ISTANBUL Uzbekistan’s ruling party is leading the country’s parliamentary election held on Sunday during which voters are electing members of the lower house of parliament, the head of the Uzbek election authority said on Monday. Zayniddin Nizamkhodjaev, the head of the country's Central Election Commission, told a briefing that a total of 15,027,529 voters voted in the election, constituting a voter turnout of 74.72%. Indicating that the vote successfully used a mixed electoral system for the