Voter turnout in Uzbek presidential elections exceeds 91% - CEC
29/03/2015 22:17
Voter turnout in Uzbek presidential elections exceeds 91% - CEC
29/03/2015 22:17
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- The voter turnout in the Presidential elections of Uzbekistan made up over 91.01%, the chairperson of the Central Election Commission of Uzbekistan (CEC) Mirzo-Ulugbek Abdusalov said at the briefing on 29 March 2015.
He said that all polling stations in Uzbekistan closed their doors at 20:00. He added that elections are continuing at polling stations in some polling stations, created at missions of Uzbekistan in Europe and the United States.
The CEC chief said that 18.928 million people from 20.798 million registered voters casted their votes in presidential elections. He said that the vote counting is underway at the polling stations. The preliminary results will be announced on 30 March.
In accordance with Article 35 of the Law "On Elections of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan" elections of President of Uzbekistan declared valid. In line with the legislation of Uzbekistan, more than 33% of registered voters should turn up at the polls to recognize them as valid.
He added that the CEC did not receive any information on violations of election legislation during the voting.
About 300 observers from five international organizations – the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (ODIHR OSCE), Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Shanghai Cooperation Organization, World Association of electoral bodies and Organization of the Islamic Cooperation, as well as 43 states – participated in elections.
In addition, more than 35,000 bservers from political parties, representatives of the media participated in the voting process.
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