2013 Tajik presidential election

2013 Tajik presidential election

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Turnout86.64%
 
Nominee Emomali Rahmon Ismoil Talbakov
Party PDP Communist
Popular vote 3,023,754 181,675
Percentage 83.92% 5.04%

Results by district

President before election

Emomali Rahmon
PDP

Elected President

Emomali Rahmon
PDP

Presidential elections were held in Tajikistan on 6 November 2013.[1] Incumbent President Emomali Rahmon was re-elected with a reported 84% of the vote on a turnout of 86.6%.[2]

In power since 1992, Rahmon was seeking a new term in office, and was widely expected to be re-elected. None of his five opponents, who were "virtual unknowns even inside the country",[3] publicly criticised him, while Oynihol Bobonazarova, a human rights activist generally regarded as the only real opposition candidate was prevented from running,[4] having narrowly failed to obtain sufficient signatures to register as a candidate. Her Islamic Revival Party blamed local authorities for harassing party activists who were seeking to collect signatures.[3]