According to the information of the Central Commission for Elections and Referendums in Turkmenistan, the percentage of women’s involvement in the electoral processes in the country are as follows:
In particular, among those participating in the elections:
- members of the Central Election Commission – 33.34% are women;
- members of the provincial election commissions and the election commission of Ashgabat – 19.70 %;
- members of election commissions of districts and cities with the rights of districts – 32.33 %;
- members of district election commissions – 41.75 %;
- members of election commissions of cities in districts, settlements, village councils – 40.01 %;
- members of precinct election commissions – 43.45 %.
Also among those registered for the elections:
- women make up 15.89% of candidates for deputies of the Mejlis;
- 04 % of candidates for members of the provincial people’s councils;
- 98 % of candidates for members of districts, city people’s councils;
- 72 % of candidates for members of the village councils.
In addition, women account for 50.47% of the national observers monitoring the elections at the local level. ///nCa, 23 March 2023