Local elections were held in Kazakhstan on 10 January 2021 to elect in total of all 3,246 members of the 214 mäslihats (local assemblies) which included 489 regional members and 2,757 municipal members. This is the first election to take place under party-list proportional representation system that was enacted in 2018, giving political parties a role in local races and it coincided with the 2021 legislative elections.

2021 Kazakh local legislative elections

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All 3,246 seats to 214 mäslihats (local assemblies)
Turnout57.26%
 
Leader Nursultan Nazarbayev Äli Bektaev Azat Peruashev
Party Nur Otan Auyl Ak Zhol
Leader since 1 March 1999 26 August 2015 2 July 2011
Mäslihats 214 0 0
Members 399 R, 2,286 M 44 R, 183 M 39 R, 185 M
Popular vote* 10,951,426 1,002,799 1,002,184
Percentage 80.23% 7.35% 7.34%

 
Adal
Leader Aiqyn Qongyrov Serik Sultangali
Party People's Party Adal
Leader since 11 November 2020 26 April 2013
Mäslihats 0 0
Members 7 R, 79 M 0 R, 24 M
Popular vote* 406,624 286,531
Percentage 2.98% 2.10%

The ruling Nur Otan party swept a majority of 3083 local seats followed by the Auyl People's Democratic Patriotic Party (AUYL) with 268 and the Ak Zhol Democratic Party with 267 and People's Party of Kazakhstan with 107 seats while the Adal, which earned the fewest total votes of 2.1%, had managed to garner 24 seats in the district mäslihats by passing the 7% electoral threshold in some races.

Background

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Throughout the history of Kazakhstan, local deputies were elected from single-member districts.

In 2018, the Parliament of Kazakhstan approved a bill that would allow all the members be chosen through party-list proportional representation. According to the Ministry of Justice, "the proportional system will ensure full representation of all political parties, will allow the development of party building, increase the role of parties in the political life of the country and take into account the interests of the people."[1] However, this move was met with skepticism as it would bar self-nominated candidates from running in the races or even being MP of the mäslihat which some accused was a violation of the Constitution.[2]

Campaign

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On 10 December 2020, the Central Election Commission (OSK) registered in total of 8,334 candidates competing in the local races that were included in all 832 party lists in which 216 were from Nur Otan, 215 from Adal, 174 from Ak Zhol, 158 from Auyl, 69 from People's Party.[citation needed]

Results

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Regional

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Overall results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Nur Otan5,106,81880.023,083+3083
Auyl People's Democratic Patriotic Party542,8318.51268+268
Ak Zhol Democratic Party480,9637.54267+267
People's Party137,3802.15107+107
Adal113,9531.7930+30
Total6,381,945100.003,7553,744
Valid votes6,381,94597.33
Invalid/blank votes175,0612.67
Total votes6,557,006100.00

Seats earned by region

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Region NO AJ AUYL QHP ADAL Total
Aktobe 27 3 3 0 0 33
Akmola 26 3 3 0 0 32
Almaty 37 0 4 4 0 45
Atyrau 25 3 3 0 0 31
East Kazakhstan 32 3 3 0 0 38
Jambyl 30 3 3 0 0 36
Karaganda 29 3 3 3 0 38
Kostanay 27 3 3 0 0 33
Kyzylorda 27 3 3 0 0 33
Mangystau 26 3 3 0 0 32
North Kazakhstan 24 3 3 0 0 30
Pavlodar 27 2 3 0 0 32
Turkistan 37 4 4 0 0 45
West Kazakhstan 25 3 3 0 0 31
Total seats: 399 39 44 7 0 489
Source: Turantimes.kz

Municipal

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Nationwide results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Nur Otan10,951,42680.232,685+2685
Auyl People's Democratic Patriotic Party1,002,7997.35227+227
Ak Zhol Democratic Party1,002,1847.34224+224
People's Party406,6242.9886+86
Adal286,5312.1024+24
Total13,649,564100.003,2463,246
Valid votes13,649,56497.40
Invalid/blank votes364,3112.60
Total votes14,013,875100.00
Source: Exclusive.kz Territorial Election Commissions

References

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  1. ^ "Что будет, если и маслихаты будут избирать по партспискам?". Радио Азаттык (in Russian). 2018-05-03. Archived from the original on 2018-05-03. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
  2. ^ "Казахстан: почему местные выборы теперь будут на партийной основе?". CABAR.asia (in Russian). 2018-11-14. Retrieved 2020-12-11.