Presidential elections were held in

Tajikistan Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital city, capital and most populous city. Tajikistan borders Afghanistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, south, Uzbekistan to ...

on 6 November 2006. The result was a victory for incumbent President

Emomali Rahmonov Emomali Rahmon ( ; born 5 October 1952), born Emomali Sharipovich Rahmanov, is a Tajik politician who has served as the President of Tajikistan since 1994, having previously led the country as Chairman of the Supreme Assembly (Tajikistan), Su ...

, who won a third term in office after receiving 80% of the vote.

Candidates

Five candidates contested the elections: *Emomali Rahmonov — incumbent president and a member of the dominant

People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan The People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan (PDPT; ; ) has been the dominant and ruling party of Tajikistan since 2000. Founded in 1994 by Abdulmajid Dostiev as the People's Party of Tajikistan, the seat of the party is located in the Palace of ...

. Constitutional provisions that had barred Rahmonov from seeking further terms had been controversially removed. * Abduhalim Ghafforov — registered as representing the

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, although this is not the original Socialist Party, which was denied registration. * Amir Qaroqulov — Agrarian Party * Olimzhon Boboyev — Party of Economic Reforms * Ismoil Talbakov —

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The

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, the Democratic Party, and the

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all boycotted the elections, criticising the country's electoral apparatus as unreliable and refusing to accept the constitutional changes that allowed Rakhmanov to seek a third term.

Campaign

A rally by opposition parties was broken up. According to the BBC, none of the four candidates opposing Rahmonov have publicly criticised him, and the

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has said that " signs of a competitive campaign have been observed thus far".

Conduct

CIS election monitors declared the elections "legal, free and transparent", while the OSCE condemned them, and the election has been called "flawed and unfair but peaceful."U.S. Relations With Tajikistan
US Department of State

Results

References

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Presidential elections in Tajikistan