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
Registered	9,303,693
Turnout	75.44% ( 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 15 8 7 Popular vote 5,621,436 518,405 498,788 Percentage 80.99% 7.47% 7.19% Swing 7.41% 4.37% 5.89%
Chairman before election Oral Muhamedjanov Nur Otan Elected Chairman Nurlan Nigmatulin Nur Otan

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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]