RECENT ELECTION:
Presidential, 6 November 2006

Description of Electoral System:

(courtesy of IFES election guide)

The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 7-year term. In the National Assembly (Majlisi Milliy), 34 members are elected by indirect vote to serve 5-year terms. Of these, 25 are selected by local deputies and 8 are appointed by the president, while 1 seat is reserved for the former president.
In the Assembly of Representatives (Majlisi Namoyandagon), 22 members are elected through a party-list proportional representation system and 41 members are elected by majority vote in single-member constituencies. All members serve 5-year terms.

Electoral Systems Snapshot

(Courtesy of International IDEA)

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Politics of Tajikistan

(courtesy of wikipedia)

DID YOU KNOW? Tajikistan is one of the few countries in Central Asia to have included an active opposition in its government. 

Politics of Tajikistan takes place in a framework of a presidential republic, whereby the President is both head of state and head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Legislative power is vested in both the executive branch and the two chambers of parliament.

Tajikistan is officially a republic, and holds elections for the President and Parliament. The latest elections occurred in 2005, and as all previous elections, international observers believe them to have been corrupt, arousing many accusations from opposition parties that President Emomali Rahmon manipulates the election process.

The November 6, 2006, election was boycotted by "mainline" opposition parties, including the 23,000-member Islamist Islamic Renaissance Party. Four remaining opponents "all but endorsed the incumbent", Rakhmon. After November 2006 presidential elections, it is widely speculated that Rahmon has secured his seat for at least another two terms, which will allow him rule till 2020.