Kazakhstani legislative election, 2007

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A parliamentary election was held in Kazakhstan on 18 August 2007. 107 seats were at stake in the Majilis, an increase of 30, following recently passed constitutional amendments. Under the changes, 98 deputies were elected by party lists, an increase from just 10 in the last legislature. The remaining nine seats are reserved for the Assembly of Peoples of Kazakhstan.^[1] The President's party, Nur-Otan, received about 88% of the vote and won all of the available seats. None of the six other parties contesting the election reached the 7% threshold to win seats.^[2]^[3] The election was described on state television as "a real step towards democracy",^[3] although the opposition Nationwide Social Democratic Party, which received almost 5% of the vote, denounced the election,^[2]^[3] and 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.^[2] Bias in the state media was also considered a problem.^[3]

1 Results
2 Previous election
3 References
4 External links

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Summary of the 18 August 2007 Assembly of Kazakhstan **election results**
Parties and alliances	Votes	%	Seats
Fatherland (Nur-Otan)	5,174,169	88.05	98
Nationwide Social Democratic Party (Zhalpyulttyk Sotsial-Demokratiyalyk Partiya)	271,525	4.62	0
Democratic Party of Kazakhstan Bright Path (Qazaqstan Demokratiyalyk Partiyasi Ak Zhol)	192,155	3.27	0
Village Social Democratic Party (Auyl Sotsial-Demokratiyalyk Partiyasi)	93,023	1.58	0
People's Communist Party of Kazakhstan (Qazaqstan Khalyk Kommunistik Partiyasi)	77,274	1.31	0
Party of Patriots	44,175	0.75	0
Rukhaniyat Party	24,308	0.41	0
Total (turnout 64.56%)			98