IFES Election Guide | Country Profile: Uzbekistan

Name	Official Name	Type
Uzbekistani Legislative Chamber	Qonunchilik palatasi	Lower House
Uzbekistani Senate	Senat	Upper House
Uzbekistani Presidency	None	Head of State & Government

Description of government structure:

Chief of State: President Shavkat MIRZIYOYEV (since 8 December 2016)
Head of Government: Prime Minister Abdulla ARIPOV (since 14 December 2016)
Assembly: bicameral Supreme Assembly (Олий Мажлис / Oliy Majlis) including a 100-seat Senate (Сенат / Senat) and a 150-seat Legislative Chamber (Қонунчилик палатаси / Qonunchilik Palatasi)

Description of electoral system:

The President is directly elected by absolute majority vote in up to two rounds. The President may serve up to two 7-year terms.
The Prime Minister is nominated by the majority party in the Supreme Assembly and appointed by the President.
Members of the Senate are indirectly elected by regional councils (84 members) or appointed by the president (16 members). All members serve 5-year terms.
All 150 members of the Legislative Chamber are directly elected by absolute majority vote in single-seat constituencies. Members serve 5-year terms.

Election For	Date	Votes	Registered Voters	Turn Out
Uzbekistani Presidency	2000-01-09	-	-	-
Uzbekistani Presidency	2007-12-23	14,765,444	16,297,400	90.6
Uzbekistani Legislative Chamber	2009-12-27	15,108,950	17,215,700	87.76
Uzbekistani Senate	2010-01-20	-	17,215,700	-
Uzbekistani Legislative Chamber	2014-12-21	18,490,245	20,789,572	88.94
Uzbekistani Legislative Chamber	2015-01-04	2,642,063	3,434,345	76.93
Uzbekistani Presidency	2015-03-29	18,942,349	20,798,052	91.08
Uzbekistani Presidency	2016-12-04	17,951,667	20,461,805	87.73
Uzbekistani Legislative Chamber	2019-12-22	1,978,048	3,147,079	62.85
Uzbekistani Presidency	2021-12-31	16,212,343	20,158,907	80.42
Referendum	2023-04-30	16,667,097	19,722,809	84.51
Uzbekistani Presidency	2023-07-09	15,651,405	19,593,838	79.88
Uzbekistani Legislative Chamber	2024-12-31	-	-	-

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