1999 Kazakh presidential election

1999 Kazakh presidential election
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Turnout87.05% (Decrease1.18pp)
 
Nominee Nursultan Nazarbayev Serikbolsyn Abdildin
Party Independent Communist Party
Popular vote 5,846,817 857,386
Percentage 81.00% 11.90%
Results by region
President before election

Nursultan Nazarbayev
Independent

Elected President

Nursultan Nazarbayev
Independent

Presidential elections were held in Kazakhstan on 10 January 1999. Incumbent president Nursultan Nazarbayev won the election with over 80% of the vote, and was sworn into office on 20 January 1999.[1] Most observers viewed the election as blatantly unfair, further confirming that Nazarbayev was not interested in promoting a democratic system of government.[2][3][4][5] Voter turnout was reported to be 87%.[6]

  1. ^ Olcott, Martha Brill (2002). Kazakhstan: Unfulfilled Promise. Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. ISBN 0-87003-188-0.
  2. ^ "Kazakhstan's Empty Election". The New York Times. 9 November 1998. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
  3. ^ OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) (5 February 1999). "The Republic of Kazakhstan Presidential Election, 10 January 1999 - Assessment Mission" (PDF). Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. pp. 3, 19–21. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
  4. ^ Olcott, p119
  5. ^ Smith, Christopher (March 16, 1999). "Kazakhstan's Presidential Election - Extension of Remarks by Rep. Christopher H. Smith". U.S. House of Representatives. Archived from the original on July 19, 2007. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
  6. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p424 ISBN 0-19-924958-X