Five political parties in Tajikistan, which managed to pass a five-percent threshold in order to get into the parliament and received more than 5 percent of the votes in the recent parliamentary elections, will receive totaling over 22 million somonis from the state budget for the first time.
According to a new provision in the country’s law on political parties, which was adopted in April 2024, political parties in Tajikistan are now allowed to receive funding from the state budget. A new article (Article 121) was added to the law, which stipulates that based on the election results of the new session of the Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament), political parties will receive one-time financial support from the state budget for financial assistance.
This law clarifies the distribution of funds from the state budget, the deadlines for transferring the funds to the political party’s account, the requirements for funding, the amounts of financing, and other conditions.
According to it, state funding for parties participating in the elections, which received at least 5 percent of the votes from the voters who took part in the vote, will be based on the results of the Majlisi Namoyandagon elections, calculated at 7 percent of the calculation indicator (estimate), multiplied by the number of votes received by the political party.
Currently, one calculation indicator equals 75.00 somonis, and 7 percent of this amount is 5.25 somonis.
Based on data from the Central Election Commission, Asia-Plus has calculated the amount that political parties will receive from the state budget following the March 2, 2025 elections:
- The People-Democratic Party of Tajikistan (PDPT) – 12.786 million somonis (2,435,541 votes — 51.9%)
- The Agrarian Party of Tajikistan (APT) – 5.181 million somonis (986,887 votes — 21%)
- The Party of Economic Reforms of Tajikistan (PERT) – 3.125 million somonis (595,281 votes — 12.7%)
- The Socialist Party of Tajikistan (SPT) – 1.302 million somonis (248,064 votes — 5.3%)
- The Democratic Party of Tajikistan (DPT) – 1.247 million somonis (237,536 votes — 5.1%)
There are seven officially registered political parties functioning in Tajikistan. Of six of them participating in this year’s parliamentary elections in the parliamentary elections, only 5 managed to pass a five-percent threshold in order to get into the parliament. The Communist Party of Tajikistan (CPT) failed to pass the 5-percent threshold. For the first time, the CPT failed to win any seats in parliament.
The Social-Democratic Party of Tajikistan, the only Tajik party to explicitly oppose President Emomali Rahmon, did not participate in the elections and has not explained its reasons for withdrawing. In previous elections, the party participated but never secured any parliamentary seats.
The Majlisi Namoyandagon has 63 members, elected for a five-year term in, 22 by proportional representation (party list) and 41 in single-seat constituencies.
Political parties should pass a five-percent threshold in order to get into the parliament.
A total of 220 candidates competed for 63 seats in the Majlisi Namoyandagon; 68 candidates competed for 22 seats from party lists and 152 candidates competed for 41 seats in single-mandate constituencies.
The PDPT secured 49 out of 63 seats, the APT secured seven seats, the PERT won five seats, the SPT and the DPT won one seat each.
