DUSHANBE, September 24, 2013, Asia-Plus -- The Communist Party of Tajikistan (CPT) held a congress on September 23 and the CPT first deputy chairman, Ismoil Talbakov, who is also member of Tajikistan’s lower chamber (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament, was nominated to run in the 2013 presidential election scheduled for November 6.

Founded in 1918, the Communist Party of Tajikistan was registered in 1991.  According to some source, the party now has more than 45,000 members.