DUSHANBE, November 14, 2013, Asia-Plus -- The Central Commission for Elections and Referenda (CCER) has announced the final results of the 2013 presidential election that took place in Tajikistan on November 6.

Abdumannon Dodoyev, the head of the CCER’s office says that according to the final results turnout at the election was 90.1 percent.  “A total number of voters in Tajikistan is 4,201,156 people and 3,787,703 of them cast votes in the presidential election” Dodoyev noted.

“According to the final results, incumbent President Emomali Rahmon won the presidential election with 84.32 percent of the vote.  3,157,253 voters voted for him,” the CCER official told Asia-Plus in an interview.

Rahmon ran against five candidates and the nearest challenger to Emomali Rahmon in the 2013 presidential election was Ismoil Talbakov from the Communist Party, who reportedly garnered 4.93 percent of the vote (184,653 votes).

Tolibbek Bukhoriyev from the Agrarian Party reportedly received 4.49 percent (168,313 votes), Olimjon Boboyev from the Party of Economic Reforms – 3.82 percent (143,231), Abduhalim Ghafforov from the Socialist Party – 1.48 percent (55,616), and Saidjaffar Ismonov from the Democratic Party – just 1.05 percent (39,334).  

We will recall that in the 2006 presidential election Emomali Rahmon received nearly 80 percent of the vote.  Officials put voter turnout in the 2006 presidential election at more than 90 percent.

Opponents of Rahmon for the 2006 presidential election were practically the same: Abduhalim Ghafforov from the Socialist Party; Amir Qaraqulov from the Agrarian Party; Olimjon Boboyev from the Party of Economic Reforms; and Ismoil Talbakov from the Communist Party.

The nearest challenger to Emomali Rahmon in the 2006 presidential election was Olimjon Boboyev, who officials said received about 7 percent.