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CEC of India Sushil Chandra visits Uzbekistan as an International Observer for Presidential Elections | Daily Current Affairs Dose
On the invitation of the Chairman, Central Election Commission of Uzbekistan, (CEC-U), Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India Sushil Chandra led a three member delegation to Uzbekistan in order to observe the conduct of Presidential elections held on October 24, 2021. This election, conducted under the new election code, was keenly watched by the international community.
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Key Highlights
Under the Uzbekistan Election law, the President is elected for a five year term from a single nationwide constituency. The election administration follows a three-tier structure of the Central Election Commission, 14 District Election Commissions and 10,760 Precinct Election Commissions. Uzbekistan has an electorate of about 20 million. Each polling station caters to a maximum of 3000 voters. Early voting system was in place from October 14-20 and 421,618 people used the early voting facility including 120,524 from abroad.
Only registered political parties can nominate candidates to run in elections. Five candidates -four men and one woman candidate contested elections for the President of Uzbekistan.
The campaign for elections is funded by the State. A number of infographics carrying photographs and information about the five candidates was displayed at prominent locations in Uzbekistan.
The Indian delegation visited the 7th and 14th District Election Commissions to obtain an overview of the electoral administration, procedures and initiatives of the CEC of Uzbekistan. Thereafter, they visited polling stations in Uzbekistan in order to observe the election process in detail. Various aspects of conduct of elections including voter lists, identification of voters, early voting mechanisms, arrangements for facilitation of the elderly and persons with disabilities, Covid safety protocols, polling station readiness and casting of vote by ballot paper were observed across different polling stations.
The CEC of India Sushil Chandra also paid floral tribute at the bust of India’s second Prime Minister, Lal Bahadur Shastriji at his memorial in Tashkent.
Important facts for upcoming exams from the above Current Affairs Topic
- Capital city of Uzbekistan: Tashkent
- Largest city of Uzbekistan: Tashkent
- Official languages of Uzbekistan: Uzbek
- President of Uzbekistan: Shavkat Mirziyoyev
- Prime Minister of Uzbekistan: Abdulla Aripov
- Total Population of Uzbekistan 2020 estimate: 35,011,180 (41st)
- Currency of Uzbekistan: Uzbek som (UZS)
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