Election Commissioner of India, Dr. Anup Chandra Pandey is leading a three-member delegation to Uzbekistan to observe the conduct of early Presidential elections to be held on 9th July 2023, Sunday. Four candidates including the incumbent President are in the fray. This election is being held under the framework of new constitution which was adopted in Uzbekistan after the recent Referendum held in April this year. It is being keenly watched by the international community.
 
Earlier, Dr. Pandey and the Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Uzbekistan held a meeting on electoral cooperation on 6th July. Dr. Pandey spoke about the recent conduct of elections in India and various avenues for further strengthening electoral ties between the two countries through signing of MoU on electoral cooperation, training, and capacity-building programs which ECI would be happy to organize for Uzbekistan election officials. Delegates from Uzbekistan have been avidly participating in ECI’s International Election Visitors Programmes organized during elections. Officials from Uzbekistan have been attending training programs at ECI under the ITEC program.