2012 Kazakh legislative election
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98 of the 107 seats in the Mäjilis 54 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 9,303,693 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 75.44% ( 7.04pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Legislative elections were held in
Background
In the
Dissolution of the 4th Mäjilis
On 9 November 2011
The following day on 10 November, members of the Mäjilis Nurtai Sabilianov and Viktor Rogalev announced to the media representatives an appeal to
On 16 November 2011 the President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a decree "On the dissolution of the Mäjilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan of the fourth convocation and the appointment of early elections of deputies of the Mäjilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan", according to which the Mäjilis was dissolved, and the elections of deputies elected by party lists were scheduled for 15 January 2012, and the deputies elected from the Assembly of People of Kazakhstan for January 16.[7] This dissolution of Parliament was marked as the 4th time since Kazakhstan's independence in 1991.[6]
Electoral system
The 98 directly-elected deputies of the Mäjilis were elected from a single nationwide constituency by
Results
Communist People's Party 498,788 | 7.19 | 7 | +7 | | |||||
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Nationwide Social Democratic Party | 116,534 | 1.68 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Auyl Kazakh Social Democratic Party | 82,623 | 1.19 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Party of Patriots | 57,732 | 0.83 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Democratic Party Adilet | 45,702 | 0.66 | 0 | New | |||||
Members elected by the Assembly of People | 9 | 0 | |||||||
Total | 6,941,220 | 100.00 | 107 | 0 | |||||
Valid votes | 6,941,220 | 98.89 | |||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 77,707 | 1.11 | |||||||
Total votes | 7,018,927 | 100.00 | |||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 9,303,693 | 75.44 | |||||||
Source: Psephos |
The nine nominees were: Sauytbek Abdrahmov, Vladimir Bozhko, Natalya Zhumadildayeva, Roman Kim, Narine Mikaelyan, Ahmet Muradov, Shaimardan Nurumov, Yury Tymochenko and Shakir Khakhazov.[12]
Reactions
The opposition claimed there was widespread irregularities and fraud. The OSCE and US Department of State did not recognise the elections as democratic.[13]
Miklos Haraszti, the head of the OSCE's long-term election-observation mission, criticized what he called a "tightly controlled campaign environment in which the electoral rights of the citizens were seriously limited." "There was limited public debate and the media, the mass media operates in an environment characterized by self-censorship and in which there is no room for editorial independence in the broadcast media." Haraszti said the "results of the election, including the presence of two parties apart from the state party, can be described as an orchestrated election."[1]
References
- ^ a b OSCE Monitors Criticize Kazakh Vote Failings Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 16 January 2012
- ^ At Least One Party To Enter New Kazakh Assembly Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 16 January 2012
- ^ Parliamentary Elections Canceled in Restive Kazakh City Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 10 January 2012
- ^ Kazakhstan riot town Zhanaozen can go to the polls BBC News, 10 January 2012
- ^ a b c "Drive To Dissolve Kazakh Parliament". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. 2011-11-10. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
- ^ a b Paxton, Robin (2011-04-02). "Kazakh PM says opposition needed in parliament". Reuters. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
- ^ a b "Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev sworn in for new term". BBC News. 2011-04-08. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
- ^ "Дебаты вокруг депутатов". Время (in Russian). 2011-11-09. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
- ^ Косенов, Алдияр (2011-11-10). "Депутаты обратились к Президенту с просьбой о роспуске мажилиса парламента Казахстана". tengrinews.kz (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-11-17.
- ^ Electoral system IPU
- ^ Republic of Kazakhstan IFES
- ^ Об установлении и опубликовании итогов внеочередных выборов депутатов Мажилиса Парламента Республики Казахстан шестого созыва, распределении депутатских мандатов по итогам голосования по партийным спискам Archived 2016-04-09 at the Wayback Machine CEC
- ^ Kazakh ruling party wins 80.74 per cent in vote: early result Dawn, 16 January 2012