General election in Kazakhstan 2016

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77.1% voter turnout (+1.7% p)

 %

90

80

70

60

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

82.20

7.18

7.14

2.01

1.18

0.29

n. k.

n. k.

Otan

Ak Schol

KVK

Auyl

Asat

Birlik

PP

Adilet

Gains and losses

compared to 2012

 % p

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

+1.21

-0.29

-0.05

+0.82

-0.50

+0.29

-0.83

-0.66

Otan

Ak Schol

KVK

Auyl

Asat

Birlik

PP

Adilet

The early parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan in 2016 took place on March 20, 2016. 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.

Parties

A total of six parties ran for parliamentary elections. The presidential party Nur Otan , the Democratic Party Ak Zhol , the Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan , the Democratic People's Patriotic Party Auyl , the National Social Democratic Party and the party Birlik . Ak Schol and the Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan are classified as loyal to the government.

Result

Result:

Political party		be right	proportion of	Seats	7th 84 7th 7th 84 7th  A total of 98 seats KVK : 7 Otan only : 84 Ak Schol : 7
	National Democratic Party "Nur Otan" ("Light of the Fatherland")	6,183,757	82.20%	84
	Democratic Party Ak Schol ("Enlightened Path")	540.406	7.18%	7th
	Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan (KVK)	537.123	7.14%	7th
	Democratic Patriotic People's Party Auyl ("Village")	151.285	2.01%	0
	National Social Democratic Party ( Asat )	88,813	1.18%	0
	Birlik	21,484	0.29%	0
invalid votes		43,282
Total (turnout 77.1%)		7,566,150	100.00%	98

Web links

• Central Election Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan (English, Kazakh and Russian)
• Republic of Kazakhstan. Early Parliamentary Elections. 20 March 2016. (PDF) OSCE , June 27, 2016, accessed June 12, 2017 . 

Individual evidence

1. ^ ElectionGuide: Republic of Kazakhstan: Election for Mazhilis , accessed June 12, 2017.