People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan

People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan
Leader	Emomalii Rahmon
Founded	10 December 1994
Headquarters	Palace of Unity, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Ideology	Authoritarianism Secularism
International affiliation	None
Seats in the Assembly of Representatives	51 / 63
Politics of Tajikistan Political parties Elections

The People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan (Tajik: Ҳизби халқӣ-демократӣ Тоҷикистон Hizbi Khalqī-Demokratī Tojikiston, Persian: حزب خلق دموکرات تاجیکستان‎‎) is a political party in Tajikistan. It is the ruling party, and is led by Emomalii Rahmon, the current President of Tajikistan. At the legislative elections, 27 February and 13 March 2005 (widely considered to have been rigged in favour of Rahmon by observers), the party won 74% of the popular vote and 52 out of 63 seats. This was an increase from the 2000 elections, in which they won 64.9% of the vote and 38 seats. At the last legislative elections, 28 February 2010, the party won 71,69% of the popular vote and 45 out of 63 seats.

Their headquarters is located in the Palace of Unity in Dushanbe.

Election results

Election	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Government
1995			5 / 181	13	2nd	Opposition
2000		64.5%	36 / 63	31	1st	Majority gov't
2005	1,666,909	64.5%	49 / 63	13	1st	Majority gov't
2010	2,321,436	71.0%	55 / 63	6	1st	Majority gov't
2015	2 472 262	62.5%	51 / 63	4	1st	Majority gov't

External links

• Official website