2006 Tajik presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Tajikistan on 6 November 2006.^[1] The result was a victory for incumbent President Emomali Rahmonov, who won a third term in office after receiving 80% of the vote.^[2]

2006 Tajik presidential election

← 1999 6 November 2006 2013 →
Turnout	90.90%
Nominee Emomali Rahmonov Olimzhon Boboyev Party PDP PERT Popular vote 2,419,192 190,138 Percentage 80.34% 6.31%
Results by district
President before election Emomali Rahmonov PDP Elected President Emomali Rahmonov PDP

Candidates

Five candidates contested the elections:

• Emomali Rahmonov — incumbent president and a member of the dominant People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan. Constitutional provisions that had barred Rahmonov from seeking further terms had been controversially removed.
• Abduhalim Ghafforov — registered as representing the Socialist Party, although this is not the original Socialist Party, which was denied registration.
• Amir Qaroqulov — Agrarian Party
• Olimzhon Boboyev — Party of Economic Reforms
• Ismoil Talbakov — Communist Party of Tajikistan

The Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan, the Democratic Party, and the Social Democratic Party all boycotted the elections, criticising the country's electoral apparatus as unreliable and refusing to accept the constitutional changes that allowed Rakhmanov to seek a third term.

Campaign

A rally by opposition parties was broken up.^[3] According to the BBC,^[4] none of the four candidates opposing Rahmonov have publicly criticised him, and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe has said that "[n]o signs of a competitive campaign have been observed thus far".^[5]

Conduct

CIS election monitors declared the elections "legal, free and transparent", while the OSCE condemned them, and the election has been called "flawed and unfair but peaceful."^[6]

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Emomali Rahmonov	People's Democratic Party	2,419,192	80.34
	Olimzhon Boboyev	Party of Economic Reforms	190,138	6.31
	Ismoil Talbakov	Communist Party	159,493	5.30
	Amir Qaroqulov	Agrarian Party	156,991	5.21
	Abduhalim Ghafforov	Socialist Party	85,295	2.83
Total			3,011,109	100.00
Valid votes			3,011,109	98.70
Invalid/blank votes			39,529	1.30
Total votes			3,050,638	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			3,356,221	90.90
Source: OCSE

References

1. Election Profile Archived 2013-06-02 at the Wayback Machine IFES
2. Tajik president wins third term
3. Tajik security agents break up small opposition rally International Herald-Tribune, 4 November 2006
4. Q&A: Tajik election BBC News, 3 November 2006
5. War-weary Tajikistan, Central Asia's poorest nation, to vote in presidential election International Herald-Tribune, 3 November 2006
6. U.S. Relations With Tajikistan US Department of State