2007 Kazakh legislative election

2007 Kazakh legislative election

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98 of the 107 seats in the Mäjilis
54 seats needed for a majority
Registered8,891,561
Turnout68.4% (Decrease 11.9pp)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Nursultan Nazarbayev Alikhan Baimenov
Party Nur Otan Aq Jol
Leader since 1 March 1999 13 March 2005
Last election 57 seats[a] 1 seat
Seats won 98 0
Seat change Increase41 Decrease1
Popular vote 5,247,720 183,346
Percentage 88.4% 3.1%

Chairman before election

Oral Muhamedjanov
Nur Otan

Elected Chairman

Aslan Musin
Nur Otan

Legislative elections were held in Kazakhstan on 18 August 2007 to elected. President Nursultan Nazarbayev's ruling Nur Otan party received 88% of the vote and won all of the available seats (excluding the reserved 9-seat quota for the Assembly of People of Kazakhstan), as none of the six other parties contesting the election had managed to pass the 7% electoral threshold to win seats.[1][2]


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  1. ^ Party of Kazakh President Sweeps Seats in Parliament The New York Times, 20 August 2007
  2. ^ Kazakh poll gives all seats to Nazarbayev Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine Reuters, 20 August 2007

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