On April 30, 2023, an important political process – the referendum of the Republic of Uzbekistan took place.

On May 1, 2023, a briefing was held at the Press Center of the Central Election Commission with the participation of the Chairman of the Central Election Commission Zayniddin Nizamkhujayev. He provided information on the results of the referendum.

As it was noted, 16,673,189 people or 84.54 percent of the total number of citizens with the right to vote took part in the voting. There are grounds to say that the draft Constitutional Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan has been adopted.

In the afternoon, a CEC meeting dedicated to the final results of the referendum of the Republic of Uzbekistan was held in the Press Center.

At the meeting with the participation of members of the Central Election Commission, the Chairman of the CEC Z.Nizamkhujayev read out the protocol on the results of the referendum vote.

It was noted that 19,722,809 citizens were included in the unified electronic list of voters. In addition, 307,895 citizens were registered at 55 referendum sites organized in foreign countries.

In connection with the revealed violations at some polling stations of the referendum, the results of voting at these polling stations were declared invalid by the Central Election Commission. In this regard, the number of voters amounted to 16,667,097 people (84.51 percent). According to the questions for the referendum, 15,034,608 citizens answered “yes”, 1,558,817 citizens answered “no”. 773,672 ballots were declared invalid.

According to Article 39 of the Law “On the Referendum of the Republic of Uzbekistan”, the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Uzbekistan, no later than ten days after the referendum, publishes the decision adopted on the results of the referendum on the official website of the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Uzbekistan and in official sources.

On the issue of the agenda at the meeting, it was decided that taking into account the fact that 84.51 percent of voters participated in this political process, the referendum on the draft Constitutional law held on April 30 corresponds to the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Law “On the Referendum of the Republic of Uzbekistan”. It is also considered that the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan” was adopted by a referendum by popular vote.

It was noted that the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan” is considered to have entered into force after the official announcement of this decision. On the day of the official announcement, this decision is sent to the chambers of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan and to the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan to organize its execution.

Mukhtarama Komilova, UzA