At stake in this election:

• The office of President of Uzbekistan

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Islam KARIMOV
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Shavkat MIRZIYOYEV
• Assembly: Uzbekistan has a bicameral Supreme Assembly (Oliy Majlis) consisting of the Senate with 100 seats and the Legislative Chamber with 135 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 7-year term.
• Prime Minister is appointed by the President.
• In the Senate, 84 members are elected by regional governing councils to serve 5-year terms and 16 members are appointed by the president. In the Legislative Chamber 120 members are elected by absolute majority vote in single-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms.**

** At least 33% of the electorate must turnout in each constituency for the election in that constituency to be a valid. If this does not happen a run off between the top two candidates is held. This also happens if no candidate receives an absolute majority in the first round.

Main Candidates in the Presidential race:

• Asliddin Ashurbaevich RUSTAMOV
  • Party: People (Narodnaya) Democratic Party of Uzbekistan
• Diloram Gafurjanovna TOSHMUKHAMEDOVA
  • Party: Social-Democratic Party of Uzbekistan (Adolat)
• Akmal Kholmatovich SAIDOV
  • Party: Initiative group of Uzbek voters delegate
• Islam Abduganievich KARIMOV
  • Party: Liberal-Democratic Party of Uzbekistan

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 27,780,059 (July 2007 est.)
• Registered Voters: 16,297,400

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 13,633,657 (2007)

·         Is Uzbekistan a signatory to CEDAW: No

·         Has Uzbekistan ratified CEDAW: Yes, accession (19 July 1995)

·         Gender Quota: Yes

·         Female candidates in this election: No

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 21 (Legislative Chamber); 15 (Senate)

·         Human Development Index Position: 114 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Medium (2014)

Disability Data:

·         Is Uzbekistan a signatory to CRPD: Yes (27 February 2009)

·         Has Uzbekistan ratified CRPD: No

·         Population with a disability: 4,167,008 (est.)