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| Registered | 8,411,757 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 62.5% ( 17.3pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Legislative elections were held inKazakhstan on 10 October 1999, with a second round on 24 October. The result was a victory for the newOtan party (which backed dictatorNursultan Nazarbayev), which won 23 of the 77 seats.[1] Voter turnout was 62.5%.[2]
The main opposition party,Azamat, was not on the ballot.[1]International monitors expressed concerns about the conduct of the elections.[1]
PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev announced by publicdecree on 7 July 1999 that the elections to both Houses of the Parliament (theSenate andAssembly) would take place on 17 September 1999 and 10 October 1999 respectively. The formerSoviet republic, independent since 1991, wanted to project with these elections a democratic image because its Januarypresidential election had been criticized in theWest 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.
International and domestic observers described the parliamentary election as flawed. TheOrganization 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.
About 60% of the eight million registered voters turned out for the ballot which was a much lower turnout than the one for the1995 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'selection commission called for new voting to be held in three of the 67 voting districts. The new polls would be held inAtyrau city and theSouth Kazakhstan andJambyl 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.
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| Party | National | Constituency | Total seats | +/– | |||||
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
| Otan | 1,622,895 | 33.17 | 4 | 19 | 23 | New | |||
| Communist Party of Kazakhstan | 932,549 | 19.06 | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | |||
| Agrarian Party of Kazakhstan | 663,351 | 13.56 | 2 | 1 | 3 | New | |||
| Civic Party of Kazakhstan | 590,184 | 12.06 | 2 | 11 | 13 | New | |||
| Democratic Party Azamat | 240,132 | 4.91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||
| Congress Party of Kazakhstan | 148,776 | 3.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1 | |||
| Alash National Party | 144,945 | 2.96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||
| Party of Kazakhstan's Revival | 103,328 | 2.11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1 | |||
| Republican Political Party of Labour | 72,721 | 1.49 | 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 | 373,440 | 7.63 | – | – | – | ||||
| Total | 4,892,321 | 100.00 | 10 | 67 | 77 | +10 | |||
| Valid votes | 4,892,321 | 93.12 | |||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 361,543 | 6.88 | |||||||
| Total votes | 5,253,864 | 100.00 | |||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 8,411,757 | 62.46 | |||||||
| Source: Nohlenet al. | |||||||||
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