DUSHANBE, February 20, Asia-Plus – Five of 153 persons who were registered as candidates to run for election to the Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament) in 41 single-mandate constituencies have withdrawn their candidacies from the elections, Ms. Mehrinisso Yuldosheva, a chief specialist with the Central Commission for Elections and Referenda (CCER), told Asia-Plus on Saturday, February 20.
According to her, three candidates have left election race in Tursunzoda single-mandate constituency # 5 alone. Among them are the Communist Party (CPT) representative Mashhurbony Nabiyeva, representative of the Party of Economic Reforms Ibrohim Yunusov and self-propelled candidate Rahmon Sharipov.
Thus, three candidates will compete for a seat in the Majlisi Namoyandagon in the Tursunzoda constituency – Barakatullo Atokhoja, nominated by the People’s Democratic Party (PDPT), Haitbobo Haitov, nominated by the Agrarian Party (APT), and self-propelled candidate Alisher Hamidullo.
Besides, Nazri Asazoda, who was nominated by the PDPT to run for the parliament in Hisor single mandate constituency # 7, has also withdrawn his candidacy and three candidates are now competing for a seat in the parliament in this constituency – representative of the Islamic Revival Party (IRPT) Abdunabi Berdiyev, the CPT representative Abroriddin Aloviddinov and representative of the Party of Economic Reforms Sharofiddin Sirojev.
Muqimjon Bozorov, who was competing for a seat in the Majlisi Namoyandagon as self-nominated candidate in Panjakent single-mandate constituency # 21 (Sughd province), has also left the election race.
The PDPT representative Shakarbek Samadov and two self-propelled candidates — Shodibek Ahmadov and Khalifa Matloub — are now competing for seat in the parliament in the Panjakent single-mandate constituency.
Of 63 seats in the Majlisi Namoyandagon, 22 seats come from party lists and the remainder is elected in first-past-the-post races.
