UZBEK PRESIDENT SHAVKAT SECURES 2ND TERM IN LANDSLIDE ELECTION VICTORY

Mon 25 October 2021:

Uzbekistan’s president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, has been re-elected, according to the country’s election commission.

At a press conference, Zayniddin Nizamhocayev, chairman of the Central Election Commission, reported that Mirziyoyev, a candidate for the Liberal Democratic Party, received 80.1 percent of the vote.

According to Uzbek media, around 16.21 million citizens took part in the voting, which is 80.4% of the total number of voters included in the lists. Incumbent President Shavkat Mirziyoyev won more than 80.1% of the votes in the presidential elections.

“According to the electoral law in the country, the candidate who receives more than half of the votes cast will be considered the winner,” Nizamhocayev said.

“The presidential election, which took place in a real competitive environment between five political parties and their candidates, is a clear indication that freedom and democracy are increasingly being consolidated in Uzbekistan,” he said.

No complaints about irregularities in the election were reported, he went on to say.

OSCE, EU Record Violations

Observers representing the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and the European Union recorded violations during the presidential election in Uzbekistan on Sunday and highlight the need for democratic reforms, Reinhold Lopatka, the special co-ordinator and leader of the short-term OSCE observer mission, said on Monday.

“Significant procedural irregularities were observed. And Important safeguards were often disregarded during voting, counting … our findings point to a number of important reforms,” Lopatka told a press conference.

The country with a population of about 35 million people, has a total of more than 20 million registered voters. As many as 10,760 polling stations were set up across the country for the presidential election.

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