Elections in Uzbekistan: Mirziyoyev has been re-elected as the country’s president

On Sunday, July 9 of this year, early presidential elections were held in Uzbekistan. The elections took place after amendments to the Constitution and the resetting of Mirziyoyev’s terms.

As reported on the morning of July 10 by the chairman of the Central Election Commission Zayniddin Nizamkhojaev, according to preliminary results, the incumbent president Shavkat Mirziyoyev was re-elected as president of Uzbekistan. According to him, Mirziyoyev received 87.05% of the votes, his candidacy was nominated by the UzLiDeP party (Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan) and supported by the “Milliy Tiklanish” party.

The other candidates received a small number of votes and lost. According to the CEC, the deputy chair of the Supreme Court Robakhon Mahmudova, nominated by the Social Democratic Party of Uzbekistan “Adolat” (“Justice”), received 4.43%, the leader of the People’s Democratic Party Ulugbek Inoyatov – 4.02% of the votes, and the head of the Ecological Party Abdushukur Hamzaev – 3.74%.

According to Zayniddin Nizamkhojaev, the voter turnout was 79.88%, meaning that 15 million 651 thousand 405 voters participated in the elections.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev came to power after the death of Islam Karimov, following his victory in the extraordinary elections in December 2016.

In the spring of 2023, amendments were made to the country’s legislation. According to the updated Constitution following the referendum, the presidential term is now seven years. Previously, the presidential term was five years, and a president could be elected for only two terms. The amendments to the Constitution extended the presidential term to seven years and allowed the 65-year-old Mirziyoyev to reset his previous terms in office. Thus, he can remain in power until 2037.