Opposition parties are usually crushed before they make any significant grounds in public opinion.

Due to the lack of opposition parties to contest for government, the TDP controls most, if not all, industries of significant revenue directly.

Central planning is a key element of party policy and serves as the basis of functionality for government services.

Elections in Turkmenistan have been widely criticised for being completely fraudulent and attempting to give an appearance of legitimacy to what is in reality a dictatorship.

The DPT, not unlike every other facet of political life in Turkmenistan, holds a majority of seats, with accusations that the multi-party system established in the early 2010s only consists of bloc parties, nominally independent but loyal to the DPT.