1999 Kazakh legislative election

1999 Kazakh legislative election
10 October 1999 (first round)
24 October 1999 (second round)
All 77 seats in the Mäjilis
39 seats needed for a majority
Registered8,411,757
Turnout62.5% ( 17.3pp)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Nursultan Nazarbayev Azat Peruashev Siyazbek Mukashev
Party Otan Civic Party Federation of Trade Unions
Leader since 1 March 1999 17 November 1998 23 October 1992
Last election 25 New party 5
Seats won 23 13 11
Seat change 2 13 6
Popular vote 1,622,895 590,184
Percentage 30.9% 11.2%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Serikbolsyn Abdildin Romin Madinov Omirzaq Sarsenov
Party Communist Party Agrarian Party People's Cooperative Party
Leader since April 1996 6 January 1999 15 December 1994
Last election 2 New party 2
Seats won 3 3 1
Seat change 1 3 1
Popular vote 932,549 663,351
Percentage 17.7% 12.6%
Chairman before election

Marat Ospanov
Otan

Elected Chairman

Zharmakhan Tuyakbay
Otan

Legislative elections were held in Kazakhstan on 10 October 1999, with a second round on 24 October. The result was a victory for the new Otan party (which backed dictator Nursultan Nazarbayev), which won 23 of the 77 seats. Voter turnout was 62.5%.

The main opposition party, Azamat, was not on the ballot. International monitors expressed concerns about the conduct of the elections.


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