{"id":43040,"date":"2025-03-02T13:11:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T13:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=43040"},"modified":"2025-03-02T13:11:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T13:11:12","slug":"tajikistan-holds-general-election-to-elect-members-of-parliament-and-local-councils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/tajikistan-holds-general-election-to-elect-members-of-parliament-and-local-councils\/","title":{"rendered":"Tajikistan holds General Election to Elect Members of Parliament and Local Councils"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"selectionShareable\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43043\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Tajikistan-Election-2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Tajikistan-Election-2025.jpg 500w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Tajikistan-Election-2025-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Tajikistan-Election-2025-356x220.jpg 356w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><strong>ISLAMABAD: Monitoring Desk &#8211; Tajikistan held general elections on Sunday to elect members of parliament and local councils, with more than 5.5 million registered voters eligible to cast their ballots across 3,513 polling stations nationwide.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">The elections will determine the composition of the lower house of parliament, the House of Representatives, as well as provincial and district municipal councils.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">A total of 220 candidates from six political parties &#8212; the People\u2019s Democratic Party, Communist Party, Democratic Party, Party of Economic Reforms, Agrarian Party, and Socialist Party &#8212; are competing for 63 parliamentary seats under a mixed electoral system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Of these, 22 seats will be filled through proportional representation, while the remaining 41 will be decided through a majoritarian system.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">For Tajik citizens living abroad, 36 polling stations have been set up at diplomatic missions in 28 foreign countries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">More than 200 international observers from organizations such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the Commonwealth of Independent States are monitoring the elections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">Additionally, Ahmet Yener, the chairman of T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s Supreme Election Council, is in Tajikistan with other council members to observe the voting process.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"p2xKz6kP82\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/pakistan-in-the-world-june-july-2024\/\">Pakistan in the World \u2013 June\/July 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Pakistan in the World \u2013 June\/July 2024&#8221; &#8212; Pakistan In the World\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/pakistan-in-the-world-june-july-2024\/embed\/#?secret=LwVPOrXAts#?secret=p2xKz6kP82\" data-secret=\"p2xKz6kP82\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Monitoring Desk &#8211; Tajikistan held general elections on Sunday to elect members of parliament and local councils, with more than 5.5 million registered voters eligible to cast their ballots across 3,513 polling stations nationwide. 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