Presidential election in Kazakhstan 2015

The presidential election in Kazakhstan took place on April 26, 2015. The winner of the early election, which according to the OSCE did not meet international standards, was the previous incumbent Nazarbayev, who won around 98 percent of all votes.

background

The next scheduled presidential election in Kazakhstan was originally scheduled for 2016, but has been brought forward by one year. Parliament had proposed the election in order to set “a sign of stability in times of a global economic crisis”. The country's economy had come under significant pressure from the effects of the war in Ukraine , the decline of the Russian ruble and the low price of crude oil, and a new election should ensure the greatest possible approval of the government's course.

Candidates

The application period for the election ended on March 15, 2015; at that time the electoral commission had received 16 applications for the presidency. Four of the applicants were refused to vote by the election commission because they had failed to submit all the necessary documents. Another six candidates were not allowed to vote because they did not appear for the compulsory language test. Mels Jeleussisow , Shaksibai Basilbajew and Muchamedrachim Kursabajew withdrew their applications of their own accord.

The electoral commission of Kazakhstan announced on March 25, 2015 the candidates who had been admitted to the election. The three candidates who will take part in the presidential election are the current incumbent Nursultan Nazarbayev , who was nominated by his party Nur Otan , as well as Turghyn Sysdyqow of the Communist People's Party and the independent candidate Äbilghasy Qussayynov , who are largely unknown in Kazakhstan.

Results

Election result:

candidate	Political party	be right	proportion of
Nursultan Nazarbayev	Only Otan	8,833,250	97.75%
Turghyn Sysdyqow	Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan	145.756	1.61%
Äbilghasy Qussayynov	independently	57,718	0.64%
Invalid votes		54,196
Total (turnout 95.2%)		9,090,920	100.00%

Web links

• Central Election Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan (English, Kazakh and Russian)
• Republic of Kazakhstan. Early Presidential Election, April 26, 2015. (PDF) OSCE , July 29, 2015, accessed June 16, 2017 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ the presse.com: Kazakhstan: Nazarbayev his re-election plans as early as April , accessed March 30, 2015.
2. ↑ Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung: incumbent Nazarbayev is running ( memento of the original from June 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 30, 2015.
3. ↑ wirtschaftsblatt.at: Pressure rises in the Kazakh kettle ( memento from March 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) , accessed on March 30, 2015.
4. ↑ The Guardian: Kazakhstan's long term president to run in snap election - again , accessed March 30, 2015.
5. ↑ Tengri News: Candidates for Kazakh presidential election announced , accessed on March 29, 2015.
6. ↑ rferl.org: Nazarbaev, Little-Known Candidates To Run For Kazakh President , accessed on March 30, 2015.