Electoral system for national legislature

The Law on Elections of the Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan (New Revision) 18.01.2013  accessed 19 November 2019

Article 1. Basic Principles of Elections of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan

The Legislative Chamber (lower house) of the Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan (hereinafter – Legislative Chamber) consists of one hundred and fifty members, elected for five years. One hundred and thirty-five deputies of the Legislative Chamber shall be elected based on universal, equal, and direct electoral law with secret voting in territorial single-mandate electoral districts in multi-party competition. Fifteen deputies of the Legislative Chamber shall be elected by the Environmental Movement of Uzbekistan.

Article 44. Identification of the Results of Elections of Deputies of the Legislative Chamber

The Central Electoral Commission shall, based on the protocols of district electoral commissions, determine:  Total number of voters in Uzbekistan;  Number of voters, who received ballots;  Number of voters who cast votes;  Number of votes cast for each candidate;  Number of invalidated ballots Candidate, who received over the half of votes of the voters who cast votes, shall be considered elected. Elections shall be considered invalid, if attended by less than thirty-three percent of voters enlisted in the voters’ register. Elections in general or in certain districts or certain electoral precincts can be invalidated due to the violations in the election process, which affected voting outcomes. Decision on invalidating elections shall be made by the Central Electoral Commission and can be appealed to the Supreme Court of Uzbekistan within ten days after publication of the results of elections. In case the elections in certain electoral precincts are invalidated, the results of the voting in these precincts shall be excluded from overall results of the elections based on the decision of the Central Electoral Commission, provided that elections can be recognized as held without them. The Central Electoral Commission shall prepare a protocol and make a decision based on the results of elections.

Article 45. Repeated Voting

If more than two candidates were nominated in the electoral district and none was elected, district electoral commission shall make a decision to conduct repeated voting for two candidates who received the most number of votes and inform the Central Electoral Commission and voters in the district. Re- voting shall be conducted in two weeks complying with the requirements of this Law. The candidate, who received the most number of votes of the voters who cast votes in the reelections, compated to the other candidate shall be considered elected. Percentage of voter turnout shall not be considered in re-elections.

Article 471 . Election of Deputies of the Legislative Chamber to Represent the Environmental Movement of Uzbekistan

Fifteen deputies of the Legislative Chamber from the Environmental Movement of Uzbekistan shall be elected by the highest body of this movement (Conference) by the deadline set by the Central Electoral Commission. Procedures for nomination of the deputies of the Legislative Chamber from the Environmental Movement of Uzbekistan and their election shall be determined by the Central Electoral Commission. Preparation and holding of elections of the deputies of the Legislative Chamber by the Environmental Movement of Uzbekistan shall be open and transparent.

135 members are elected directly using TRS in single member districts. 15 members are elected indirectly by the Assembly of Ecological Movement of Uzbekistan.