Kazakhstani legislative election, 2007

Parliamentary elections were held in Kazakhstan on 18 August 2007. President Nursultan Nazarbayev's Nur Otan party received 88% of the vote and won all of the available seats. None of the six other parties contesting the election passed the 7% threshold to win seats.

Electoral system

A total of 107 seats were at stake in the Majilis, an increase of 30, following constitutional amendments earlier in the year. Under the changes, 98 deputies were elected by party lists, an increase from just 10 in the previous parliament. The remaining nine seats were reserved for members elected by the Assembly of People of Kazakhstan.

Conduct

The opposition Nationwide Social Democratic Party, which received almost 5% of the vote, denounced the election, and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe observers said the election showed some progress, but was also marred by problems, saying that "in over 40 percent of the polling stations visited, [vote counting] was described as bad or very bad", which was worse than in the last parliamentary and presidential elections. Bias in the state media was also considered a problem.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Nur Otan	5,247,720	88.4	98	+41
Nationwide Social Democratic Party	269,310	4.5	0	New
Democratic Party of Kazakhstan Ak Zhol	183,346	3.1	0	–1
Kazakhstani Social Democratic Party Auyl	89,855	1.5	0	0
Communist People's Party	76,799	1.3	0	New
Party of Patriots	46,436	0.8	0	0
Rukhaniyat Party	22,159	0.4	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	146,805	–	–	–
Total	6,082,430	100	98	0
Registered voters/turnout	8,891,561	68.4	–	–
Source: Adam Carr, IPU

External links

• Elections of the Majilis 2007 Central Election Commission

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