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TURKMENISTAN
Mejlis (Assembly)
ELECTORAL SYSTEM

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Parliament name (generic / translated) Mejlis / Assembly
Structure of parliament Unicameral
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
Electoral Law 13 May 1994
Mode of designation directly elected 125
Constituencies 125 single-member constituencies.
Voting system Majority: Single-Member Plurality Systems ("first past the post")
A candidate is declared elected if he/she obtains at least 50 % of the votes cast in each constituency.
Vacancies arising between general elections are filled through by-elections held within three months, unless the vacancy occurs less than one year before the end of the legislature's term.
Voting is not compulsory.
Voter requirements - age: 18 years
- Turkmen citizenship
- residence in district of registration
- disqualifications: insanity, imprisonment, preventive detention
CANDIDATES
Eligibility Qualified electors
- age: 25 years
- Turkmen citizenship
- ineligibility: imprisonment
Incompatibilities - membership of the Cabinet
- certain high public offices
- judge or public prosecutor
Candidacy requirements - nominations 45 to 30 days before the elections
- candidatures submitted by legally registered political parties, public associations and organizations or by assemblies of citizens of at least 200 voters residing in the same constituency. Absolute majority backing required for each name to go forward.

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