Presidential Election, 6 November 2013
A voter casts her ballot in Dushanbe during the presidential election in Tajikistan on 6 November 2013. (OSCE/Thomas Rymer) Photo details
Type:
Election observation mission
Country:
Tajikistan
Mission at a glance
- Head of Mission: Ambassador Paraschiva Bădescu (Romania)
- 12 core team experts from 11 participating States, based in Dushanbe
- 16 long-term observers, deployed throughout the regions
- 150 short-term observers to be requested from participating States
Mission schedule
- 2 October: Opening press conference
- 9 October: Deployment of long-term observers
- 2 November: Arrival of short-term observers
- 3 November: Briefing of short-term observers
- 4 November: Deployment of short-term observers
- 5 November: Familiarization by short-term observers with areas of observation
- 6 November: Election day
- 7 November: Press conference on preliminary findings and conclusions
- 10 November: Departure of short-term observers
- 13 November: Departure of long-term observers
- 18 November: Departure of the core team
Press Conference
Following an official invitation from the Government of Tajikistan, the OSCE/ODIHR deployed an election observation mission on 2 October 2013 (EOM) to observe the 6 November 2013 presidential election.