Presidential elections were held in

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on 29 March 2015. The result was a victory for incumbent President

Islam Karimov Islam Abduganiyevich Karimov (30 January 1938 – 2 September 2016) was an Uzbek politician who served as the first president of Uzbekistan, from the country's independence in 1991 until his death in 2016. He was the last First Secretary of the ...

, who received over 90% of the vote. Karimov's win gave him a fourth consecutive term as president, dating back to 1990.

Background

A constitutional law on presidential elections was approved by the

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on 23 March 2012,Karimov surreptitiously shortens presidential term of office
Uznews, 29 March 2012 which required presidential elections to be held 90 days after parliamentary elections. Elections to the Legislative Chamber were held over two-rounds, the first on 23 December 2014 and the second on 4 January 2015. The law change effectively shortened the term of incumbent President

by several months, as under the previous law, the elections would have been held on 27 December 2015. Though the constitution limits presidents to two terms in office, the Central Election Commission allowed Karimov to run again, arguing that Karimov had only served one term since the constitution was adopted in 2002, and that his previous two terms before that should not count.

Candidates

The candidates were: *

of the

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, president since 1990Karimov Nominated For Reelection In Uzbekistan
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty, 15 January 2015 *Khatamjan Ketmanov of the People's Democratic Party *Nariman Umarov of the

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Elections 2015
Uzbekistan Embassy to the United Kingdom *Akmal Saidov of the National Revival Democratic Party All candidates were loyal to Karimov.

Conduct

The

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stated that the Uzbek poll lacked genuine opposition. Steve Swerdlow at

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called the vote a "sham election". Observers from the

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and

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called the election "open, free, and democratic," and said it had proceeded "openly and democratically," respectively.

Results

References

Presidential elections in Uzbekistan

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