General election in Kazakhstan 2007

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64.6% turnout

 %

90

80

70

60

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

88.41

4.54

3.09

1.51

1.29

0.78

0.37

n. k.

no

Otan ^a

Asat

Ak Schol

Auyl

KVK

PP

Ruch.

Adilet

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 2004

 % p

 10

   8th

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

  -8th

-10

+9.61

+4.54

-8.91

-0.19

-0.71

+0.18

-0.03

-0.80

-3.40

Otan ^a

Asat

Ak Schol

Auyl

KVK

PP

Ruch.

Adilet

Otherwise.

Remarks:

^a 2004: Agrarian and Industrial Union of the Workers' Bloc, Otan and Asar

The parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan in 2007 took place on August 18, 2007. 98 members of the Mäschilis , the lower house of the Kazakh parliament, were elected. The OSCE found that the election did not meet democratic standards.

background

In May 2007 the Kazakh parliament passed far-reaching constitutional amendments, which also had an impact on the parliamentary elections in August that year. The number of MPs has increased from 77 to 107, 98 of which are elected by direct election and nine are elected by the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan. The election of the 98 MPs takes place through proportional representation , in which the country represents a single constituency and the parties receive mandates according to their share of the vote. In order for a party to receive mandates, it has to overcome the seven percent hurdle . In contrast to many European countries, in which the mandates are awarded to the candidates from the top of the list, in Kazakhstan the candidates were listed in alphabetical order and therefore it was not possible to predict which of the candidates could receive the mandate. In addition, the changes to the electoral law prohibit candidacy from non-party applicants.

On June 20, 2007, President Nursultan Nazarbayev dissolved the Maschilis and announced new elections for August 18. This announcement came as a surprise to some parties and left little time for preparation. The parties had less than a month to submit lists of candidates and work out an election campaign strategy, and the establishment of party structures under the new electoral law was a problem, especially since it is no longer possible to unite several parties into an alliance.

At the end of 2006, the Agrarian Party, the Citizens' Party and Asar, led by Dariga Nazarbayeva, joined forces with Otan and have since appeared as Nur Otan ("Radiant Fatherland"). On July 4, 2007, Nursultan Nazarbayev was elected chairman. The Kazakh Communist Party boycotted the election, protesting the changes to the electoral law.

Parties

Seven parties ran for election. The presidential party Nur Otan , the Democratic Party Ak Zhol , the Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan , the Social Democratic Party Auyl , the National Social Democratic Party , the Party of Patriots of Kazakhstan and the Green Party Rukhaniyat Party .

Result

Result:

Political party		be right	proportion of	Seats	98 98  A total of 98 seats Otan only : 98
	National Democratic Party "Nur Otan" ("Light of the Fatherland")	5,247,720	88.41%	98
	National Social Democratic Party ( Asat )	269.310	4.54%	0
	Democratic Party Ak Schol ("Enlightened Path")	183,346	3.09%	0
	Social Democratic Party Auyl ("village")	89,855	1.51%	0
	Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan (KVK)	76,799	1.29%	0
	Party of Patriots of Kazakhstan (PP)	46,436	0.78%	0
	Ruchaniyat	22,159	0.37%	0
invalid votes		146.805
Total (voter turnout 64.6%)		6,082,430	100.00%	98

Web links

• Central Election Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan (English, Kazakh and Russian)
• Republic of Kazakhstan. Parliamentary Elections. August 18, 2007 (PDF) OSCE , October 30, 2007, accessed June 12, 2017 . 

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Republic of Kazakhstan. Parliamentary Elections. August 18, 2007. (PDF) OSCE , October 30, 2007, pp. 5–8 , accessed on June 12, 2017 . 
2. ^ ElectionGuide: Republic of Kazakhstan: Election for Mazhilis , accessed June 12, 2017.