People's Party of Kazakhstan

People's Party of Kazakhstan
Қазақстан халық партиясы (Kazakh)
Народная партия Казахстана (Russian)
AbbreviationQHP (Kazakh)
НПК (Russian)
ChairmanErmūhamet Ertısbaev
Deputy chairmen
Parliamentary chairMagherram Magherramov
FoundersVladislav Kosarev
Töleş Kenjïn
Alexander Kholodkov
Founded13 April 2004 (2004-04-13) (as the Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan)
Registered21 June 2004 (2004-06-21)
Split fromCommunist Party of Kazakhstan
HeadquartersProspekt Kabanbay-Batyr, Astana
Membership (2008)56,292
IdeologySocial democracy
Democratic socialism
Left-wing populism
Until 2020:
Communism
Marxism–Leninism
Political positionLeft-wing
Until 2020:
Far-left
National affiliationPeople's Coalition
ColoursRed
Mäjilis
5 / 98
Regional
mäslihats
7 / 489
Municipal
mäslihats
79 / 2,757
Website
qhp.kz
halykpartiyasy.kz

The People's Party of Kazakhstan (Kazakh: Қазақстан халық партиясы, romanized: Qazaqstan halyq partiasy, QHP; Russian: Народная партия Казахстана, romanizedNarodnaya partiya Kazakhstana, NPK)[n 1] is a left-wing social democratic political party in Kazakhstan, chaired by Ermūhamet Ertısbaev. The secretaries of the central committee are Turgyn Syzdyqov, Gauhar Nugmanova, Viktor Smirnov and Jambyl Ahmetbekov.[1]

The party was founded as the Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan (QKHP)[n 2] on 13 April 2004. It was registered on 21 June 2004; the party had 90,000 members at the time of registration. Following the 2004 elections to the Mazhilis the party received 1.98% of total votes. In the 2007 elections to the Mazhilis the party won 1.29% of the votes and did not pass the electoral threshold. The QKHP was elected to parliament in the 2012 legislative election.[2]

The party is loyal to incumbent president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and is a part of the pro-Tokayev People's Coalition.[3]


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  1. ^ INFORM.KZ (11 November 2020). "New Chairman of People's Party of Kazakhstan elected". www.inform.kz. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Two more Kazakh parties wins parliamentary seats". British Broadcasting Corporation. BBC Online. 16 January 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  3. ^ "Халықтық коалиция – бұл ынтымақтастықтың жарқын үлгісі". Turkystan (in Kazakh). 7 October 2022.

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