1999 Kazakh legislative election

1999 Kazakh legislative election

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All 77 seats in the Mäjilis
39 seats needed for a majority
Registered8,411,757
Turnout62.5% (Decrease 17.3pp)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Nursultan Nazarbayev Azat Peruashev Siyazbek Mukashev
Party Otan Civic Party Federation of Trade Unions
Leader since 1 March 1999 17 November 1998 23 October 1992
Last election 25[a] New party 5
Seats won 23 13 11
Seat change Decrease2 Increase13 Increase6
Popular vote 1,622,895 590,184
Percentage 30.9% 11.2%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Serikbolsyn Abdildin Romin Madinov Omirzaq Sarsenov
Party Communist Party Agrarian Party People's Cooperative Party
Leader since April 1996 6 January 1999 15 December 1994
Last election 2 New party 2
Seats won 3 3 1
Seat change Increase1 Increase3 Decrease1
Popular vote 932,549 663,351
Percentage 17.7% 12.6%

Chairman before election

Marat Ospanov
Otan

Elected Chairman

Zharmakhan Tuyakbay
Otan

Legislative elections were held in Kazakhstan on 10 October 1999, with a second round on 24 October. The result was a victory for the new Otan party, which won 23 of the 77 seats. Voter turnout was 62.5%.[1]


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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p420 ISBN 0-19-924958-X

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