The electoral code and 7 Laws will be amended

It is proposed to hold legislative elections under a mixed (majoritarian, proportional) electoral system.
The draft constitutional law"on amendments and additions to certain legislation aimed at further improving the procedure for elections and referendums" was published.

The constitutional bill provides for changes and additions to the Electoral Code as well as 7 Laws. 

It is proposed to hold legislative elections under a mixed (majoritarian, proportional) electoral system. Including:

(a) constituencies are allocated to single-member and single-member constituencies;

b) it is established that 75 deputies of the legislative chamber will be elected from single-member constituencies under the majoritarian electoral system, and the remaining 75 from single-member constituencies by votes cast to political parties under the proportional electoral system (candidate list;

v) candidates for deputy in a single constituency are provided by political parties on the basis of a list of candidates;

g) the system of election commissions is being improved and it is established that the Central Election Commission; territorial election commissions; district and city election commissions; District Election Commissions and precinct election commissions for conducting elections to the regions and Tashkent City Councils of people's deputies form a system of election commissions;

d) Party list registration deadlines and procedures are set;

ye) from the party list, norms are established on the exclusion of the candidate for deputy, filling the place of Deputies of the legislative chamber formed and vacated on the basis of the party list;

j) the procedure for determining the results of elections to the deputy of the legislative chamber for a single constituency and the distribution of Deputy seats is established.

The Central Election Commission is set to reduce the number of members from at least fifteen to nine, with at least one member representing Karakalpakstan. It is established that the chairman of the Central Election Commission cannot be elected for a five-year term, and the same person cannot be elected as the chairman of the Central Election Commission for more than two terms in a row. The powers of the Central Election Commission, territorial election commissions, County and precinct election commissions are being clarified.

It is proposed to extend the term of repeated elections of the president of Uzbekistan from forty days to seventy days. The district is replenished with new norms that determine the powers of the municipal election commission.

A number of amendments and additions to the law"on the referendum of the Republic of Uzbekistan" are also proposed.

When organizing and conducting a Referendum, the procedure for creating referendum districts is abolished, and it is established that this task will be carried out by the Central Election Commission of Karakalpakstan, regional election commissions of Regions and Tashkent City, district and city election commissions, precinct election commissions.

To the Central Election Commission:

setting a mandate pattern for observers of citizens ' self-governing bodies;

to verify the correct filling of the signature sheets, powers are given to establish an expert group with the involvement of specialists of internal affairs bodies, justice bodies, as well as representatives of civil society institutions;

the powers of the district, city election commissions and precinct election commissions are established;

At referendum precincts located on the territory of Uzbekistan, it is established that it is not allowed to open voting boxes before 8:00 pm and count votes;

The deadline for appeal to the Supreme Court on the decision of the Central Election Commission to find the results of the vote invalid is reduced from ten days to five days from the date of the announcement of the results of the referendum; 

the procedure for the participation of representatives of the media in the preparation and conduct of the referendum is established.

From the constitutional laws"on the results of the Referendum and the basic principles of the establishment of state power "and"on the Legislative Chamber of the Supreme Assembly", the norm on the election of Deputies of the legislative chamber by territorial single-mandate constituencies is being excluded.

The constitutional law"on the renewal and further democratization of Public Administration and the strengthening of the role of political parties in the modernization of the country" establishes that a deputy from a political party and elected to the legislative chamber will only be a member of this party faction.

In connection with the fact that the election of the councils of people's deputies is established in the Electoral Code, the reference norm in the law "on Local Government"is clarified.

The laws"on the status of a deputy and a member of the Senate of the Legislative Chamber of the Supreme Assembly "and"on the regulation of the Legislative Chamber of the Supreme Assembly" reflect the fact that deputies elected from the list of candidates are determined by the faction of the political party to which they belong.