. 17185/05 – European Court of Human Rights, 23 September 2010
  4. United States Department of State