ASTANA, August 24. /TASS/. Five parties will receive seats in Kazakhstan’s unicameral parliament (Kurultai) following the elections, with voter turnout reaching 74.08%, the Central Election Commission (CEC) reported at a briefing, citing preliminary results.

TASS has compiled the key information on the elections.

Results

- According to the Central Election Commission, 9,351,539 of the country’s 12,623,289 eligible voters participated in the election.

- Voter turnout was 74.08%.

- 2.51% of voters selected the "none of the above" option on the ballot.

- According to the CEC’s calculations, the Adilet party, formed this year and supporting the policies of Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, received 71.17% of the vote. A total of 6,528,948 voters cast their ballots for the party.

- It is expected to win a majority of the 145 seats and become the ruling party, according to preliminary election results announced by the country’s Central Election Commission.

- The Auyl party garnered 6.26%.

- Respublica received 5.56%.

- The Aq Jol had 5.21%, according to preliminary election results announced by Kazakhstan’s Central Election Commission.

- The Nationwide Social Democratic Party got 5.11% of the vote.

- The People’s Party of Kazakhstan and Baytaq did not secure seats in the Kurultai, receiving 3.11% and 1.07% of the vote, respectively.

- The Central Election Commission will tally and publish the final election results at a later date.

Observers

- The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) observer mission did not record any election day violations that would have affected the Kurultai election results, SCO Deputy Secretary-General T.R.Midhun said at a briefing in Astana.

- According to him, international observers from the SCO deemed the August 23 parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan to be transparent, credible, and democratic.

- The elections to the country’s new unicameral parliament were conducted at a high organizational level and were fair and competitive, said Igor Petrishenko, head of the CIS observer mission and first deputy secretary-general of the organization.

- He noted that all parties in the elections for Kazakhstan’s new parliament were provided equal conditions to conduct their campaigns freely.

About elections

- Elections for lawmakers to the new unicameral parliament were held in Kazakhstan on August 23.

- More than 10,000 polling stations were open on election day, including 79 abroad.

- A new constitution providing for the transition from a bicameral to a unicameral parliament came into force in the country on July 1.

- The Kurultai has 145 members, who were elected solely from party lists, and their term of office will be five years.

- To enter parliament, parties had to clear a minimum threshold of 5%.