Turkmenistan: National Assembly, 25 March 2018

At stake in this election:

• 125 seats in the National Assembly.

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Gurbanguly BERDYMUKHAMMEDOV
• Head of Government: President Gurbanguly BERDYMUKHAMMEDOV
• Assembly: Turkmenistan has a unicameral National Assembly (Mejlis) with 125 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• In the National Assembly (Mejlis) 125 members are elected by absolute majority vote in single-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms.

Last National Assembly election:

• The last National Assembly election was held on 15 December 2013.

Main Parties in the electoral race:

• Party: Democratic Party of Turkmenistan (DPT) / Türkmenistanyň Demokratik partiýasy
  • Leader: Ata SERDAROV
  • Seats won in last election: 47
  • Seats won in this election: 56
• Party: Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs / Senagatçylar we Telekeçiler partiýasy
  • Leader: Saparmyrat OVGANOV
  • Seats won in last election: 14
  • Seats won in this election: 21
• Party: Agrarian Party / Agrar partiýadan Türkmenistanda and Groups of Citizens*
  • Leader: Byashim ANNAGURBANOV**
  • Seats won in last election: 7***
  • Seats won in this election: 48*

*No publicly available results differentiated between the Agrarian Party and Groups of Citizens.

** Leader of the Agrarian Party

*** Groups of citizens nominated 7 candidates who were elected to assembly in 2014. The Agrarian Party is new this election.

Population and voter registration:

• Population: 5,113,040 (July 2013 est.)
• Voter Registration: 2,987,324 (2012)