Kazakhstan CEC announced final results of elections

On 17 January, the Central Election Commission (CEC) announced the final results of the Majilis elections on 15 January 2012.

'Nur Otan' Party won with 80,99% of all votes.

'Ak Zhol' Party and 'Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan got' made it into the Parliament with 7,47% and 7,19% respectively.

The results of the other four parties are as follows:

'National Social-Democratic Party'(OSDP)- 1,68%,

Kazakhstan Social-Democratic Party 'Auyl' - 1,19%,

'Party of Patriots of Kazakhstan' - 0,8%,

Democratic Party 'Adilet' - 0,6%.

The voters turnout was 75,4%.

The CEC distributed deputy mandates among three parties elected to the Majilis on 17 January. And CEC Secretary, Bakhyt Meldeshov, noted: "Having summed up the votes for the political parties that overcame the 7% threshold, we divided the number of distributed deputy mandates. We got a quota of 67.741.11 votes per one mandate. Based on this quota, the following number of mandates will be distributed among the political parties: 83 mandates for 'Nur Otan'; 8 mandates for 'Ak Zhol'; 7 mandates for the 'Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan'."

The CIS and SCO observers assessed the elections as free, open and transparent.
OSCE observers stated that the elections held in Kazakhstan on 15 January 2012, did not meet basic democratic standards.