Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Constitutional Law “On introducing amendments and additions to certain legislative acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan, aimed at further improving the procedure for holding elections and referendums.”

The new Constitution envisages changes related to referendums and elections, therefore there is a need to bring the current legislation on elections and referendums into compliance with the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan in a new edition.

According to the amendments, elections to the Legislative Chamber are held on the basis of a mixed (majoritarian, proportional) electoral system.

Single-mandate and single electoral districts are provided, 75 deputies of the Legislative Chamber are elected from single-mandate districts using a majoritarian electoral system, and the remaining 75 deputies of the Legislative Chamber from a single district based on votes given to political parties under a proportional electoral system (party list).

The law also introduces changes to increase the minimum number of women from thirty to forty percent of the total number of candidates when nominating candidates for deputies from political parties.

Moreover, at least two out of every five candidates on the party list must be women.

Also, according to amendments to the Law “On the Rules of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan”, at least 5 deputies of the Legislative Chamber have the right to form factions (previously - at least 9).