Turkmenistan starts voting in parliamentary elections

Turkmenistan starts voting in parliamentary elections
# 26 March 2023 07:00 (UTC +04:00)

Elections of deputies of the Mejlis (Parliament) of the 7th convocation, as well as members of people's councils of regions, districts, cities and local self-government began on Sunday in Turkmenistan, APA reports.

At 07:00 AM local time, 2,602 polling stations opened across the country.

Voting will go until 07:00 PM. After its completion, the members of the election commissions will start counting the votes. The Central Commission for Elections and Referendums in Turkmenistan (CEC) traditionally sums up the preliminary results on the next day after the voting, the final results - no later than seven days after the elections.

In total, the citizens of the country will have to elect 125 deputies of the Mejlis. The number of registered candidates is 258 people.

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THE OPERATION IS BEING PERFORMED