2005 Tajik parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Tajikistan on 27 February and 13 March, 2005. The People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan, headed by President Emomali Rahmonov, won a 41-seat majority in the 63-seat Assembly of Representatives.

Independent election observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) monitored the election at the request of the Tajik government. According to the mission's final report:

"The 2005 parliamentary elections in Tajikistan failed to meet many of the key OSCE commitments for democratic elections contained in the 1990 Copenhagen Document, and they were also not conducted fully in accordance with domestic law. Although some efforts were made to improve the legislative and administrative framework for democratic elections, a commensurate effort to ensure effective implementation was largely lacking. Therefore, despite some improvement over previous elections, large-scale irregularities were evident, particularly on [e]lection day."

Results

Party		National			Constituency			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	People's Democratic Party	1,666,909		49			3	52
	Communist Party of Tajikistan	395,534		4			0	4
	Islamic Renaissance Party	259,224		2			0	2
	Democratic Party			0			0	0
	Social Democratic Party			0			0	0
	Socialist Party of Tajikistan			0			0	0
	Independents			5			0	5
Total				60			3	63
Valid votes		2,831,724	97.57		191,968	98.75
Invalid/blank votes		70,592	2.43		2,423	1.25
Total votes		2,902,316	100.00		194,391	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,134,666	92.59		217,672	89.30
Source: IPU, IFES