Uzbekistan announces preliminary results in parliamentary elections

Mirza-Ulugbek Abdusalomov, Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Uzbekistan, announces the preliminary results of parliamentary elections at a press conference in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Dec. 23, 2019. In Sunday's vote, 128 deputies of the 150-seat lower house of the Uzbek parliament were elected and the second round of the elections will be held in two weeks, the Central Election Commission said Monday. (Photo by Zafar Khalilov/Xinhua)