Uzbekistan's Liberal Democrats lead in parliamentary election
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Uzbekistan voted in the parliamentary election on Sunday
TASHKENT (Reuters) - Uzbekistan's Liberal Democratic Party has won 64 seats out of 150 in Uzbekistan's parliament with 42.7% of the vote in Sunday's election, the Central Election Commission said on Monday.
The National Revival Democratic Party got 29 seats, Adolat (Justice) Social Democratic Party won 21 seats, People's Democratic Party 20 seats, and the Environmental Party 16 seats.
Earlier, Uzbekistan voted in a parliamentary election on Sunday that, in the absence of opposition parties, is certain to produce a legislature loyal to President Shavkat Mirziyoyev despite constitutional reforms bringing some procedural changes.
Mirziyoyev has run Central Asia's most populous nation, since 2016, winning broad popularity through liberal economic reforms and an easing of his predecessor's draconian restrictions on political, religious and media freedoms.
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However, political power in the nation of 37 million remains concentrated in Mirziyoyev's hands and parliament rarely opposes laws drafted by his cabinet.
Uzbekistan has close economic ties with Russia and millions of Uzbek migrant labourers work there to provide for their families at home.
But Tashkent has remained neutral in the Russia-Ukraine conflict and has said it abides by Western sanctions against Moscow.
