The Central Commission for Elections and Referendums in Turkmenistan announced the start of the nomination of candidates for deputies of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan, members of the velayat, etrap, city halk maslahaty and Gengeshes, whose elections will be held on March 26, 2023. This is stated on the website of the Central Election Commission.
In accordance with the Electoral Code of Turkmenistan, the right to nominate candidates belongs to political parties registered before the scheduled election day, as well as groups of citizens.
In accordance with Article 44 of the Electoral Code of Turkmenistan, the nomination of candidates begins 60 days before the elections and ends thirty days before the elections. Thus, the nomination of candidates will end on February 24, 2023.
As previously reported, Turkmenistan decided to return to the unicameral system of parliament. The Mejlis and the Halk Maslahaty (People's Council) will act as the country's legislative body, which will become the highest representative body of people's power.
Let us remind that in the last parliamentary elections held in Turkmenistan in 2018, 284 candidates competed for 125 seats in the Mejlis. 168 of them were nominated by three political parties - the Democratic Party, the Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs and the Agrarian Party. The remaining 116 candidates ran from groups of citizens.