Repeat voting at Uzbekistan parliament elections begins.

TASHKENT, January 10 (Itar-Tass) - Repeat voting at elections to the
lower (legislative) house of parliament started in Uzbekistan at 06:00,
local time (04:00, Moscow time). The polling stations will close at 18:00,
Moscow time.

The second round of the elections is held because on the main election
day on December 27, 2009 in 39 out of 135 electoral districts of the
republic none of the candidates got more than 50 percent of the votes
needed for the victory.
According to Uzbekistan's legislation, the repeat voting is held for
two candidates to deputies that got the largest number of votes in the
first round. The candidate who gets a simple majority of votes cast by the
electorate who came to the polls is considered elected to the parliament.
As many as 33 percent of registered voters should vote so that the
second round of the elections be recognised valid.
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