Parliamentary elections in Uzbekistan will be held on October 27

On Sunday, October 27, elections for deputies of the Legislative Chamber and Senate of the Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan, as well as deputies of regional, city, and district councils, will be held. The Central Election Commission made this decision at a meeting on Friday.

This date is also defined in the Constitution. The election campaign will start on July 26, three months before the elections, which will be held under the slogan 'My choice is my prosperous Motherland.

The elections will elect 150 deputies to the Legislative Chamber, 56 members to the Senate, 65 deputies to the Jokargy Kenes of Karakalpakstan, as well as deputies to regional, Tashkent, and 208 district (city) kengashes. The Central Election Commission (CEC) anticipates the active participation of about 30,000 candidates and approximately 90,000 of their authorized representatives. Additionally, over 120,000 members of election commissions will serve as organizers, and more than 70,000 local and international observers are expected to participate in the election process, according to the CEC.

For the first time, the elections will be held using a majoritarian-proportional (mixed) system. In this system, electoral districts are divided into single-mandate districts and a single nationwide electoral district. Seventy-five deputies of the lower house of parliament will be elected from single-mandate districts under the majoritarian system (voting for individual candidates), while the remaining 75 will be elected under the proportional system, based on votes cast for political parties (party lists).

The transition to a mixed electoral system was proposed by the President of Uzbekistan in March during a meeting with deputies, with the aim of increasing the role of political parties. After a referendum on the new version of the Constitution, Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree on May 8 introducing the majoritarian-proportional electoral system.

Previously, parliamentary elections in Uzbekistan were held under the majoritarian system, where candidates who received the majority of votes in their constituencies were considered elected.