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Voter Registration

Tajikistan Tajikistan

VR001

Voting age
Question:What is the legal voting age in the national elections?
Answer: c. 18
Comments: A citizen shall have the right to take part in referendum, to elect from the age of 18 years and also be elected from the age fixed by Constitution, Constitutional laws and laws.
Source: Constitution of the Republic of Tajikistan, amen right to voteded as of June 22, 2003, art. 27.
Verified: 2025/02/17
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VR002

Other voting requirements
Question:Beyond age, what other qualifications exist for registering to vote and voting in the national elections?
Answer(s): a. Citizenship
Comments: Citizens of the Republic of Tajikistan, who have attained the age of 18 by the time of elections, have the right to vote irrespective of their nationality, race, sex, language, religion, political belonging, social status, education and property. In Majlisi Milli and Majlisi Namoyandagon are appointed and elected citizens who meet the requirements of the Constitution of the Republic of Tajikistan and the present Law and residing in the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan not less than five last years. Persons recognized incapable or kept in places of detention by decision of a court do not have the right to participate in elections.
Source: Constitution of the Republic of Tajikistan, amended as of May 22, 2016, art. 6.
Verified: 2025/02/19
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VR004

Authority responsible for voter registration
Question:Which is the authority responsible for the registration of voters for national elections?
Answer: d. Election Management Body (specify)
Comments: A voter list for elections of deputies of the Majlisi namoyandagon is compiled for each polling station and signed by a chairman and secretary of the precinct electoral commission. A precinct electoral commission may involve representatives of the public to participate in compiling a voter list.
Source: The Constitutional Law of the Republic of Tajikistan On Elections to the Majlisi Oli of the Republic of Tajikistan, Adopted on December 10, 1999 and amended as of June 16, 2004, art. 23
Verified: 2025/02/17
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VR008

Is it compulsory to be on the voters register?
Question:Is it compulsory to be on the voters register?
Answer: a. Yes
Comments: All the citizens of the Republic of Tajikistan, who have attained the age of 18 by the day of elections and at the time of compiling voter lists live permanently or temporarily in the territory of the relevant polling station and have the right to vote, are included into the voter lists.
Source: The Constitutional Law of the Republic of Tajikistan On Elections to the Majlisi Oli of the Republic of Tajikistan, Adopted on December 10, 1999 and amended as of June 16, 2004, art. 24
Verified: 2025/02/17
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