Local elections were held in Kazakhstan on 10 January 2021 to elect in total of all 3,246 members of the 214 mäslihats(local assemblies) which included 489 regional members and 2,757 municipal members. This is the first election to take place under party-list proportional representation system that was enacted in 2018, giving political parties a role in local races and it coincided with the 2021 legislative elections.
Throughout the history of Kazakhstan, local deputies were elected from single-member districts.
In 2018, the Parliament of Kazakhstan approved a bill that would allow all the members be chosen through party-list proportional representation. According to the Ministry of Justice, "the proportional system will ensure full representation of all political parties, will allow the development of party building, increase the role of parties in the political life of the country and take into account the interests of the people."[1] However, this move was met with skepticism as it would bar self-nominated candidates from running in the races or even being MP of the mäslihat which some accused was a violation of the Constitution.[2]
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December 02, 2023
2021, kazakh, local, elections, local, elections, were, held, kazakhstan, january, 2021, elect, total, members, mäslihats, local, assemblies, which, included, regional, members, municipal, members, this, first, election, take, place, under, party, list, propor. Local elections were held in Kazakhstan on 10 January 2021 to elect in total of all 3 246 members of the 214 maslihats local assemblies which included 489 regional members and 2 757 municipal members This is the first election to take place under party list proportional representation system that was enacted in 2018 giving political parties a role in local races and it coincided with the 2021 legislative elections 2021 Kazakh local legislative elections 2016 10 January 2021 2023 All 3 246 seats to 214 maslihats local assemblies Turnout57 26 Leader Nursultan Nazarbayev Ali Bektaev Azat PeruashevParty Nur Otan Auyl Ak ZholLeader since 1 March 1999 26 August 2015 2 July 2011Maslihats 214 0 0Members 399 R 2 286 M 44 R 183 M 39 R 185 MPopular vote 10 951 426 1 002 799 1 002 184Percentage 80 23 7 35 7 34 AdalLeader Aiqyn Qongyrov Serik SultangaliParty People s Party AdalLeader since 11 November 2020 26 April 2013Maslihats 0 0Members 7 R 79 M 0 R 24 MPopular vote 406 624 286 531Percentage 2 98 2 10 The ruling Nur Otan party swept a majority of 3083 local seats followed by the Auyl People s Democratic Patriotic Party AUYL with 268 and the Ak Zhol Democratic Party with 267 and People s Party of Kazakhstan with 107 seats while the Adal which earned the fewest total votes of 2 1 had managed to garner 24 seats in the district maslihats by passing the 7 electoral threshold in some races Contents 1 Background 2 Campaign 3 Results 3 1 Regional 3 1 1 Overall results 3 2 Seats earned by region 3 3 Municipal 3 4 Nationwide results 4 ReferencesBackground editThroughout the history of Kazakhstan local deputies were elected from single member districts In 2018 the Parliament of Kazakhstan approved a bill that would allow all the members be chosen through party list proportional representation According to the Ministry of Justice the proportional system will ensure full representation of all political parties will allow the development of party building increase the role of parties in the political life of the country and take into account the interests of the people 1 However this move was met with skepticism as it would bar self nominated candidates from running in the races or even being MP of the maslihat which some accused was a violation of the Constitution 2 Campaign editOn 10 December 2020 the Central Election Commission OSK registered in total of 8 334 candidates competing in the local races that were included in all 832 party lists in which 216 were from Nur Otan 215 from Adal 174 from Ak Zhol 158 from Auyl 69 from People s Party citation needed Results editRegional edit Overall results edit PartyVotes Seats Nur Otan5 106 81880 023 083 3083Auyl People s Democratic Patriotic Party542 8318 51268 268Ak Zhol Democratic Party480 9637 54267 267People s Party137 3802 15107 107Adal113 9531 7930 30Total6 381 945100 003 7553 744Valid votes6 381 94597 33Invalid blank votes175 0612 67Total votes6 557 006100 00Seats earned by region edit Region NO AJ AUYL QHP ADAL TotalAktobe 27 3 3 0 0 33Akmola 26 3 3 0 0 32Almaty 37 0 4 4 0 45Atyrau 25 3 3 0 0 31East Kazakhstan 32 3 3 0 0 38Jambyl 30 3 3 0 0 36Karaganda 29 3 3 3 0 38Kostanay 27 3 3 0 0 33Kyzylorda 27 3 3 0 0 33Mangystau 26 3 3 0 0 32North Kazakhstan 24 3 3 0 0 30Pavlodar 27 2 3 0 0 32Turkistan 37 4 4 0 0 45West Kazakhstan 25 3 3 0 0 31Total seats 399 39 44 7 0 489Source Turantimes kzMunicipal edit Nationwide results edit PartyVotes Seats Nur Otan10 951 42680 232 685 2685Auyl People s Democratic Patriotic Party1 002 7997 35227 227Ak Zhol Democratic Party1 002 1847 34224 224People s Party406 6242 9886 86Adal286 5312 1024 24Total13 649 564100 003 2463 246Valid votes13 649 56497 40Invalid blank votes364 3112 60Total votes14 013 875100 00Source Exclusive kz Territorial Election CommissionsReferences edit Chto budet esli i maslihaty budut izbirat po partspiskam Radio Azattyk in Russian 2018 05 03 Archived from the original on 2018 05 03 Retrieved 2020 12 11 Kazahstan pochemu mestnye vybory teper budut na partijnoj osnove CABAR asia in Russian 2018 11 14 Retrieved 2020 12 11 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2021 Kazakh local elections amp oldid 1146415076, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
