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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.<ref name=Stern>Party of Kazakh President Sweeps Seats in Parliament The New York Times, 20 August 2007</ref><ref name=Maria>Kazakh poll gives all seats to Nazarbayev Reuters, 20 August 2007</ref>

Electoral system

A total of 107 seats were at stake in the Majilis, an increase of 30, following constitutional amendments earlier in the year.<ref>Kazakhstan set to hold early poll BBC News, 20 June 2007</ref> 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.<ref>Kazakhstan's political parties gear up for early elections EurasiaNet, 20 June 2007</ref>

Conduct

The opposition Nationwide Social Democratic Party, which received almost 5% of the vote, denounced the election,<ref name=Stern/> 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.<ref name=Stern/> Bias in the state media was also considered a problem.

Results

References

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External links

• Elections of the Majilis 2007 Central Election Commission

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