The so-called day of silence before the voting day is to help voters decide their political preferences and make a conscious decision for which party and candidate they should give their vote.
It was reported that the election campaign was taking place since Nov.15. During the election campaign, four political parties of Uzbekistan admitted to the election - the Liberal Democratic Party, People’s Democratic Party, the Democratic Party Milly Tiklanish (National Revival), and the Social Democratic Party Adolat (Justice) presented their campaign platforms and encouraged to support their candidates through the media, meetings with voters and other forms of campaigning.
As of Dec.20, a total of 535 candidates from parties claim to 135 seats in the Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis (lower house of the Uzbek parliament). Another 15 MPs from the Ecological Movement of Uzbekistan will be elected at a conference Dec. 21.
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