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{{Infobox political party
| name             = Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan
| native_name      = Türkmenistanyň Senagatçylar we Telekeçiler partiýasy
| logo             = Logo of the Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan.png
| abbreviation     = {{lang|tk|TSTP|italics=no}} (Turkmen)<br>{{lang|ru|ПППТ}} (Russian)
| colorcode        = {{party color|Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs}}
| chairman         = {{ill|Saparmyrat Owganow|tk|Saparmyrat Esenowiç Owganow}}
| founder          = [[Ovezmammed Mammedov]]
| predecessor      = {{ill|Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan|ru|Союз промышленников и предпринимателей Туркменистана}}
| foundation       = {{Start date and age|2012|8|21|df=yes}}
| ideology         = [[Industrialism]]<br>[[Small and medium-sized enterprises|SME]] interests<br>[[Statism]]
| position         =
| headquarters     = [[Ashgabat]], [[Saparmurat Turkmenbashi Avenue]] 81
| seats1_title     = [[Assembly of Turkmenistan|Seats in the Mejlis]]
| seats1           = {{Composition bar|18|125| {{party color|Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs}}}}
| membership_year  = 2016
| membership       = 14,500<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.turkmenistan.ru/ru/articles/42228.html|title=Партия промышленников и предпринимателей выдвинула кандидата в президенты Туркменистана|date=16 December 2016|language=ru|website=turkmenistan.ru|access-date=8 February 2024}}</ref>
| colours          = {{color box|#A2CD4F|border=darkgray}} [[Green]]<br>{{color box|{{party color|Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs}}|border=darkgray}} [[Blue-green]]
| website          = {{URL|https://tstp.gov.tm/}}
| country          = Turkmenistan
}}
The '''Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan''' ({{langx|tk|Türkmenistanyň Senagatçylar we Telekeçiler partiýasy}}) is a [[political party]] in [[Turkmenistan]]. The party originated in August 2012 as the first legal opposition party in the country.<ref>[http://www.rferl.org/content/transmission-turkmenistan-second-political-party/24683555.html Turkmenistan Gets Its Second Political Party] Radio Free Europe, 11 June 2013</ref> On 10 June 2013 Party leader [[Ovezmammed Mammedov]] was elected to the [[Assembly of Turkmenistan]] in a by-election held for five vacant seats.
In December 2017 delegates at the second national party conference elected Saparmyrat Ovganov as the party's new leader.<ref>[https://arzuw.news/7917/v-partii-promyshlennikov-i-predprinimateley-turkmenistana-vybrali-novogo-lidera.html В Партии промышленников и предпринимателей Туркменистана выбрали нового лидера] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128034912/https://arzuw.news/7917/v-partii-promyshlennikov-i-predprinimateley-turkmenistana-vybrali-novogo-lidera.html |date=2018-11-28 }}, arzuw.news, 2017-12-18. "В Ашхабаде прошёл второй общенациональный съезд Партии промышленников и предпринимателей республики. [...] Рассмотрев итоги четырёхлетней работы, делегаты перешли к выборам нового лидера партии.<br> Внутрипартийные выборы выиграл Сапармырат Овганов, до настоящего времени руководивший частной компанией «Халыс».</ref>
== Criticism ==
The party supports the policy of President [[Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow]] and [[Serdar Berdimuhamedow|Serdar]]. According to critics, the party appeared only to create the illusion of multiparty elections.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2020 Country Report — Turkmenistan|url=https://bti-project.org/content/en/downloads/reports/country_report_2020_TKM.pdf|access-date=2021-12-14|website=BTI Transformation Index|publisher=Bertelsmann Stiftung|language=en}}</ref>
==Election results==
=== Presidential elections ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan=2| Election year
! rowspan=2| Candidate
! colspan=2| 1st Round
! colspan=2| 2nd Round
! rowspan=2| Results
|-
! # Votes
! % Votes
! # Votes
! % Votes
|-
! [[2017 Turkmenistan presidential election|2017]]
| Bekmyrat Atalyýew
|
| 0.36%
| colspan=2 {{N/A}}
| {{lost}}
|-
! [[2022 Turkmenistan presidential election|2022]]
| Babamyrat Meredow
|
| 1.08%
| colspan=2 {{N/A}}
| {{lost}}
|}
=== Legislative elections ===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: right;"
|-
! Election
! Leader
! Votes
! %
! Seats
! +/–
! Position
! Government
|-
! [[2013 Turkmen parliamentary election|2013]]
| [[Ovezmammed Mammedov]]
|
|
| {{Composition bar|14|125|{{party color|Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs}}}}
| New
| 4th
| {{maybe|Support}}
|-
! [[2018 Turkmen parliamentary election|2018]]
| rowspan=2 |{{ill|Saparmyrat Owganow|tk|Saparmyrat Esenowiç Owganow}}
|
|
| {{Composition bar|11|125|{{party color|Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs}}}}
| {{decrease}} 3
| {{increase}} 2nd
| {{maybe|Support}}
|-
! [[2023 Turkmen parliamentary election|2023]]
|
|
| {{Composition bar|18|125|{{party color|Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs}}}}
| {{increase}} 7
| {{decrease}} 3nd
| {{maybe|Support}}
|-
|}
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Turkmenistani political parties}}
[[Category:Political parties in Turkmenistan]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 2012]]
[[Category:2012 establishments in Turkmenistan]]
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