2018 Turkmen parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Turkmenistan on 25 March 2018, alongside local elections.[1]

Electoral system

The 125 members of the Assembly were elected in single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting.[2]

Campaign

A total of 284 candidates contested the elections; 117 from the Democratic Party, 28 from the Agrarian Party, 23 from the Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs and 116 as independents.[3]

Conduct

As with previous elections, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe reported that "the 25 March elections lacked important prerequisites of a genuinely democratic electoral process".[4]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Democratic Party of Turkmenistan			55	+8
	Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs			11	-3
	Agrarian Party of Turkmenistan			11	New
	Independents			48	+41
Total				125	0
Total votes		3,017,801	–
Registered voters/turnout		3,291,312	91.69
Source: CEC, IPU

References

1. Turkmenistan preparing for election to parliament, local governing bodies Trend, 27 December 2017
2. Electoral system IPU
3. Speech by chairman of the Central Election Commission of Turkmenistan G. Muradov at a briefing, March 26 2018 Central Election Commission
4. "Turkmenistan, Parliamentary Elections, 25 March 2018: Final Report". www.osce.org. p. 1. Retrieved 2021-01-27.