2011 Kazakh presidential election

2011 Kazakh presidential election

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Turnout89.99% (Increase13.19pp)
 
Nominee Nursultan Nazarbayev Gani Qasymov
Party Nur Otan QPP
Popular vote 7,850,958 159,036
Percentage 95.55% 1.94%

Results by region

President before election

Nursultan Nazarbayev
Nur Otan

Elected President

Nursultan Nazarbayev
Nur Otan

Early presidential elections were held in Kazakhstan on 3 April 2011, having been originally scheduled for 2012.[1] The elections were called after a plan for holding a referendum to increase president term limits to 2020 was rejected by the Constitutional Council.[2] Nazarbayev was re-elected for a fourth term with 95% of the vote and a 90% turnout, against three nominal candidates.[3] The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has complained about a lack of transparency and competition in the vote.

  1. ^ Kazakhstan's President Nazarbayev calls early election BBC News, 4 February 2011
  2. ^ Kazakh Constitutional Council Rejects Referendum To Extend Nazarbaev's Rule Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty, 31 January 2011
  3. ^ "International monitors slam Kazakh vote". Deseret News. 2011-04-04. Retrieved 2022-11-20.

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