Democratic Party of Turkmenistan

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The Democratic Party of Turkmenistan ( Turkmen : Türkmenistanyň Demokratik partiýasy ), including DPT , is the largest party in Turkmenistan .

It provides the current head of state of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow . The party has held almost 90% of the 125 seats in Mejlis and all 2,507 seats in Halk Maslahaty since the general election in December 2008 .

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With the exception that the Communist Party of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic was renamed the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan , there was no democratization within the party .

The party leaders of the Democratic Party remained the political leadership of the party even after the independence of Turkmenistan, but are currently nationalist and not, as before, communist. In terms of content, the party is only considered a presidential party and can therefore be classified as authoritarian despite its name .

history

Former leader of the Democratic Party and long-time dictator of Turkmenistan: Saparmyrat Nyýazow

The Democratic Party of Turkmenistan emerged from the Communist Party of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic . After the failed August putsch in Moscow in 1991 , Saparmyrat Nyýazow dissolved the Communist Party in the now independent Turkmenistan and founded the Democratic Party in its place and under his leadership . Its chairman was Nyýazow. In the parliamentary elections in Turkmenistan in 1994 , the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan received almost all the votes cast nationwide and thus had all 50 members of the newly established parliament of Turkmenistan. In the next parliamentary election in Turkmenistan in 1999 , the Democratic Party was again able to provide all delegates in parliament.

Since the beginning of 2006 it has been the only permitted party in Turkmenistan, the only (apparent) opposition party, the Peasant Justice Party , has been banned. Turkmenistan thus became a one-party state . Although the new Turkmen constitution of September 2008 allows the formation of parties, the DP has so far remained the only political party.

elections

Results for the Democratic Party from the 1990 to 2008 elections:

year elections percent voter turnout
1990 president 98% 96.6%
1990 houses of Parliament 100% 93.6%
1992 president 99% 99.8%
1994 houses of Parliament 100% 99.8%
1999 houses of Parliament 100% 99.6%
2004 houses of Parliament 97% 100%
2008 houses of Parliament ≈90% 94%

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Vougar Aslanov: Berdymuchammedow's will to reform is moderate: parliamentary elections in Turkmenistan are being observed internationally for the first time
  2. ↑ Background information on the politics of Turkmenistan  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.ead.de
  3. ↑ Foreign Office: Turkmenistan  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.diplo.de
  4. ^ Election results in Turkmenistan ( Memento from January 19, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF)