Lower house of Uzbek parliament elected.

TASHKENT, January 12 (Itar-Tass) - The general elections to the lower house of the Uzbek parliament have rounded off, said chairman of the Central Election Commission Mirza-Ulugbek Abdusalomov, speaking at a briefing on Tuesday.

"The elections have been held in full compliance with national
election legislation and democratic principles of openness, transparency
and alternative candidates," he emphasised.
Abdusalomov noted that not a single candidate in 39 out of 135
constituencies had not been able to collect the necessary number of votes
on the main day of elections, last December 27. Therefore, the CEC took a
decision to stage there repeated elections on January 10, 2010.
A total of 79.7 percent of voters went to the polls in those
constituencies. As a result, the Central Election Commission registered 39
new deputies at the legislative chamber of parliament on the basis of
protocols of district election commissions on the outcome of repeated
elections," he noted.
The CEC chairman reported that the lower house of the Uzbek
parliament now consists of 150 deputies, including 53 from the Movement of
Entrepreneurs and Businessmen (Liberal Democratic Party), 32 - from the
People's Democratic Party, 31 - from the Democratic Party "Milliy
Tilanish" (National Revival), 19 - from the Social Democratic Party
"Adolat" (Justice) and 15 deputies from the Uzbek Ecological Movement.
According to Abdusalomov, "33 deputies are women or 22 percent of all
deputies in the lower chamber". "The deputies corps is well aware of
tasks, facing the legislative chamber, since 34 deputies or 22.7 percent
are lawyers and 37 or 24.7 percent are economists. At the same time, the
lower house represents nearly all segments of society," he said in
conclusion.
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