2004 Kazakh legislative election

none 2004 Kazakh legislative election Kazakhstan legislative 1999 Kazakh legislative election 1999 no 19 September 2004 (first round)3 October 2004 (second round) 2007 Kazakh legislative election 2007 All 77 seats in the Mäjilis 39 8,662,188 56.49% ( 5.97pp) 150x150px Nursultan Nazarbayev Otan 1 March 1999 23 42 19 2,883,706 60.6% 1CA9C9 150x150px Romin Madinov AIST 28 July 2004 – 11 New 336,177 7.1% ffff03 150x150px Dariga Nazarbayeva Asar 25 October 2003 – 4 New 541,239 11.4% ff0000 150x150px Alikhan Baimenov Aq Jol 31 July 2004 – 1 New 572,672 12.0% 0A408A Maksut Narikbaev Ädilet 14 June 2004 – 1 New 36,379 0.8% 0085fc Chairman Zharmakhan Tuyakbay Otan Zharmakhan Tuyakbay Otan Legislative elections were held in Kazakhstan on 19 September and 3 October 2004. The Otan party won 42 of the 77 seats, gaining a majority in the Mäjilis. Background By 2003 the Kazakh economy was on a recovery with its GDP growth rate being 9.2% which was one of the highest rates among the CIS countries. The primary cause was due to the increased cost of petroleum as a result of the American-led war in Afghanistan, which allowed the government to repay its debts and raise pensions, average salaries and improve medical services. The quality of life in Kazakhstan was improving, as the average monthly salaries increased to about 28,000 Tenge ($198) or about 8.3% increase from 2002. This increase however was not spread evenly. Some groups benefited greatly from the increasing wages, while about 25% of Kazakhs especially in the southwestern districts and regions around the Caspian Sea continued to live below the poverty line. Despite improvements in the economy and social issues, Kazakhstan faced problems with the lack of independent media, a poor human rights record and the unfair treatment of independent journalists, including the case of Sergei Duvanov who was arrested in October 2002, a few days before his travel to the United States to discuss corruption and the situation with the Kazakh medi, when he was accused of sexually assaulting a minor.Kazakhstan: Is The Glass Half Full Or Half Empty? Journalist Struggles With 'Semi-Free' Status https://www.rferl.org/a/1051286.html RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty en 2020-05-01 Due to international pressure, including from American Secretary of State Colin Powell, Duvanov was released in January 2004.Refworld Out of prison, Kazakhstani journalist shrugs off government pressure https://www.refworld.org/docid/46c58f25c.html Refugees United Nations High Commissioner for Refworld en 2020-05-01 In the years leading up to the elections, political parties had been significantly weakened. The process of re-registration of parties in spring 2003 particularly affected the opposition due to a law that raised the minimum number of members for parties to be able to register to 50,000. Several opposition parties were unable to meet this requirement.Parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan: Reading and interpreting the results https://www.ucm.es/data/cont/media/www/pag-72535/Rabazov.pdf Abazov Rafis October 2004 Universidad Complutense Madrid live https://web.archive.org/web/20200902211139/https://www.ucm.es/data/cont/media/www/pag-72535/Rabazov.pdf 2020-09-02 2020-05-01 Results File:Parliament of Kazakhstan 2004.svg Proportional First round Second round Otan 2883706 7 26 9 42 +18 Aq Jol 572672 1 0 0 1 New Asar 541239 1 2 1 4 New Agrarian-Industrial Union of Workers 336177 1 9 1 11 –5 #ffff03 Opposition Union of Communists and QDT Bloc 163824 0 0 0 0 –3 #3366ff People's Communist Party of Kazakhstan 94140 0 0 0 0 New Auyl People's Democratic Patriotic Party 82523 0 0 0 0 New Democratic Party 36379 0 0 1 1 New Party of Patriots 26287 0 0 0 0 New Rukhaniyat Party 20826 0 0 0 0 0 Independents 8 10 18 –5 135431 0 1250675 8662188 8662188 2766465 CEC, CNN IPU References External links Official website Central Election Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan News websites Media bias mars Kazakhstan's election campaign CNN.com Election Watch Kazakhstan Legislative election Category:Legislative elections in Kazakhstan Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Category:September 2004 in Asia Category:October 2004 in Asia