1999 Kazakh legislative election

none 1999 Kazakh legislative election Kazakhstan legislative 1995 Kazakh legislative election 1995 no 10 October 1999 (first round)24 October 1999 (second round) 2004 Kazakh legislative election 2004 All 77 seats in the Mäjilis 39 8,411,757 62.5% ( 17.3pp) Nursultan Nazarbayev 1997 (cropped).jpg Nursultan Nazarbayev Otan 1 March 1999 25as People's Union of Kazakhstan Unity 23 2 1,622,895 30.9% 150x150px Azat Peruashev Civic Party 17 November 1998 New party 13 13 590,184 11.2% x120px Siyazbek Mukashev Federation of Trade Unions 23 October 1992 5 11 6 150x150px Serikbolsyn Abdildin Communist Party April 1996 2 3 1 932,549 17.7% 150x150px Romin Madinov Agrarian Party 6 January 1999 New party 3 3 663,351 12.6% 120px Omirzaq Sarsenov People's Cooperative Party 15 December 1994 2 1 1 Chairman Marat Ospanov Otan Zharmakhan Tuyakbay Otan Legislative elections were held in Kazakhstan on 10 October 1999, with a second round on 24 October. The result was a victory for the new Otan party (which backed dictator Nursultan Nazarbayev), which won 23 of the 77 seats.2000 Election Watch https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/168956 Journal of Democracy 11 1 206–211 1086-3214 Voter turnout was 62.5%.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p420 0-19-924958-X The main opposition party, Azamat, was not on the ballot. International monitors expressed concerns about the conduct of the elections. Background President Nursultan Nazarbayev announced by public decree on 7 July 1999 that the elections to both Houses of the Parliament (the Senate and Assembly) would take place on 17 September 1999 and 10 October 1999 respectively. The former Soviet republic, independent since 1991, wanted to project with these elections a democratic image because its January presidential election had been criticized in the West as unfair. For the first time, 10 of the 77 seats in the Assembly were contested on a party basis and opposition candidates were given access to the media. Conduct International and domestic observers described the parliamentary election as flawed. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, that had deployed 200 observers to monitor the vote, reported that the election had fallen far short of international standards. It was alleged that innocent candidates had been treated unfairly and that voters had been pressured not to vote for certain candidates. Results About 60% of the eight million registered voters turned out for the ballot which was a much lower turnout than the one for the 1995 elections, at which voter participation was 79%. In the election to the Assembly, the ten seats allotted to political parties were decided in the first round on October 10, as well as 20 seats where candidates secured a majority. The remaining 47, where there was no clear majority, were decided at a second round which took place on 24 October. Kazakhstan's election commission called for new voting to be held in three of the 67 voting districts. The new polls would be held in Atyrau city and the South Kazakhstan and Jambyl regions. The Kazakh election laws do not allow the original candidates to run again in the new voting in these three districts. For the Senate, on 17 September, deputies in the regional and city assemblies elected the 16 contested seats. Twelve of the new senators were nominated by Maslihats (provinces) and the other four were self-nominated. File:Kazakhstan Mazhilis 1999.svg National Constituency Otan 1622895 4 19 23 New Communist Party of Kazakhstan 932549 2 1 3 +1 Agrarian Party of Kazakhstan 663351 2 1 3 New Civic Party of Kazakhstan 590184 2 11 13 New Democratic Party Azamat 240132 0 0 0 New Congress Party of Kazakhstan 148776 0 0 0 –1 Alash National Freedom Party 144945 0 0 0 New Party of Kazakhstan's Revival 103328 0 0 0 –1 Republican Political Party of Labour 72721 0 0 0 New Federation of Trade Unions of Kazakhstan 11 11 +6 People's Cooperative Party of Kazakhstan 1 1 –1 Independents 23 23 +16 Against all 373440 361543 8411757 +10 Nohlen et al. Notes References External links Inter-Parliamentary Union Report on 1999 Kazakhstan Elections Parliament of Republic of Kazakhstan Central Election Commission Kazakhstan Legislative election Category:Legislative elections in Kazakhstan Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Category:October 1999 in Asia