Rakhmon party in new Tajik parliament gets 54 of total 63 seats.

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DUSHANBE, March 5 (Itar-Tass) -The ruling party of Tajikistan headed
by President Emomali Rakhmon has secured a convincing victory at the
parliamentary elections held in the country on February 28.

The People's
Democratic Party got 70.6 percent of the vote and, taking into account the
victory of single-mandate deputies, can claim 54 of the total 63 seats in
the legislative chamber of the national parliament. These official
specified data were announced at a meeting of the Tajikistani Central
Election Commission (CEC) held on Friday.
Far behind from the People's Democratic Party are the Islamic
Renaissance Party (IRP) of Tajikistan, the Communist, Agrarian Parties
and the Party of Economic Reforms. Each of them is vying for two seats in
the parliament. There will be a revote in one constituency.
A total of eight political parties took part in the elections of which
the Social Democratic, Democratic and Socialist Parties failed to clear
the 5-percent election barrier. However, the Tajikistani political
opposition has not recognised the results of the parliamentary elections
and intends to take legal action against the CEC. Western observers have
called the parliamentary elections in Tajikistan, "despite certain
positive changes, failing to meet the democratic standards."
A total of 90.3 percent of the electorate from almost 4.5 million
voters put on the electorate lists took part in the elections.
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