{{Short description|Lower house of the parliament of Uzbekistan}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Use British English|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox legislature | name = Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan | native_name = {{Nobold|{{Native name|uz|Oʻzbekiston Respublikasi Oliy Majlisi Qonunchilik palatasi}}}} | legislature = 5th Oliy Majlis | coa_pic = Legislative Chamber of Uzbekistan Logo.png | coa_caption = | logo_pic = | background_color = #2F77B5 | logo_caption = | logo_alt = | house_type = Lower house | body = Oliy Majlis | foundation = 8 December 1992 | term_limits = None | new_session = | leader1_type = Chairman | leader1 = Nuriddinjon Ismailov | party1 = | election1 = 12 January 2015 | leader2_type = | leader2 = | party2 = | election2 = | leader3_type = | leader3 = | party3 = | election3 = | leader4_type = | leader4 = | party4 = | election4 = | members = '''150''' | structure1 = Ouzbékistan Chambre legislative 2024.svg | structure1_res = 250px | political_groups1 = {{plainlist| * {{nowrap|'''Government coalition (93)'''}} * {{Color box|{{party color|Uzbekistan Liberal Democratic Party}}|border=darkgray}} UzLiDeP (64) * {{Color box|{{party color|Uzbekistan National Revival Democratic Party}}|border=darkgray}} Milliy Tiklanish (29) * '''Others (57)''' * {{Color box|{{party color|Justice Social Democratic Party}}|border=darkgray}} Adolat (21) * {{Color box|{{party color|People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan}}|border=darkgray}} People's Democratic Party (20) * {{Color box|{{party color|Ecological Party of Uzbekistan}}|border=darkgray}} Ecological Party (16)}} | term_length = 5 years | voting_system1 = Parallel voting: *Closed list proportional representation (75 seats) *First-past-the-post voting (75 seats) | first_election1 = 25 December 1994, 8 January and 22 January 1995 | last_election1 = 27 October 2024 | next_election1 = October 2029 | session_room = Tashkent, Paque Navoi 3.jpg | session_res = 200px | meeting_place = Legislative Chamber Building in Tashkent | website = {{Official URL}} }} {{Politics of Uzbekistan}}
The '''Legislative Chamber''' ({{langx|uz|Qonunchilik palatasi}}) is the lower chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan. It has 150 members, elected for a five-year term.<ref name="ipu"/>
Elections of deputies to the Legislative Chamber are universal. Citizens of the Republic of Uzbekistan who have reached the age of eighteen by the election day have the right to vote. The citizens who have reached the age of twenty-five by the date of election and have been residing in the Republic of Uzbekistan for at least five years have the right to be elected to the Legislative Chamber. Citizens who are recognized to be incapacitated by the court, as well as persons held in places of detention by a court sentence, cannot be elected and participate in elections.
Voting at elections of deputies of the Legislative Chamber is free and secret. Control over the will of the voters is not allowed.
Seventy-five single-member territorial constituencies are formed for elections to the Legislative Chamber, with the remaining seventy-five members coming from one national district. Election districts for the election of deputies to the Legislative Chamber are formed by the Central Election Commission by the proposal of the Jokargi Kenes (parliament) of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regional hokimiyats (administrations) and the city of Tashkent. Lists of electoral districts with indication of their borders and the number of voters are published by the Central Election Commission at least seventy-five days before the election.
The following persons are not eligible to register as candidates: * Citizens who have pending or unserved sentences for serious or particularly serious crimes. * Citizens who have not resided permanently in the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan for the last five years before election day; * Military personnel of the Armed Forces, employees of the National Security Service of the Republic of Uzbekistan, and other armed units; * Professional ministers of religious organizations and associations.
==Chairpersons of the Legislative Chamber of Uzbekistan== {| class="wikitable" ! Name ! Period |- |Erkin Khalilov |27 January 2005 – 23 January 2008 |- |Diloram Tashmukhamedova |23 January 2008 – 12 January 2015 |- |Nuriddinjon Ismailov<ref name="ipu">{{Cite web|title=ЗРУ-544-сон 25.06.2019. Об утверждении Избирательного кодекса Республики Узбекистан|url=https://lex.uz/docs/4386822|website=lex.uz|access-date=2020-05-28}}</ref> |12 January 2015 – present |- |}
== Latest elections == {{#section-h:2024 Uzbek parliamentary election|Results}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website}}
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Category:Oliy Majlis Uzbekistan Category:Government of Uzbekistan Category:2005 establishments in Uzbekistan
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