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Parliamentary elections were held in Uzbekistan on 27 December 2009 and 10 January 2010 to elect the 150 members of the Legislative Chamber of Uzbekistan, the lower house of the ''Oliy Majlis''. Of these, 135 were directly elected from single member constituencies using the two-round system, while 15 seats were reserved for the country's Ecological Movement. Provincial and district councils were elected at the same time. Polls opened at 6 am Uzbekistan Time (0100 UTC)〔.〕 and closed at 8 pm UZT (1500 UTC).〔.〕 The Uzbekistan Liberal Democratic Party (''O'zlidep'') was reconfirmed as the largest single party in the Legislative Chamber, with 55 deputies. The other parties permitted to participate in the elections were the People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan (32 deputies), the Uzbekistan National Revival Democratic Party (''Milliy Tiklanish'', 31 deputies) and the Justice Social Democratic Party (''Adolat'', 19 deputies).〔.〕 The elections were monitored by over 270 observers from 36 countries and representatives of four international missions.〔 The election monitoring arm of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) did not send a full mission, saying none of its earlier recommendations had been implemented:〔.〕 an OSCE assessment mission observed voting at several polling places, but did not do comprehensive vote monitoring.〔.〕 Veronica Szente Goldston, Human Rights Watch Advocacy Director for Europe and Central Asia, said the pre-election situation in Uzbekistan has been marked by intense repression by the government: "Human rights are violated everywhere around the country, there is no political competition, all the parties that are running for this election are supporting the government."〔 ==Campaign== A candidate for election had to belong to a registered party and collect a minimum of 40,000 signatures. Several opposition politicians have alleged that all candidates also had to be approved by the government before they would be placed on the ballot.〔 The four registered parties were:〔〔.〕 *''Adolat'' (Justice Social Democratic Party), with 123 candidates and 10 seats in the outgoing legislative chamber; *''Milliy Tiklanish'' (Uzbekistan National Revival Democratic Party), with 125 candidates and 29 seats in the outgoing legislative chamber;〔 *People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan (PDP), with 134 candidates and 28 seats in the outgoing legislative chamber; *Uzbekistan Liberal Democratic Party (''O'zlidep''), with 135 candidates and 41 seats in the outgoing legislative chamber. The election campaign consisted of 15- to 20-minute television programs each day for four days, as well as a second program called "Election – Mirror of Democracy". Transcripts from these shows were reprinted in newspapers, and billboards also appeared touting the upcoming choice that Uzbeks had to make.〔 The four parties have publicly criticized each other, mainly over social policy, while praising President Islam Karimov's achievements.〔 Freedom House, a US-based human rights organization, says the discussions appeared on television for the first time, which was a positive development, but that "We have some evidence from Uzbek activists that those debates were scripted. And even if not – these parties don't know themselves who they are, they have no ideology."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Uzbekistani parliamentary election, 2009–2010」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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