TASKENT, Uzbekistan, October 27. Voting in the parliamentary election in Uzbekistan was active, observers from polling stations said, Trend reports.
"The election process was active. Both the older and younger generations came to vote. Everyone wanted to participate in this process. Moreover, no violations were observed during the voting," said Kamolzhon Vakhidov, a member of the election commission, at polling station No. 111, which was located in the Tashkent branch of the Moscow State University named after Lomonosov.
The chairman of polling station No. 108, which was located in the Tashkent Institute of Pharmacy, Zukhriddin Mamatkulov, noted that 60% of voters at this station were students. According to him, they came to vote in the election with joy and consciously.
To note, polling stations opened in Uzbekistan for election to the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis (parliament) of the country and to local kengashes (councils) of people's deputies on October 27.
Five parties are participating in the election: the Movement of Entrepreneurs and Businessmen – Uzbekistan Liberal Democratic Party, Democratic Party "Milliy Tiklanish," Ecological Party, People’s Democratic Party, and Social Democratic Party "Adolat."
This year's election is being held according to a mixed electoral system in line with the updated Constitution and national electoral legislation. This system provides for 75 members of the Legislative Chamber to be elected in single-mandate constituencies using majoritarian electoral system, while the remaining 75 members will be elected using the proportional representation electoral system with party lists.
Another notable aspect of this year's election is the full digitalization of the process through the "E-Saylov" information system.
Over 850 foreign and international observers, including missions from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), and the Organization of Turkic States (OTS), were monitoring the election process.
