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People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan Ҳизби халқии демократии Тоҷикистон | |
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| Abbreviation | PDPT (English) HXDT (Tajik) NDPT (Russian) |
| Leader | Emomali Rahmon |
| Founder | Abdulmajid Dostiyev |
| Founded | 10 December 1994 (30 years, 352 days) |
| Headquarters | Kohi Vahdat,Dushanbe |
| Newspaper | Minbari Khalq (People's Tribune) |
| Youth wing | Sozandagoni Vatan (Creators of the Motherland) |
| Ideology | Tajiknationalism Secularism Statism |
| International affiliation | For the Freedom of Nations! |
| Colours | Red White Green Orange |
| Assembly of Representatives | 49 / 63 |
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ThePeople's Democratic Party of Tajikistan (PDPT;Tajik:Ҳизби халқии демократии Тоҷикистон,romanized: Hizbi xalqii demokratii Tojikiston;Russian:Народная демократическая партия Таджикистана,romanized: Narodnaya demokraticheskaya partiya Tadzhikistana) has been the dominant and ruling party ofTajikistan since 2000. Founded in 1994 byAbdulmajid Dostiev as thePeople's Party of Tajikistan, the seat of the party is located in thePalace of Unity inDushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan.[1] Since April 1998, the leader of the party has been thePresident of Tajikistan,Emomali Rahmon.
According to the party's charter, the PDPT is aimed at creating a "sovereign, democratic, secular, socially-oriented and unitary state with a stable economy". The statute also refers to "hopes for improving the well-being of society, protecting the interests of citizens, regardless of their social status, nationality or religious preferences".[2][3] The party stands for asecular state and society and is also considered to beTajiknationalist,statist andauthoritarian.[citation needed]
The People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan has bilateral cooperation with foreign political parties including theRussia's ruling partyUnited Russia,[citation needed] with the rulingAmanat inKazakhstan,[4] with the rulingNew Azerbaijan Party,[5] and with theChinese Communist Party.[6]
The party newspaper of the PDPT is Minbari Khalq (People's Tribune), published in Tajik, Russian and Uzbek languages twice a week, with a circulation of approximately 30,000 copies. Additionally, the party publishes socio-political magazines, including Mehvar and other magazines.[citation needed]
| Election | Party candidate | Votes | % | Result |
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| 1994 | Emomali Rahmon | 1,434,437 | 59.5% | Elected Y |
| 1999 | 2,749,908 | 97.6% | ElectedY | |
| 2006 | 2,419,192 | 79.3% | ElectedY | |
| 2013 | 3,023,754 | 83.92% | ElectedY | |
| 2020 | 3,837,927 | 92.07% | ElectedY |
| Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Result |
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| 1995 | Emomali Rahmon | 5 / 181 | New | 2nd | Opposition | ||
| 2000 | 1,741,540 | 65.1% | 36 / 63 |  31 | 1st | Majority government | |
| 2005 | 1,666,909 | 58.9% | 52 / 63 | 16 |  1st | Supermajority government | |
| 2010 | 2,321,436 | 71.0% | 54 / 63 | 2 | 1st | Supermajority government | |
| 2015 | 2,472,262 | 62.5% | 51 / 63 |  3 | 1st | Supermajority government | |
| 2020 | 2,139,741 | 51.2% | 47 / 63 | 4 | 1st | Supermajority government | |
| 2025 | 2,435,541 | 52.5% | 49 / 63 | 2 | 1st | Supermajority government |