Legislative elections were held in Kazakhstan on 19 September and 3 October 2004. The Otan party won 42 of the 77 seats, gaining a majority in the Mäjilis.
By 2003 the Kazakh economy was on a recovery with its GDP growth rate being 9.2% which was one of the highest rates among the CIS countries. The primary cause was due to the increased cost of petroleum as a result of the American-led war in Afghanistan, which allowed the government to repay its debts and raise pensions, average salaries and improve medical services. The quality of life in Kazakhstan was improving, as the average monthly salaries increased to about 28,000 Tenge ($198) or about 8.3% increase from 2002. This increase however was not spread evenly. Some groups benefited greatly from the increasing wages, while about 25% of Kazakhs especially in the southwestern districts and regions around the Caspian Sea continued to live below the poverty line.
Despite improvements in the economy and social issues, Kazakhstan faced problems with the lack of independent media, a poor human rights record and the unfair treatment of independent journalists, including the case of Sergei Duvanov who was arrested in October 2002, a few days before his travel to the United States to discuss corruption and the situation with the Kazakh medi, when he was accused of sexually assaulting a minor.[1] Due to international pressure, including from American Secretary of State Colin Powell, Duvanov was released in January 2004.[2]
In the years leading up to the elections, political parties had been significantly weakened. The process of re-registration of parties in spring 2003 particularly affected the opposition due to a law that raised the minimum number of members for parties to be able to register to 50,000. Several opposition parties were unable to meet this requirement.[3]
^"Kazakhstan: Is The Glass Half Full Or Half Empty? Journalist Struggles With 'Semi-Free' Status". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
^Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld | Out of prison, Kazakhstani journalist shrugs off government pressure". Refworld. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
^Abazov, Rafis (October 2004). "Parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan: Reading and interpreting the results" (PDF). Universidad Complutense Madrid. (PDF) from the original on 2020-09-02. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
External linksedit
Official website
Central Election Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan
News websites
Media bias mars Kazakhstan's election campaign
CNN.com Election Watch
February 15, 2024
2004, kazakh, legislative, election, legislative, elections, were, held, kazakhstan, september, october, 2004, otan, party, seats, gaining, majority, mäjilis, 1999, september, 2004, first, round, october, 2004, second, round, 2007, seats, mäjilis39, seats, nee. Legislative elections were held in Kazakhstan on 19 September and 3 October 2004 The Otan party won 42 of the 77 seats gaining a majority in the Majilis 2004 Kazakh legislative election 1999 19 September 2004 first round 3 October 2004 second round 2007 All 77 seats in the Majilis39 seats needed for a majorityRegistered8 662 188Turnout56 49 5 97pp Majority party Minority party Third party Leader Nursultan Nazarbayev Romin Madinov Dariga NazarbayevaParty Otan AIST AsarLeader since 1 March 1999 28 July 2004 25 October 2003Last election 23 Seats won 42 11 4Seat change 19 New NewPopular vote 2 883 706 336 177 541 239Percentage 60 6 7 1 11 4 Fourth party Fifth party Leader Alikhan Baimenov Maksut NarikbaevParty Aq Jol AdiletLeader since 31 July 2004 14 June 2004Last election Seats won 1 1Seat change New NewPopular vote 572 672 36 379Percentage 12 0 0 8 Chairman before electionZharmakhan TuyakbayOtan Elected Chairman Zharmakhan TuyakbayOtan Contents 1 Background 2 Results 3 References 4 External linksBackground editBy 2003 the Kazakh economy was on a recovery with its GDP growth rate being 9 2 which was one of the highest rates among the CIS countries The primary cause was due to the increased cost of petroleum as a result of the American led war in Afghanistan which allowed the government to repay its debts and raise pensions average salaries and improve medical services The quality of life in Kazakhstan was improving as the average monthly salaries increased to about 28 000 Tenge 198 or about 8 3 increase from 2002 This increase however was not spread evenly Some groups benefited greatly from the increasing wages while about 25 of Kazakhs especially in the southwestern districts and regions around the Caspian Sea continued to live below the poverty line Despite improvements in the economy and social issues Kazakhstan faced problems with the lack of independent media a poor human rights record and the unfair treatment of independent journalists including the case of Sergei Duvanov who was arrested in October 2002 a few days before his travel to the United States to discuss corruption and the situation with the Kazakh medi when he was accused of sexually assaulting a minor 1 Due to international pressure including from American Secretary of State Colin Powell Duvanov was released in January 2004 2 In the years leading up to the elections political parties had been significantly weakened The process of re registration of parties in spring 2003 particularly affected the opposition due to a law that raised the minimum number of members for parties to be able to register to 50 000 Several opposition parties were unable to meet this requirement 3 Results edit nbsp PartyProportionalFirst roundSecond roundTotalseats Votes SeatsVotes SeatsVotes SeatsOtan2 883 70660 61726942 18Aq Jol572 67212 041001NewAsar541 23911 381214NewAgrarian Industrial Union of Workers336 1777 0719111 5Opposition Union of Communists and QDT Bloc163 8243 440000 3People s Communist Party of Kazakhstan94 1401 980000NewAuyl People s Democratic Patriotic Party82 5231 730000NewDemocratic Party36 3790 760011NewParty of Patriots26 2870 550000NewRukhaniyat Party20 8260 4400000Independents81018 5Total4 757 773100 00104522770Valid votes4 757 77397 23Invalid blank votes135 4312 77Total votes4 893 204100 001 250 675 Registered voters turnout8 662 18856 498 662 188 2 766 46545 21Source CEC CNN IPUReferences edit Kazakhstan Is The Glass Half Full Or Half Empty Journalist Struggles With Semi Free Status RadioFreeEurope RadioLiberty Retrieved 2020 05 01 Refugees United Nations High Commissioner for Refworld Out of prison Kazakhstani journalist shrugs off government pressure Refworld Retrieved 2020 05 01 Abazov Rafis October 2004 Parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan Reading and interpreting the results PDF Universidad Complutense Madrid Archived PDF from the original on 2020 09 02 Retrieved 2020 05 01 External links editOfficial website Central Election Commission of the Republic of KazakhstanNews websites Media bias mars Kazakhstan s election campaign CNN com Election Watch Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2004 Kazakh legislative election amp oldid 1192499010, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
