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The Election Political Overview The election represented a clear victory for the Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev, leader of the ruling Otan party, which won 42 seats of the 77 contested in this election and more than 60 per cent of the vote. The second largest share of votes was taken by the AIST block, which secured 11 seats in the new Majilis. The Asar party, founded and led by the President’s daughter, Dariga Nazarbayeva, came third with 4 seats. The pro-presidential Democratic Party and the Opposition Ak Zhol party both came fourth having won a single seat. Asar, which is broadly sympathetic to the President’s policies, enjoys growing support among the country’s growing class of young professionals. It is has given backing to Nazarbayev’s programme of radical economic reform combined with more gradual political change while also emphasising the need for more local measures to build the institutions of civil society. Support for Ak Zhol, the opposition party, is drawn mainly from the business community. The Central Election Commission draws satisfaction from the high turn-out, and has pointed out, perfectly correctly, that this was considerably higher than for the 10th June elections to the European Parliament when less than half of those eligible to vote actually did so. In all, 681 candidates representing 12 parties (including two electoral blocks) competed in the election, with on average ten candidates in each constituency. These included 403 Independents, 64 Otan candidates, 41 from Asar, 7 from the Communist People’s Party, 10 from the Party of Patriots, 27 from the AIST block, 38 from the block of Communists and DCK, 8 from Auyl, 5 from Rukhaniyat, 40 from Ak-Zhol, and 17 from the Democratic Party of Kazakhstan. More than 900 international observers from a number of international organisations including the OSCE monitored the election process. They were given unimpeded access to all stages of the electoral process. The elections also attracted several hundred members of the foreign press and television. » Реклама виды контекстная реклама бесплатная интернет реклама. » single russian dating agencies pictures seeking men » single ukrainian mail order brides Olga good choice » muscle fuel buy steroids online uk good quality » best site 50 milf cooney forum |
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