Supreme Assembly (Tajikistan)

Supreme Assembly Маҷлиси Олии Majlisi Oli
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	National Assembly (upper) Assembly of Representatives (lower)
History
Founded	26 September 1999
Leadership
Chairman of the Majlisi milli	Mahmadsaid Ubaydulloyev, People's Democratic Party Since 17 April 2000
Chairman of the Majlisi namoyandagon	Shukurjon Zuhurov Since 16 March 2010
Structure
Seats	96 members: 33 (upper) and 63 (lower)
Political groups	People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan      Agrarian Party      Communist Party of Tajikistan      Socialist Party of Tajikistan      Democratic Party
Elections
Last election	1 March 2015
Meeting place
Dushanbe
Website
www.parlament.tj

The Supreme Assembly (Majlisi Oli), Tajikistan's parliament, has two chambers:

• Assembly of Representatives (Majlisi namoyandagon), the lower chamber with 63 members elected for a five-year term, 22 by proportional representation and 41 in single-seat constituencies. The previous Chairman of the Majlisi namoyandagon was Saydullo Khayrulloyev was elected on 27 March 2000. He was succeeded by Shukurjon Zuhurov on March 16, 2010.
• National Assembly (Majlisi milli), the upper chamber with 33 members, 25 elected for a five-year term by deputies of local majlisi and 8 appointed by the president. The current Chairman of the Majlisi milli is Mahmadsaid Ubaydulloyev from April 17, 2000.

The bicameral legislature was introduced in the September 1999 constitution. Prior to that, Tajikistan had a unicameral legislature.

2010 Parliamentary election

 Summary of the 28 February 2010 Assembly of Representatives of Tajikistan election results

Parties		Votes	%	Seats
People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan		2,321,436	71.04	55
Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan		268,096	8.20	2
Communist Party of Tajikistan		229,080	7.01	2
Agrarian Party of Tajikistan		166,935	5.11	2
Party of Economic Reforms of Tajikistan		165,324	5.06	2
Others Social Democratic Party of Tajikistan Democratic Party of Tajikistan Socialist Party of Tajikistan		116,796	3.58	—
Total (turnout 90.84%)		3,267,667	100.00	63
Registered voters		3,621,174
Source: IPU PARLINE

The current chairman of Majlisi namyandagon is Shukurjon Zuhurov

2005 Parliamentary election

 Summary of the 27 February and 13 March 2005 Assembly of Representatives of Tajikistan election results

Parties		Votes 1st round	%	Seats
People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan (Hizbi Demokrati-Khalkii Tojikston)		1,666,909	64.51	49
Communist Party of Tajikistan (Hizbi Kommunistīi Tojikston)		533,066	20.63	4
Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (Nahzati Islomi Tojikiston)		193,532	7.48	2
Others	Democratic Party (Hizbi Demokrati)	190,412	7,36	N/A
	Justice Party (Hizb Adolatkhoh)			N/A
	Socialist Party (Hizbi Sotsialistīi Tojikston)			N/A
	Other parties			-
	Non-partisans (pro-HDKT)			5
Total (turnout  %)		2,583,919		63
Registered voters		2,771,528
Source: IFES, Angus Reid en Eurasia.org

See also

• List of Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic
• Politics of Tajikistan
• List of legislatures by country
• List of political parties in Tajikistan

External links

• Official website