2012 Kazakh legislative election

2012 Kazakh legislative election

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98 of the 107 seats in the Mäjilis
54 seats needed for a majority
Registered9,303,693
Turnout75.44% (Increase 7.04pp)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Nursultan Nazarbayev Azat Peruashev Vladislav Kosarev
Party Nur Otan Ak Zhol QKHP
Leader since 1 March 1999 2 July 2011 6 June 2004
Last election 98 - -
Seats won 83 8 7
Seat change Decrease15 Increase8 Increase7
Popular vote 5,621,436 518,405 498,788
Percentage 80.99% 7.47% 7.19%
Swing Decrease7.41% Increase4.37% Increase5.89%

Chairman before election

Oral Muhamedjanov
Nur Otan

Elected Chairman

Nurlan Nigmatulin
Nur Otan

Legislative elections were held in Kazakhstan on 15 January 2012. The result was a victory for the Nur Otan party, which won 83 of the 98 seats in the Mäjilis. However, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) stated that the election "did not meet fundamental principles of democratic elections."[1] The elections marked the first time that the second-placed party would gain parliamentary seats irrespective of whether it cleared the 7% electoral threshold.[2] Due to the Zhanaozen massacre and the resulting state of emergency there, the election was not planned to be held in Zhanaozen.[3] However, this decision was overturned on 10 January 2012.[4]