World Bank Document

Parliamentary and presidential elections were held in late 2014 and early 2015 

respectively. In parliamentary elections held in December 2014 and January 2015, the Liberal 

Democratic Party headed by the President won 52 of 135 elected seats, 83 remaining seats were 

shared by four major political parties that participated in the elections.  In March 2015, President 

Karimov was re-elected to a fourth term with 90 percent of the vote. 

 

 

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Uzbekistan is addressing a legacy issue of the Soviet era, namely the practice of mobilizing 

students and staff from schools, universities and other public bodies to help gather the annual