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((Short description|Ruling party of Turkmenistan since 1991))
((More citations needed|date=October 2017))
((Use dmy dates|date=February 2023))
((Use British English|date=February 2023))
((Infobox political party
|country = Turkmenistan
|name = Democratic Party of Turkmenistan
|native_name = ((Nobold|Türkmenistanyň Demokratik Partiýasy))
|logo = TDP logo.svg
| abbreviation = TDP
|leader = [[Ata Serdarow]]
|founder = [[Saparmurat Niyazov]]
|foundation = ((Start date and age|1991|12|16|df=yes))
|predecessor = [[Communist Party of Turkmenistan]]
|colorcode = ((party color|Democratic Party of Turkmenistan))
|headquarters = [[Ashgabat]]
|newspaper = ''Galkynyş gazeti''
| membership_year = 2019
| membership = 211,000
|youth_wing = [[Magtymguly Youth Organisation of Turkmenistan]]<ref>((cite web |title=VI Congress of Magtymguly Youth Organization of Turkmenistan in Ashgabat |url=https://tdh.gov.tm/news/en/articles.aspx%26article19548%26cat30 |website=tdh.gov.tm |publisher=Turkmenistan Today, Government of Turkmenistan |access-date=22 January 2021 |archive-date=30 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130210829/https://tdh.gov.tm/news/en/articles.aspx%26article19548%26cat30 |url-status=dead ))</ref>
|ideology = ((Nowrap|[[Turkmens|Turkmen]] [[nationalism]]<br>[[Social conservatism]]<ref name="tandfonline">((Cite journal |doi = 10.1080/02634939508400922|title = Authoritarian political development in Central Asia: The case of Turkmenistan|journal = Central Asian Survey|volume = 14|issue = 4|pages = 509–527|year = 1995|last1 = Anderson|first1 = John))</ref><ref name="cyberleninka">((cite web |last1=Elena |first1=Dmitrieva |title=Political elite of Turkmenistan. Post-Soviet period |url=https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/political-elite-of-turkmenistan-post-soviet-period |website=Russia and the moslem world |access-date=28 April 2021 |pages=49–58 |year=2019))</ref>))
| slogan = "The state is for the people"<br />(((lang-tk|"Döwlet adam üçindir")))
| colours = ((Color box|((party color|Democratic Party of Turkmenistan))|border=darkgray)) Green<br>((Color box|#E2BF27|border=darkgray)) Gold
| seats1_title = Seats in the [[Assembly of Turkmenistan]]
| seats1 = ((Composition bar|65|125|hex=((party color|Democratic Party of Turkmenistan))))
|colors = ((color box|((party color|Democratic Party of Turkmenistan))|border=darkgray)) Green<br>((color box|#E2BF27|border=darkgray)) Gold
|website = ((Official URL))
))

The '''Democratic Party of Turkmenistan''' (((lang-tk|Türkmenistanyň Demokratik Partiýasy)); ((IPA-tk|tyɾkme̞nɪθtɑnɨŋ dɛmokɾɑtɪk pɑɾtɪjɑθɨ)); '''TDP''') is a political party in [[Turkmenistan]] founded in 1991. It has been the ruling party of the country since its foundation.

The party was led by former Soviet provincial party leader [[Saparmurat Niyazov]] from the dissolution of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s until his death in 2006. In 2013, President [[Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow]] suspended his party membership for the duration of his presidency.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/18/world/turkmen-president-quits-top-party/|title=Turkmen president quits top party|date=18 August 2013|work=The Japan Times|access-date=23 August 2013|archive-date=10 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131010181006/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/18/world/turkmen-president-quits-top-party/|url-status=dead))</ref> The current leader is [[Ata Serdarow]].<ref>((cite web|url=https://en.trend.az/casia/turkmenistan/2881079.html|title=Chairman of Turkmenistan's Democratic Party elected|date=3 April 2018|agency=Trend News Agency))</ref> The party's rule is described as [[Authoritarianism|authoritarian]] or [[Totalitarianism|totalitarian]].<ref>((cite web |title=Turkmenistan |url=https://freedomhouse.org/country/turkmenistan/freedom-world/2019 |website=freedomhouse.org |publisher=Freedom House |access-date=22 January 2021))</ref><ref name="tandfonline"/><ref name="cyberleninka"/><ref>((cite book |last=Al-Bassam |first=Kareem |s2cid=36015864 |date=1997 |title=The Evolution of Authoritarianism in Turkmenistan |publisher=Demokratizatsiya|page=387,394,400 ))</ref>

==History==
The DPT was created following the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]] as a successor party to the [[Communist Party of Turkmenistan]]. The internal structure of the old party was effectively unchanged in the transition, as was the old guard. The DPT has faced limited and sporadic challenges from alternative political parties in the past but have never faced a significant challenge during an election because of the often repressive nature of [[Politics of Turkmenistan|politics in the country]]. Opposition parties are usually crushed before they make any significant grounds in public opinion. This has been the case even after the formal legalisation of opposition parties in 2010.

==Chairmen==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!((Abbr|No.|Number))
!Picture
! width="150" |Name
((small|(Birth–Death)))
! width="150" |Took office
! width="150" |Left office
! width="150" |Notes
|-
! colspan="6" align="center" |Chairman 
|-
! style="background:((party color|Democratic Party of Turkmenistan)); color:white;" |1
|[[File:Saparmurat Niyazov in 2002.jpg|109x109px]]
|'''[[Saparmurat Niyazov]]'''

(1940–2006)
|16 December 1991
|21 December 2006
|Died in office
|-
! style="background:((party color|Democratic Party of Turkmenistan)); color:white;" |2
|[[File:Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow (2017-10-02) 02.jpg|109x109px]]
|'''[[Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow]]'''

(born 1957)
|4 August 2007
|18 August 2013
|Acting chairman: 21 December 2006 – 4 August 2007
|-
! style="background:((party color|Democratic Party of Turkmenistan)); color:white;" |3
|((NA))
|'''[[Kasymguly Babaýew]]'''

(born 1966)
|18 August 2013
|2 April 2018
|
|-
! style="background:((party color|Democratic Party of Turkmenistan)); color:white;" |4
|((NA))
|'''[[Ata Serdarow]]'''

(born 1964)
|2 April 2018
|Incumbent
|
|}

==Policies==
Due to the lack of opposition parties to contest for government, the DPT 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. The party's ideology of "[[Turkmens|Turkmen nationalism]]" was theorised by former party leader [[Saparmurat Niyazov]] for the purpose of an authoritarian state ideology in [[Turkmenistan]].<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.europeanforum.net/country/turkmenistan|title=European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity|website=europeanforum.net|access-date=23 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223140719/http://www.europeanforum.net/country/turkmenistan|archive-date=23 December 2014|url-status=dead))</ref>

==Election results==
((Main|Elections in Turkmenistan))
Turkmenistan elects on the national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. Elections in Turkmenistan have been widely criticised for being [[show election|completely fraudulent]] and attempting to give an appearance of legitimacy to what is in reality a dictatorship. 

=== Presidential elections ===
The last presidential election was held in 2022.<ref>((cite web |title=Turkmenistan leader's son wins presidential election |url=https://apnews.com/article/central-asia-asia-turkmenistan-presidential-elections-elections-3d13e95fe055bf53525141c351708488 |website=AP NEWS |agency=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=15 March 2022 |language=en |date=15 March 2022 ))</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan=2| Election year
! rowspan=2| Candidate
! colspan=2| 1st round
! colspan=2| 2nd round
! rowspan=2| Results
|-
! # Votes
! % Votes
! # Votes
! % Votes
|-
|[[Turkmenistani presidential election, 1992|1992]]
|[[Saparmurat Niyazov]]
|1,874,357
|99.5%
| colspan=2 ((N/A))
|((win))
|-
|[[Turkmenistani presidential election, 2007|2007]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow]]
|2,357,120
|89.23%
| colspan=2 ((N/A))
|((win))
|-
|[[Turkmenistani presidential election, 2012|2012]]
|2,806,265
|97.14%
| colspan=2 ((N/A))
|((win))
|-
|[[Turkmenistani presidential election, 2017|2017]] 
|3,090,610
|97.69%
| colspan=2 ((N/A))
|((win))
|-
|[[2022 Turkmenistan presidential election|2022]]
|[[Serdar Berdimuhamedow]]
|2,452,705
|72.97%
| colspan=2 ((N/A))
|((win))
|}

===Legislative elections===
The Assembly is a 125-member legislative body officially led by the [[president of Turkmenistan]]. 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 parties loyal to the DPT. The last election for the assembly was held in [[2023 Turkmen parliamentary election|2023]].
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
! Election
! Leader
! Votes
! %
! Seats
! +/–
! Position
! Government
|-
! [[Turkmen parliamentary election, 1994|1994]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Saparmurat Niyazov]]
| 2,008,701
| 100%
| ((Composition bar|50|50|hex=((party color|Democratic Party of Turkmenistan))))
| New
| ((increase)) 1st
| ((yes|Sole legal party))
|-
! [[Turkmenistani parliamentary election, 1999|1999]]
| 2,224,537
| 100%
| ((Composition bar|50|50|hex=((party color|Democratic Party of Turkmenistan))))
| ((steady)) 0
| ((steady)) 1st
| ((yes|Sole legal party))
|-
! [[Turkmenistani parliamentary election, 2004|2004]]
| 1,915,000
| 100%
| ((Composition bar|50|50|hex=((party color|Democratic Party of Turkmenistan))))
| ((steady)) 0
| ((steady)) 1st
| ((yes|Sole legal party))
|-
! [[Turkmenistani parliamentary election, 2008|2008]]
| [[Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow]]
| 2,594,658
| 100%
| ((Composition bar|125|125|hex=((party color|Democratic Party of Turkmenistan))))
| ((increase)) 75
| ((steady)) 1st
| ((yes|Sole legal party))
|-
! [[Turkmenistani parliamentary election, 2013|2013]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Kasymguly Babaýew]]
|
| 37.6%
| ((Composition bar|47|125|hex=((party color|Democratic Party of Turkmenistan))))
| ((decrease)) 78
| ((steady)) 1st
| ((yes2|Coalition))
|-
! [[Turkmen parliamentary election, 2018|2018]]
|
|
| ((Composition bar|55|125|hex=((party color|Democratic Party of Turkmenistan))))
| ((increase)) 8
| ((steady)) 1st
| ((yes2|Coalition))
|-
! [[2023 Turkmen parliamentary election|2023]]
| [[Ata Serdarow]]
|
|
| ((Composition bar|65|125|hex=((party color|Democratic Party of Turkmenistan))))
| ((increase)) 10
| ((steady)) 1st
| ((yes2|Majority))
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[Elections in Turkmenistan]]
*[[People's Council of Turkmenistan]]
*[[Assembly of Turkmenistan]]
*[[Politics of Turkmenistan]]

==References==
((Reflist))

===Sources===
*[http://www.country-studies.com/turkmenistan/political-parties.html ''Country Studies''] accessed on 31 July 2008
*Badykova, Najia (2004-06-18). "The Turkmen Economy: Challenges and Opportunities". St Antony's College, University of Oxford. Retrieved 31 July 2008.
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4108659.stm BBC: ''Turkmenistan's 'sham poll' closes'']. Sunday, 19 December 2004, 17:22 GMT

== External links ==
* ((Official website))

((Turkmenistani political parties))

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