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NEW DELHI: Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra shared the Election Commission’s experiences of holding assembly polls and bypolls in India amid Covid pandemic, with his Uzbekistan counterpart during his visit to Uzbekistan to observe the conduct of Presidential elections there on October 24.
Chairman of Central Election Commission of Uzbekistan Zainiddin M Nizamkhodjaev and Chandra held a bilateral meeting on October 21 regarding electoral cooperation on October 21. Nizamkhodijaev briefed Chandra about the measures taken for conduct of this Presidential election such as single electronic voters’ list, arrangements for in-person voting on poll day and early voting as well as Covid safety arrangements. Chandra spoke about the recent conduct of elections in India and various avenues for further strengthening electoral ties between the two countries through signing of MoU on electoral cooperation and training and proposed capacity building programs by ECI for Uzbekistan election officials.
Delegates from Uzbekistan have been avidly participating in ECI’s International election visitors programmes (IEVP) organised during elections and officials from Uzbekistan have been attending training programmes at ECI under the ITEC programme.
Under the Uzbekistan election law, the president is elected for a five-year term from a single nationwide constituency. Uzbekistan has an electorate of about 20 million. Each polling station caters to a maximum of 3,000 voters. Early voting system was in place from October 14-20 and 421,618 people used the early voting facility including 120,524 from abroad.
Only registered political parties can nominate candidates to run in elections. Five candidates — four men and one woman – contested elections for the president of Uzbekistan.
The Indian delegation, led by Chandra, visited the 7 and 14 district election commissions to obtain an overview of the electoral administration, procedures and initiatives of the CEC of Uzbekistan. Thereafter, they visited polling stations in Uzbekistan in order to observe the election process in detail. Various aspects of conduct of elections, including voter lists, identification of voters, early voting mechanisms, arrangements for facilitation of the elderly and persons with disabilities, Covid safety protocols, polling station readiness and casting of vote by ballot paper were observed across different polling stations.
Chairman of Central Election Commission of Uzbekistan Zainiddin M Nizamkhodjaev and Chandra held a bilateral meeting on October 21 regarding electoral cooperation on October 21. Nizamkhodijaev briefed Chandra about the measures taken for conduct of this Presidential election such as single electronic voters’ list, arrangements for in-person voting on poll day and early voting as well as Covid safety arrangements. Chandra spoke about the recent conduct of elections in India and various avenues for further strengthening electoral ties between the two countries through signing of MoU on electoral cooperation and training and proposed capacity building programs by ECI for Uzbekistan election officials.
Delegates from Uzbekistan have been avidly participating in ECI’s International election visitors programmes (IEVP) organised during elections and officials from Uzbekistan have been attending training programmes at ECI under the ITEC programme.
Under the Uzbekistan election law, the president is elected for a five-year term from a single nationwide constituency. Uzbekistan has an electorate of about 20 million. Each polling station caters to a maximum of 3,000 voters. Early voting system was in place from October 14-20 and 421,618 people used the early voting facility including 120,524 from abroad.
Only registered political parties can nominate candidates to run in elections. Five candidates — four men and one woman – contested elections for the president of Uzbekistan.
The Indian delegation, led by Chandra, visited the 7 and 14 district election commissions to obtain an overview of the electoral administration, procedures and initiatives of the CEC of Uzbekistan. Thereafter, they visited polling stations in Uzbekistan in order to observe the election process in detail. Various aspects of conduct of elections, including voter lists, identification of voters, early voting mechanisms, arrangements for facilitation of the elderly and persons with disabilities, Covid safety protocols, polling station readiness and casting of vote by ballot paper were observed across different polling stations.
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