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Democratic Party of Tajikistan Ҳизби демократии Тоҷикистон | |
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| Abbreviation | DPT (English, Russian) HDT (Tajik) |
| Leader | Shahboz Abror[1] |
| Founded | 5 August 1990 (1990-08-05) |
| Ideology | Liberal conservatism Social conservatism Tajiknationalism Secularism Pan-Iranism[citation needed] |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| Colors | Green |
| Slogan | Пиндори нек, гуфтори нек, кирдори нек. Pindor-i nek guftor-i nek kardor-i nek. ('Good thoughts, good words, good deeds') |
| Seats in theAssembly of Representatives | 1 / 63 |
TheDemocratic Party of Tajikistan[a] is a political party in Tajikistan founded in August 1990[2] byMahmadruzi Iskandarov. Along with the other Tajik opposition parties, it was banned from July 1993 to August 1999.
Under the 30% quota provided by the Peace Agreement that concluded theTajik Civil War, some party members were appointed to governmental and administrative posts. Iskandarov, who had been party chairman since its resumption in 1999, headed the state gas monopolyTajikgaz from 2001 to 2003.[2]
The party received no seats in thelegislativeelections held on 27 February and 13 March 2005, but percentages are not available. The party boycotted the2006 Presidential election. On 15 April 2005, the party founderMahmadruzi Iskandarov was taken by Russian security agencies, which has been considered illegal, in the town ofKorolyov, and[3][4] flown to Tajikistan and sentenced there to 23 years in jail. Following this,Saidjafar Usmonzoda was elected as the party's new leader.[5]
| Election | Party candidate | Votes | % | Result |
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| 2013 | Saidjafar Ismanov | 36,573 | 1.02% | Lost N |
| Election | Party leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Result |
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| 2000 | Mahmadruzi Iskandarov | 94,963 | 3.55% | 0 / 63 |  0 |  4th | Extra-parliamentary |
| 2005 | 0 / 63 | 0 | 4th | Extra-parliamentary | |||
| 2010 | Saidjafar Usmonzoda | 33,657 | 1.03% | 0 / 63 | 0 |  6th | Extra-parliamentary |
| 2015 | 1 / 63 | 1 | 6th | Support | |||
| 2020 | 216,526 | 5.18% | 1 / 63 | 0 | 5th | Support | |
| 2025 | Shahboz Abror | 237,536 | 5.11% | 1 / 63 | 0 | 5th | Support |
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