News about Elections

Over 120 foreign journalists to cover Parliament elections According to the Central Election Commission, as of January 9 there are a total of 789 international observers accredited.

09 January 2012 18:14

Replacement of Secretary of State and regional Akims expected in Kazakhstan Reshuffling is expected in Kazakhstan in the nearest time in relation to the coming parliamentary elections.

09 January 2012 15:27

Maslikhat elections to be held in Zhanaozen after the state of emergency is over Elections to the town and oblast Maslikhats in Zhanaozen will be held after the state of emergency is lifted.

08 January 2012 14:46

No polling in Zhanaozen will have no effect on the results of the parliamentary elections It will have a miniscule effect on the nation-wide results of the vote. There are only 50 000 voters: Head of Central Election Committee.

06 January 2012 18:22

Another 369 election observers accredited As of today, there are a total of 695 international observers accredited, according to the Foreign Ministry.

06 January 2012 16:39

No voting in Zhanaozen on January 15 There will be no voting at elections on January 15 in Zhanaozen: Constitutional Council.

06 January 2012 15:15

Prosecutor told CIS mission about Zhanaozen situation Kazakhstan General Prosecutor told the head of the CIS observers mission about the measures taken to stabilize the situation in Zhanaozen.

06 January 2012 13:40

OSCE to publish report on Kazakhstan election campaign on January 5 The ODIHR/OSCE is going to publish a preliminary report on the course of the election campaign in Kazakhstan on January 5.

04 January 2012 19:39

CIS observers got details of election campaign in Zhanaozen Chairman of Kazakhstan Central Election Commission told the CIS observers about the election campaigning in Zhanaozen.

29 December 2011 14:00

Kazakhstan Central Election Commission registered another 145 observers Kazakhstan Central Election Commission has registered another 145 observers.

29 December 2011 13:53

About 70% will vote in 2012 elections in Kazakhstan About 70% of Kazakhstan respondents will vote in January 15, 2012 elections.

27 December 2011 18:56

Kazakhstan General Prosecutor discussed elections and Zhanaozen with head of OSCE mission Kazakhstan General Prosecutor Askhat Daulbayev met with the head of the ODIHR EOM Miklos Haraszti in Astana.

27 December 2011 16:25

Kazakhstan Secretary of State on "quite a complicated background" for coming elections Clashes in Mangistau oblast have created “quite a complicated background for the coming elections”: Secretary of State.

27 December 2011 15:55

Kazakhstan CEC accredited another 38 observers Kazakhstan Central Election Commission accredited 38 more observers.

27 December 2011 11:11

President urges to counteract any efforts to incite inter-ethnic and inter-faith clashes Amidst the forthcoming crisis and instability we need to maintain and strengthen the unity of the people: President Nazarbayev.

27 December 2011 06:53

Foreign observers will have access to Zhanaozen for elections Observers from foreign countries and international organizations will be allowed to enter Zhanaozen and monitor elections without restrictions.

22 December 2011 16:10

Combining Kazakhstan elections in 2012 helps save $30 million Combining the Majilis (Parliament) and Maslikhat (regional administrations) elections will help save over 4 billion tenge ($27.2 million).

15 December 2011 18:30

Kazakhstan will set 56 polling stations abroad The total number of polling stations abroad will make 56: Foreign Ministry.

14 December 2011 12:24

President’s Advisor on possible PM following the parliamentary elections According to him, the society and the political elite “have been accumulating expectations of large-scaled changes”.

06 December 2011 11:29

Turgankulov does not rule out necessity of lowering election threshold Three or five percent would not be a subject of bargaining. We just need to study the world practice: CEC Chairman.

30 November 2011 12:43

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