2016 Uzbek presidential election

2016 Uzbek presidential election
Turnout	87.73%
President before election; Shavkat Mirziyoyev (Interim); OʻzLiDeP	Elected President ; Shavkat Mirziyoyev; OʻzLiDeP

Snap presidential elections were held in Uzbekistan on 4 December 2016, following the death of incumbent President Islam Karimov on 2 September.^[1] The constitution mandated that the election be held within three months of Karimov's death.^[2] Interim President Shavkat Mirziyoyev won the elections with 90% of the vote. The elections were described by the Economist as a sham, and by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe as lacking "a genuine choice".^[3]

^ Uzbekistan to hold presidential election on December 4 Al Jazeera, 9 September 2016
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^ "Uzbekistan replaces one strongman with another". The Economist. 6 December 2016. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 7 December 2016.