The Central Election Commission of Turkmenistan published gender statistics of the election campaign
The Central Election Commission of Turkmenistan has published data on the gender aspect of the elections of deputies of the Mejlis, members of regional, district, city halk maslahaty and Gengeshes − local representative authorities and local self− government.
So, according to the CEC, among those registered for the elections:
− candidates for deputies of the Mejlis are women − 15.89%;
− candidate members of the velayat halk maslahaty − 32.04%;
− candidate members of etrap, city halk maslahaty − 33.98%;
− candidate members of the Gengeshlik − 30.72%.
Among those participating in the elections:
− women members of the CEC are 33.34%;
− members of the velayat election commissions and the election commission of the city of Ashgabat − 19.70%;
− members of election commissions of districts and cities with the rights of districts − 32.33%;
− members of district election commissions − 41.75%;
− members of election commissions of cities in districts, settlements, gengeshes − 40.01%;
− members of precinct election commissions − 43.45%.
In addition, 50.47% of national observers monitoring elections at the local level are women.
At the moment, early voting for elections continues in the country, which began on March 16 and is held daily from 08:00 to 18:00.
As of March 21, out of the total number of registered voters in Turkmenistan, 1.82% of the electorate took part in the voting, the Central Election Commission reports.
Early voting before election day will end on March 25 at 18:00.
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