241 candidates to compete for 63 seats in Tajik parliament

Of them, 176 will run for parliament in 41 single-mandate constituencies and 65 others will compete for 22 seats in a single nationwide district. 

48 of the officially registered candidates are women, an official source at CCER told Asia-Plus in an interview.  

Members of the Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament) are directly elected for a five-year term according to a mixed majoritarian-proportional system. Of the 63 MPs, 41 are elected from single-mandate districts, with the winning candidate requiring a majority of votes cast. If no candidate receives a majority, a second round is held within two weeks between the two leading candidates.  More than 50 per cent of registered voters must participate for the election to be valid; otherwise, repeat elections must be held. 

The other 22 MPs are elected from a single nationwide district under a proportional, closed-list system with a five percent threshold.

Parliamentary elections will take place in Tajikistan on March 1, 2020.