Agrarian Party of Turkmenistan

Agrarian Party of Turkmenistan
Türkmenistanyň agrar partiýasy
AbbreviationTAP (Turkmen)
АПТ (Russian)
LeaderRejep Bazarow
Founded28 September 2014; 10 years ago (2014-09-28)[1]
HeadquartersAshgabat, Garaşsyzlyk şaýoly, 104
IdeologyAgrarianism
Statism
Colours  Green
  Yellow
Seats in the Assembly of Turkmenistan
24 / 125
Website
tap.gov.tm

The Agrarian Party of Turkmenistan (Turkmen: Türkmenistanyň agrar partiýasy) is a registered political party in Turkmenistan, founded on September 28, 2014.[2]

One of the three officially registered political parties legally existing in Turkmenistan, it is represented in the Assembly of Turkmenistan.

In the 2017 presidential election, the Agrarian Party nominated Durdygylyç Orazow as its candidate. As a result of the elections, Orazow took ninth (last) place among candidates, gaining 1,898 votes (0.06%). In the 2022 presidential election, the party nominated Agajan Bekmyradow who received 7.22% of the vote and achieved third place.

Among the elected deputies, members of the People's Council and local councils (Turkmen: geňeşler), elected on March 25, 2018, there are 3257 representatives of the Democratic Party, 352 from the Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, 1358 from the Agrarian Party, and 2498 independents.[3]

Criticism

The party supports the policy of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow and his son Serdar. According to critics[who?], the party appeared only to create the illusion of multi-party elections.[4]

Election results

Presidential elections

Election year Candidate 1st Round 2nd Round Results
# Votes % Votes # Votes % Votes
2017 Durdygylyç Orazow 0.06% — Lost
2022 Agajan Bekmyradow 7.22% — Lost

Legislative elections

Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– Position Government
2018 Rejep Bazarow
11 / 125
 New 3rd Support
2023
24 / 125
 Increase 13 Increase 2nd Support

References

  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20170910172540/http://turkmenistan.gov.tm/?id=7349 В Туркменистане создана Аграрная партия
  2. ^ "turkmenistan.gov.tm — В Туркменистане создана Аграрная партия". Archived from the original on 2017-09-10. Retrieved 2017-09-10.
  3. ^ В Туркменистане Центризбирком подвёл окончательные итоги голосования
  4. ^ "2020 Country Report — Turkmenistan" (PDF). BTI Transformation Index. Bertelsmann Stiftung. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-07-15. Retrieved 2021-12-14.