Shavkat Mirziyoyev wins Prez elections in Uzbekistan according to preliminary data

Tashkent: Presidential elections were held in Uzbekistan on Sunday and incumbent Shavkat Mirziyoyev has won polls as per preliminary data.

On Monday morning, the country's Central Election Commission (CEC) announced the preliminary results of early presidential elections.

15.6 million people voted in the elections, that is, 79 percent of the voters.


According to the CEC statement, the candidate from the Liberal Democratic Party, the current President of the country Shavkat Mirziyoyev won 87.05 percent of the vote.

He is followed by candidates from the Social Democratic Party "Adolat" Robakhon Makhmudov - 4.43 percent, from the People's Democratic Party Ulugbek Inoyatov - 4.02 percent and from the Ecological Party Abdushukur Khamzaev - 3.74 percent.

Leaders of Turkey, Azerbaijan. Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and a number of other states have already congratulated the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev on his convincing victory in the elections.

The final results will published no later than 10 days after the vote (July 19).

In accordance with national electoral legislation, for an election to be declared valid, 33% of registered voters must vote. Therefore, early presidential elections were recognized as having taken place already in the first half of the day.

According to updated CEC data, 19.414 million voters are registered in Uzbekistan, 10,784 polling stations have been organized. Citizens of the country also had the opportunity to vote abroad - 56 polling stations were opened in 39 countries. At the Embassy of Uzbekistan in New Delhi, Uzbeks voted in the 52nd polling station.

Early presidential elections in Uzbekistan were announced on May 8, after the adoption of a new version of the country's Constitution at a nationwide referendum.

At the referendum, the Basic Law was updated by 65% - the emphasis was placed primarily on social issues (education, gender equality, a ban on forced child labor, liability for interference in the work of the media, and others). According to the updated Constitution, all branches of government are being reformed, relations and balance between them are seriously changing.

Uzbekistan is one of India's main strategic partners in Central Asia.

Trade between the two countries increased by about 40 percent last year, reaching $690 million. Both states are striving to bring the volume of bilateral trade up to $1 billion a year in the coming years.