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9 191 977 ballot papers to be issued Bank note printing works of the National Bank is designated to issue ballot papers.

03 марта 2011

CEC announced four presidential candidates The Central Election Commission officially completed the registration of presidential candidates at 00:00 on March 3, 2011, and announced the four candidates who are to continue their election race.

03 марта 2011

CEC to announce final list of candidates at midnight on March 2 At midnight on March 2 the CEC will announce the final list of presidential candidates and they will start the presidential election race

02 марта 2011

Secretary of CEC had to apologize for foreign observers Secretary of CEC Bakhyt Meldeshov said that no secret subjects were discussed at the meeting that journalists had been asked to leave.

02 марта 2011

OSCE observers asked journalists to leave the meeting A group of foreign observers instated on meeting with the Head of Kazakhstan’s Central Election Commission without journalists

02 марта 2011

Nazarbayev won’t be campaigning President Nursultan Nazarbayev announced that he would not be running a campaign as a presidential candidate

01 марта 2011

CEC registers presidential candidates Eleusizov and Kassymov They both enjoy support of over 1% of voters: one of eligibility criteria for candidates is to gain support of at least 1% of voters evenly representing voters of Astana, Almaty and two thirds of the country's 14 oblasts.

01 марта 2011

OSCE elections observers start work in Kazakhstan EOM Head announced that 14 OSCE experts on elections had already started their job in Astana to scrutinize the run-off campaign.

28 февраля 2011

OSCE pledges unbiased monitoring of elections ODIHR Director Janez Lenarcic is confident that international observers monitoring the presidential election in Kazakhstan will be unbiased

28 февраля 2011

CEC accredits first party of international observers Central Election Commission accredits first 7 international observers

28 февраля 2011

Zhambyl Akhmetbekov found eligible to run for President Presidential candidate Zhambyl Akhmetbekov has successfully complied with an eligibility criteria by gathering 96 557 signatures

28 февраля 2011

Voter turnout for elections expected at over 50% Chairman of the CEC Adil Dzhunusov says voter turnout for the presidential elections will be over 50%

28 февраля 2011

800 observers to monitor presidential elections 800 observers representing the CIS and ODIHR are expected to monitor the forthcoming presidential elections in Kazakhstan

28 февраля 2011

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