[1] Their result was a victory for Islam Karimov of the People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan, who won with 87% of the vote.

Pulatov claimed that the government wanted to prevent him from running due to a new election law which required candidates to collect signatures in only few days.

Despite having a real opposition candidate, Karimov was expected to win due to his control of government apparatus and state media.

However, observers stated the election was heavily rigged by Karimov's government, with many violations of regulations and ballot stuffing.

[14] Salih told the Helsinki Commission that he had actually received 30% of vote, implying that he had conceded that Karimov was the winner of the election.