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Jan. 10, 2021 Held

Kazakhstan

Republic of Kazakhstan

Election for Mazhilis (Kazakh House of Representatives)

Results

Voter Participation

Voter
Turnout*
Cast Votes:7,539,280
Valid Votes:7,241,562
Invalid Votes:297,718

Vote Share by Party:

Party Seats Won Seats Change Votes

Amanat (AMANAT) 76 - 5,148,074

71.09%

Ak Zhol Democratic Party (Ak Zhol Democratic Party) 12 - 792,828

10.95%

Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan 10 - 659,019

9.10%

Auyl People's Democratic Party (Ауыл Халықтық-демократиялық патриоттық партиясы) - - 383,023

5.29%

Adal (Adal) - - 258,618

3.57%
Election Results Modified: Feb 09, 2021

General Information

At stake in this election:

  • 98 seats in the Mazhilis (House of Representatives) 

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: President Kassym-Jomart TOKAYEV (since 20 March 2019)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Askar MAMIN (since 21 February 2019)
  • Assembly: Kazakhstan has a bicameral parliament consisting of the senate and the Mazhilis is composed of 107 seats. 

Description of electoral system:

  • The directly-elected seats are elected using a 7% electoral threshold and allocated using the largest remainder method. If parties have an equal largest remainder, the party that was registered first is awarded the seat. If only one party crosses the threshold, the party with second highest number of votes is awarded at least two seats. 

Main parties in the election:

  • Party: People's Party of Kazakhstan
    • Seats won in the last election: 7
  • Party: Nur Otan
    • Seats won in the last eelction: 84
  • Party: Auyl People's Democratic Patriotic Party
    • Seat won in the last election: 0
  • Party: Ak Zhol Democratic Party
    • Seats won in the last election:7
  • Party: Adal
    • Seats won in the last election: 0
Election Modified: Aug 17, 2023

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