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Elections in Kazakhstan
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The most recent Elections in Kazakhstan took place on December 4, 2005.
Kazakhstan's president is elected by the people and serves for a seven-year term.
The legislature, known as the Parliament (Parlamenti), has two chambers. The Assembly (Mazhilis) has 77 seats, elected for a four year term, 67 in single seat constituencies and 10 by proportional representation
The Senate has 47 members, 40 of whom are elected to six-year terms in double-seat constituencies by the local assemblies, half renewed every two years, and 7 presidential appointees. In addition, ex-presidents are ex-officio senators for life.
Kazakhstan is a one party dominant state in the way that only supporters of the president can share power. Opposition political parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power due to corruption, resulting in voting irregularities as seen in the 2004 elections.
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| Candidates and nominating parties | Votes | % | |
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| Nursultan Nazarbayev - Fatherland (Otan) | 6,147,517 | 91.15 | |
| Zharmakhan Tuyakbay - Coalition for a Just Kazakhstan (Ediletti Kazakhstan Yuzhin) | 445,934 | 6.61 | |
| Alikhan Baimenov - Democratic Party of Kazakhstan Bright Path (Qazaqstan Demokratiyalyk Partiyasi Ak Zhol) | 108,730 | 1.61 | |
| Yerassyl Abylkassymov - People's Communist Party of Kazakhstan (Qazaqstan Kommunistik Khalkik Partiyasi) | 23,252 | 0.34 | |
| Mels Yeleusizov - Tabigat (Nature) environmental movement | 18,834 | 0.28 | |
| Total (turnout 76.8%) | 6,744,267 | ||
| Source: Embassy of Kazakhstan in the United Kingdom | |||
| Parties and alliances | Votes | % | Seats |
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| Fatherland (Otan) | 60.6 | 42 | |
| Democratic Party of Kazakhstan Bright Path (Qazaqstan Demokratiyalyk Partiyasi Ak Zhol) | 12.0 | 1 | |
| All Together (Asar) | 11.4 | 4 | |
Agrarian and Industrial Union of Workers Block
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7.1 | 11 | |
Opposition Union of Communists and DCK Block
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3.4 | - | |
| People's Communist Party of Kazakhstan (Qazaqstan Khalyk Kommunistik Partiyasi) | 2.0 | - | |
| Village Social Democratic Party (Auyl Sotsial-Demokratiyalyk Partiyasi) | 1.7 | - | |
| Democratic Party (Demokratiyalyk Partiyasi) | 0.8 | 1 | |
| Party of Patriots | 0.6 | - | |
| Rukhaniyat Party | 0.4 | - | |
| Non-partisans | - | . | 18 |
| Total (turnout %) | 77 |
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