Voting Concludes In Presidential Elections In Uzbekistan
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, July 9. voting has ended
in early presidential elections in Uzbekistan, trend reports.
Polling stations across the country closed at 8:00 p.m. (GMT+5).
The turnout at 5:00 p.m. was 69.85 percent (more than 13.4 million
people voted). The final turnout will be published later.
The turnout threshold for recognizing elections as valid in
Uzbekistan is 33 percent.
Polling stations opened at 8:00 am local time. A total of 10,784
polling stations were available for electorate to cast their votes,
including 56 stations in 39 countries outside Uzbekistan.
The total number of registered voters eligible to participate in
the presidential elections is nearly 19.6 million people. According
to the Central Election Commission of Uzbekistan, 376,623 citizens
of the country have participated in early voting from June 28 to
July 1.
These presidential elections are the first after the amendments
to the constitution based on the results of the referendum held on
April 30, 2023.
The constitutional amendments entail an extension of the
president's term of office from 5 to 7 years.
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