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Despite certain positive steps, Tajikistan's parliamentary elections failed to meet many key OSCE commitments

DUSHANBE, 1 March 2010 - Yesterday's parliamentary elections took place peacefully, but despite certain small positive steps failed to meet many key OSCE commitments, the international election observation mission concluded in a preliminary statement issued today.More ...

Interim Report No. 2 of the Election Monitoring Tajikistan

INTERIM REPORT No. 2, 29 January – 13 February 2010, ODIHR

22 February 2010

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
• The process of candidate registration, which was inclusive overall, concluded on 8 February. Seventy-three candidates were registered from eight party lists to compete in the single nationwide constituency and 153 candidates were registered to compete in 41 single-mandate constituencies. Six political parties as well as 70 self-nominated candidates are represented in the single-mandate constituency contests.
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