2016 Uzbek presidential election

2016 Uzbek presidential election

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Turnout87.73%
 
Nominee Shavkat Mirziyoyev Hotamjon Ketmonov
Party OʻzLiDeP XDP
Popular vote 15,906,724 669,187
Percentage 90.29% 3.80%

President before election

Shavkat Mirziyoyev (Interim)
OʻzLiDeP

Elected President

Shavkat Mirziyoyev
OʻzLiDeP

Snap presidential elections were held in Uzbekistan on 4 December 2016, following the death of incumbent President Islam Karimov on 2 September.[1] The constitution mandated that the election be held within three months of Karimov's death.[2] Interim President Shavkat Mirziyoyev won the elections with 90% of the vote. The elections were described by the Economist as a sham, and by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe as lacking "a genuine choice".[3]

  1. ^ Uzbekistan to hold presidential election on December 4 Al Jazeera, 9 September 2016
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference C was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Uzbekistan replaces one strongman with another". The Economist. 6 December 2016. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 7 December 2016.

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