TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, October 28. The press conference was held on the results of parliamentary election in Uzbekistan, which was held on October 27, and preliminary data from the Central Election Commission of Uzbekistan showed that the turnout at the elections amounted to 74.7 percent, Trend's special correspondent, who participated in the coverage of the election at the invitation of the government of Uzbekistan, reports.
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Trend's correspondent reports that Zayniddin Nizamkhodjaev, chairman of Uzbekistan's CEC, spoke at the press conference.
“More than 15 million people voted in the election. According to preliminary data, the Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan gained 34.75 percent of votes,” Nizamkhodjaev said.
According to him, more than 1 million voters cast their ballots in the country and more than 132,000 voters cast their ballots abroad during early voting, which took place from October 16 through October 23.
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