DUSHANBE, May 22, 2015, Asia-Plus — The board of Tajik ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) will hold a meeting on May 28 to discuss the 2015 parliamentary election returns, Usmon Soliyev, the head of the PDP public relations department, told Asia-Plus in an interview.
According to him, they will analyze the reasons for defeat of the party candidates in some constituencies and discuss the ways to remove mistakes that led to defeat of some of the party candidates.
The 2015 parliamentary elections took place on March 1 and the PDP won 16 seats in the country’s lower chamber (Majlisi Namoyandagon) from party list and 35 seats in single-mandate constituencies.
Tajikistan’s Parliament (Majlisi Oli) has two chambers: the Assembly of Representatives (Majlisi Namoyandagon) and the National Assembly (Majlisi Milli). Majlisi Namoyandagon has 63 members, elected for a five-year term in, 22 by proportional representation (party list) and 41 in single-seat constituencies.
The PDP also won the majority of seats in local legislatures.
Founded in 1994, the People’s Democratic Party is the largest political party in Tajikistan, boasting some 250,000 registered members. President Emomali Rahmon is chairman of the party.
At the legislative elections, February 27 and March 13, 2005, the party won 74% of the popular vote and 52 out of 63 seats. This was an increase from the 2000 elections, in which they won 64.9% of the vote and 38 seats. At the 2010 legislative elections, February 28, the party won 71.69% of the popular vote and 45 out of 63 seats. At the last legislative election, March 1, 2015, the party won 74 percent of the vote and 51 out of 63 seats.
