On December 6 this year, a masterclass was organized on the theme «Key features of Senate Elections in the Republic of Uzbekistan» under the paragraph 7 of the «Road Map» and on the basis of «National Program to Ameliorate the Electoral Culture of the Citizens» approved on June 7, 2021 by the Legislative Chamber and the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, in cooperation with Central Election Committee and Tashkent State University of Law. The master class was conducted by CEC member B.Yunusov as well as Professor of the Department of Constitutional Law of Tashkent State University and Doctor of Law I. Bekov.    

As it is well-known, the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan is the chamber of territorial representation. The Senate is engaged in solving regional problems in the national interest. A senator’s term of office is five years.

Members of the Senate shall be elected in equal numbers — six people from each - the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regions and the city of Tashkent. Elections to the Senate shall be conducted by secret ballot at the respective joint sessions of deputies of Jokarghy Kenes of Karakalpakstan and local Kengashes of these deputies.         

Sixteen members of the Senate shall be appointed by the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan from among the most authoritative citizens with extensive practical experience and special merits in the field of science, art, literature, production and other spheres of state and social activity.      

Elections of the members of the Senate shall be held no later than one month after the election of the deputies of the Jokarghy Kenes of the Republic of Karakalpakstan and local Kengashes. A candidate for election to the Senate may be a deputy of the Jokarghy Kenes of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, a local Kengash, who has reached the age of twenty-five by the election day and permanently residing in the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan for at least five years.     

In our country, the Senate elections shall be held on the basis of democratic principles, and it plays an important role in the election of worthy candidates to the upper chamber of Parliament as well as in bringing the Senate to a new level of regional interests.

Central Election Commission

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