ACE Electoral News

ACE Electoral News

Tajikistan: Final Report on the 6 November 2006 Presidential Election, OSCE/ODIHR (2006)

The 6 November 2006 presidential election in the Republic of Tajikistan did not fully test democratic electoral practices as outlined in the 1990 OSCE Copenhagen Document, due to a lack of genuine choice and meaningful pluralism, and revealed substantial shortcomings. Despite the presence of five candidates and some administrative improvements, the 6 November 2006 presidential election was characterized by a marked absence of competition. Parties that determined themselves as political opposition to the incumbent chose not to nominate candidates. As a result, voters were presented with a choice that was only nominal.

Tajikistan: Statement of Preliminary Findings and Conclusions on the 6 November 2006 Presidential Election, OSCE (2006)

The 6 November presidential election in the Republic of Tajikistan did not fully test democratic electoral practices as outlined in the 1990 OSCE Copenhagen Document due to a lack of genuine choice and meaningful pluralism. The election process also revealed substantial shortcomings.

OSCE - ODIHR Documents about Tajikistan

Document collection including all observation reports

Turkmenistan: Elections to the Mejlis held, 2008 (TDH-State News Agency of Turkmenistan)

In Turkmenistan the elections to the Mejlis of IV convocation were held on 14 December 2008, following the constitutional amendments of 26 September 2008.

Turkmenistan: UN observation mission visits Turkmenistan, (2008) TDH: State News Agency of Turkmenistan

The UN observation mission arrived in Turkmenistan to monitor the elections to the Mejlis of the fourth convocation. The delegation is led by Viktor Polyakov, Head of the Group for Central Asia of the UN Office for Asia and the Pacific.

Turkmenistan: OSCE election body sends expert team to ahead of 11 February election (2007)

The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today deployed an Election Support Team to Turkmenistan ahead of the 11 February presidential election. The team, led by Ambassador Lubomir Kopaj of Slovakia, is in Turkmenistan at the invitation of the Turkmen authorities. "This should be considered as a first step of a renewed dialogue with the Turkmen authorities on electoral processes and a range of other issues," said ODIHR Director Ambassador Christian Strohal.

Election Results - Turkmenistan

Election results from Adam Carr's Election Archive

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IFES Election Guide - Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan: Needs Assessment Mission Report ahead of the 14 December 2008 parliamentary election, OSCE/ODIHR

OSCE/ODIHR deployed a Needs Assessment Mission to Turkmenistan in September-October 2008 to assess the situation ahead of the 14 December 2008 Parliamentary Elections. The mission concluded that recent Constitutional amendments may constitute possible positive developments. The mission also suggested deploying a small number of election experts as Election Support Team to Turkmenistan.

Turkmenistan: Needs Assessment Mission Report ahead of the 11 February 2007 presidential election, OSCE/ODIHR

On 21 December 2006, the President of Turkmenistan, Mr. Saparmurat Niyazov, passed away. On 26 December, during an extraordinary meeting, the PCT fulfilled its constitutional obligations scheduling a presidential election for 11 February 2007. The People's Council of Turkmenistan indicated, inter alia, that international observers could attend the election. The 11 February presidential election in Turkmenistan was the first to be contested by more than one candidate.

OSCE - ODIHR Documents about Turkmenistan

Document collection including all observation reports

Legal ambiguity allows Uzbek president to stay on for extra year, International Herald Tribune (2007)

This article touches upon the legal confusion between the constitution and election law of Uzbekistan, which allowed president Karimov to stay one extra year as a president.

Узбекистан, Оппозиционер поневоле. Частная история предпринимателя Баходира Чориева, Фергана.ру (2009)

Баходир Чориев, узбекский эмигрант в США, решил выступить оппозиционным движением в парламентских выборах декабря сего года в Узбекистане.

В Узбекистане стартовала кампания по имитации выборного процесса, Фергана.Ру (2009)

Власти Узбекистана в очередной раз начали производить хорошо отлаженные действия по имитации, а точнее сказать, симуляции выборного процесса. 22 сентября в стране официально стартовала избирательная кампания по выборам в Законодательную (нижнюю) палату Олий Мажлиса (парламента), а также в областные, районные и городские Кенгаши (советы) народных депутатов.

Parliamentary election campaign underway in Uzbekistan, 2009 (ISCIP)

Parliamentary election campaign underway in Uzbekistan In his Independence Day address this year, Uzbekistan’s President Islom Karimov once again emphasized that his government is in the process of building a democracy and is continuing to take steps in pursuit of this lofty and yet elusive goal. Fortunately, before the year comes to an end, President Karimov’s administration will have a golden opportunity to demonstrate, in a very concrete way, just how much progress has been made toward introducing a more democratic process to his country’s political system.

Uzbekistan dashes independents’ parliamentary hopes, 2009 (Uznews)

The Uzbek Central Electoral Commission has issued a resolution that bans candidates nominated by initiative groups from standing in the forthcoming parliamentary election on 27 December, thus killing the last hope for any kind of competition during the campaign.

Does Uzbekistan really need parliamentary election?, 2009 (Uznet)

Uzbekistan launched a parliamentary and local election campaign on 22 September but this is useless because the presidential administration will decide as who will become deputies, political analyst Tashpulat Yuldashev thinks. The only thing people who protest against this election circus, Yuldashev thinks, could do is to boycott the election and prevent their relatives and friends from voting.

Uzbekistan, CEC Seminar in for District Electoral Chiefs, 2009 (CEC Uzbekistan)

The Central Election Commission hosted a conference for chairmen of district electoral commissions set for elections to the Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Uzbek Opposition Leader Reportedly Freed, 2009 (RFE/RL)

Uzbek opposition leader Sanjar Umarov has been freed after four years in jail, a pro-opposition website reported on November 8, in a move that could help the Central Asian state further improve ties with the West.

Experts fail to identify potential successor for Uzbek president, 2009 (Uznews)

Experts, both foreign and Uzbek, tried to answer questions about development prospects for Uzbekistan after President Islam Karimov’s 20-year-long rule in the country at a meeting in Amsterdam on 7 November. Answers given mainly concerned the president, his entourage and family and his first name – Islam.