Communist Party of Tajikistan (CPT) leader Miroj Abdulloyev has won in a March 1 parliamentary elections in the Muminobod single-mandate constituency No 38, according to the electoral commission in this single-mandate constituency.
Five candidates, including three members of the ruling People’s Democratic Party, competed for a seat in the Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament).
Miroj Abdulloyev reportedly won with 65 percent of votes.
Miroj Abdulloyev was elected as leader of the Communist Party of Tajikistan on April 22, 2017.
Recall, the CPT Central Committee Secretary Mrzoazim Nasimov had been acting head of the party since January 2017 following death of the party head Ismoil Talbakov.
Ismoil Talbakov died in Dushanbe on December 16, 2016 aged 61 after a short illness.
The Communist Party of Tajikistan has lost its two seats in parliament as it failed to pass a 5-percent threshold to get into Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower house of parliament) in March 2015.
Founded in 1918, the Communist Party of Tajikistan was registered in 1991. According to some sources, the party now has 37,000 members.
