Fatherland (Kazakhstan)

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{{Infobox Political party
|name ={{small|Fatherland}}<br />"Otan"
|native_name =Отан
|leader = [[Nursultan Nazarbayev]]
|spokesperson =
|foundation = February 12, 1999
|merger = [[People's Union of Kazakhstan Unity]], [[Liberal Movement of Kazakhstan]] and [[For Kazakhstan - 2030]]
|successor = [[Nur Otan]]
|ideology = [[Big tent]]<br>[[Authoritarianism]]<ref>{{Citation |first=Adele |last=Del Sordi |title=Parties of power as authoritarian institutions: The cases of Russia and Kazakhstan |publisher=Spanish Political Science Association (AECPA)|url=http://www.aecpa.es/uploads/files/modules/congress/10/papers/315.pdf |accessdate=22 January 2012}}</ref>
|headquarters = [[Astana]]
|youth_wing =
|international =
|website =
|colorcode = #1CA9C9
|country = Kazakhstan
}}
[[Image:Otan.jpg|thumb|300px|right|A poster of the Otan Party in [[Hazrat-e Turkestan|Türkistan]], [[Kazakhstan]].]]
{{Politics of Kazakhstan}}
'''Fatherland''' ({{lang-kz|Отан}}. '''Otan'''; from [[Persian language|Perso-Arabic]]: '''وطن''' / ''waṭan'') was the largest [[political party]] in [[Kazakhstan]], led by [[Bakhytzhan Zhumagulov]] with over 700,000 members<ref name=STATS>[http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2006/09/2-tca/tca-260906.asp Kazakh pro-presidential parties complete merger] RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty</ref> until December 22. At a subsequent party congress, delegates agreed to incorporate the [[Civic Party of Kazakhstan|Civic Party]] and the [[Agrarian Party of Kazakhstan|Agrarian Party]] and rename the party to [[Nur-Otan]].

Otan was originally established on February 12, 1999 after the merger of several previously independent pro-presidential parties, including the People's Union of Kazakhstan Unity, the Liberal Movement of Kazakhstan, and the "For Kazakhstan - 2030" Movement. At the uniting congress, the new party outlined a program largely supportive of the [[government]] led by [[President of Kazakhstan|President]] [[Nursultan Nazarbayev]].<ref name=UNION>[http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/election/kazakhstan/bbk101219.html Information on Political Parties Participating on the Basis of Party Slates in Elections to Majilis of Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan]
</ref>

During its last [[legislative]] [[elections in Kazakhstan|elections]] under the Otan banner (19 September and 3 October 2004), the party won 60.6% of the popular vote and 42 out of 77 seats.

In the run-up to previous elections, Otan usually received a majority of domestic media coverage. Before the 1999 election, for example, it was reported that Otan was the main focus in almost 60% of the coverage.<ref name=COVER>[http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav091604.shtml Media Bias Mars Kazakhstan's Election Campaign] EurasiaNet</ref> Additionally, most of the country's major media outlets had political leanings towards Otan (including those networks such as [[Khabar]], which were formally supportive of [[Asar (Kazakhstan)|Asar]]).

==Election results==

===President===
{| class=wikitable
|-
! Election year
! Candidate
! # of overall votes
! % of overall vote
! Result
|-
! [[Kazakhstani presidential election, 2005|2005]]
| '''[[Nursultan Nazarbayev]]'''
| 6,147,517
| 91.15%
| '''Elected'''
|}

===Mazhilis===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Election
! Seats won
! ±
! Total votes
! Share of votes
! Position
! Party leader
|-
![[Kazakhstani legislative election, 1999|1999]]
| {{Composition bar|23|77|hex=#00AFCA}}
| {{increase}}23
| 1,622,895
| 30.90%
| style="background-color:#CCCCFF" |Minority gov't
| [[Kassym-Jomart Tokayev]]
|-
![[Kazakhstani legislative election, 2004|2004]]
| {{Composition bar|42|77|hex=#00AFCA}}
| {{increase}}19
| 5,621,436
| 60.60%
| style="background-color:#CCFFCC" |Majority gov't
| [[Daniyal Akhmetov]]
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.otan.kz/ Official Otan Party Page] (Russian)

[[Category:Political parties in Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1999]]
[[Category:1999 establishments in Kazakhstan]]

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