Chamber:
	Majlisi Milliy
Dates of elections / renewal (from/to):
	23 March 2000
Purpose of elections:
	First legislative elections since the passing of a law in 1994 establishing a bicameral system
Background and outcome of elections:
	On 23 March 2000, the local representative authorities elected 25 of the 33 deputies to the Upper House of the Tajik parliament, the Majlisi Milliy. Regional assemblies in the country's five electoral districts each elected five deputies. Earlier, the President of the country, Mr Imamoli Rakhmanov, had appointed the other eight members of the chamber. The newly elected Majlisi Milliy consists mostly of representatives of state administrative bodies, primarily the administrative heads of regions, cities and districts. These were the first elections for the new Chamber established under amendments to the Constitution adopted following a referendum in September 1999. After the Majlisi Milliy was elected, the National Reconciliation Commission (NRC), which had been set up in 1997 to implement the provisions of the peace agreement that ended the civil war in the country, held its final session on 26 March 2000. The final stipulation of the peace agreement had been the holding of legislative elections.

STATISTICS

Round no 1: Distribution of seats
Political Group	Total
People's Democratic Party	26
Communist Party	4
Independents	4

Distribution of seats according to sex:
Men:	30
Women:	4
Percent of women:	11.76

Distribution of seats according to profession:
Engineers	11
Economists	9
Teachers	5
Legal professions	1
Others	8