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Miklos Haraszti, the head of the OSCE's long-term election-observation mission, criticized what he called a "tightly controlled campaign environment in which the electoral rights of the citizens were seriously limited." "There was limited public debate and the media, the mass media operates in an
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environment characterized by self-censorship and in which there is no room for editorial independence in the broadcast media." Haraszti said the "results of the election, including the presence of two parties apart from the state party, can be described as an orchestrated election."
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signed a decree "On the dissolution of the Mäjilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan of the fourth convocation and the appointment of early elections of deputies of the Mäjilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan", according to which the
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The nine nominees were: Sauytbek Abdrahmov, Vladimir Bozhko, Natalya Zhumadildayeva, Roman Kim, Narine Mikaelyan, Ahmet Muradov, Shaimardan Nurumov, Yury Tymochenko and Shakir Khakhazov.
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dismissed claims of the Parliament's dissolution as rumors. At the same time, a number of deputies said that they expected the issue of self-dissolution to be raised.
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expressed his support of having opposition in the Parliament as in a way of that the democratic reforms match an economic growth. Following President
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The following day on 10 November, members of the Mäjilis Nurtai Sabilianov and Viktor Rogalev announced to the media representatives an appeal to
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was dissolved, and the elections of deputies elected by party lists were scheduled for 15 January 2012, and the deputies elected from the
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control. This received criticism and pressure from international and opposition groups in the country. In an interview to
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for January 16. This dissolution of Parliament was marked as the 4th time since Kazakhstan's independence in 1991.
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criticized the move, saying that the authorities would not let real opposition groups enter the Parliament.
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The 98 directly-elected deputies of the Mäjilis were elected from a single nationwide constituency by
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The opposition claimed there was widespread irregularities and fraud. The OSCE and
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Kazakh ruling party wins 80.74 per cent in vote: early result
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with a request to adopt a decree on the dissolution of the
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Central Election Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan
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Parliamentary Elections Canceled in Restive Kazakh City
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on 15 January 2012. The result was a victory for the
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Opposition activist 660:Legislative elections were held in 13: 1157: 952:Nationwide Social Democratic Party 810:On 16 November 2011 the President 14: 1786: 1416: 1275: 1247: 1217: 839:. Seats were allocated using the 712:2007 Kazakh legislative elections 706:2011 Kazakh presidential election 1459: 860: 821:Assembly of People of Kazakhstan 702:2007 Kazakh legislative election 401: 386: 313: 312: 305: 304: 297: 296: 252: 251: 244: 243: 236: 235: 135: 128: 121: 87: 86: 25: 19:2012 Kazakh legislative election 1397: 1378: 1366: 1354: 1200:Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 1185:Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 1170:Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 734:, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan 1335:Косенов, Алдияр (2011-11-10). 1328: 1303: 1205: 1190: 770:Dissolution of the 4th Mäjilis 69:54 seats needed for a majority 1: 1150: 714:, the pro-presidential party 695: 1770:2012 elections in Kazakhstan 1257:Paxton, Robin (2011-04-02). 1234:RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty 1134: 7: 1775:January 2012 events in Asia 833:proportional representation 64:98 of the 107 seats in the 10: 1791: 850: 773: 744:2011 presidential election 699: 1709: 1691: 1638: 1520: 1472: 1311:"Дебаты вокруг депутатов" 1214:BBC News, 10 January 2012 1121: 1117: 1109:Registered voters/turnout 1104: 1091: 1078: 1065: 1048: 1038: 1032: 880: 877: 874: 871: 859: 325: 99: 81: 73: 62: 35: 23: 1317:(in Russian). 2011-11-09 931:Communist People's Party 841:largest remainder method 571:Administrative divisions 1760:Elections in Kazakhstan 1522:Parliamentary elections 1033:Members elected by the 1015:Democratic Party Adilet 1765:2012 elections in Asia 1474:Presidential elections 1373:Republic of Kazakhstan 1141:US Department of State 379:Politics of Kazakhstan 782:Ermukhamet Ertysbayev 748:Ermukhamet Ertysbayev 742:'s reelection in the 466:Kassym-Jomart Tokayev 441:Kassym-Jomart Tokayev 812:Nursultan Nazarbayev 797:Nursultan Nazarbayev 740:Nursultan Nazarbayev 148:Nursultan Nazarbayev 1693:Municipal elections 1083:Invalid/blank votes 856: 837:electoral threshold 780:On 9 November 2011 678:electoral threshold 202:Last election 20: 1390:2016-04-09 at the 1035:Assembly of People 855: 845:Assembly of People 686:state of emergency 684:and the resulting 682:Zhanaozen massacre 261:Popular vote 184:Leader since 18: 1747: 1746: 1409:, 16 January 2012 1202:, 10 January 2012 1187:, 16 January 2012 1172:, 16 January 2012 1129: 1128: 994:Party of Patriots 790:Oral Muhamedjanov 658: 657: 602:Foreign relations 506:Political parties 372: 371: 368: 367: 358:Nurlan Nigmatulin 340:Oral Muhamedjanov 321: 320: 232:Seat change 158:Vladislav Kosarev 58: 57: 1782: 1464: 1463: 1452: 1445: 1438: 1429: 1428: 1410: 1401: 1395: 1382: 1376: 1370: 1364: 1361:Electoral system 1358: 1352: 1351: 1349: 1348: 1332: 1326: 1325: 1323: 1322: 1307: 1301: 1300: 1298: 1297: 1282: 1273: 1272: 1270: 1269: 1254: 1245: 1244: 1242: 1241: 1226: 1215: 1209: 1203: 1194: 1188: 1179: 1173: 1164: 864: 857: 854: 827:Electoral system 752:two-party system 650: 643: 636: 595: 583: 460:Security Council 408:CIS member state 406: 405: 390: 374: 373: 328: 316: 315: 308: 307: 300: 299: 255: 254: 247: 246: 239: 238: 139: 132: 125: 101: 100: 90: 89: 37: 36: 30: 29: 28: 21: 17: 1790: 1789: 1785: 1784: 1783: 1781: 1780: 1779: 1750: 1749: 1748: 1743: 1705: 1687: 1640:Local elections 1634: 1516: 1468: 1458: 1456: 1419: 1414: 1413: 1402: 1398: 1392:Wayback Machine 1383: 1379: 1371: 1367: 1359: 1355: 1346: 1344: 1333: 1329: 1320: 1318: 1309: 1308: 1304: 1295: 1293: 1284: 1283: 1276: 1267: 1265: 1255: 1248: 1239: 1237: 1228: 1227: 1218: 1210: 1206: 1195: 1191: 1180: 1176: 1165: 1158: 1153: 1137: 853: 829: 778: 772: 764:Vladimir Kozlov 708: 700:Main articles: 698: 672:. 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Nursultan Nazarbayev
Azat Peruashev
Vladislav Kosarev
Nur Otan
Ak Zhol
QKHP
1 March 1999
2 July 2011
Chairman
Oral Muhamedjanov
Nur Otan
Chairman
Nurlan Nigmatulin
Nur Otan
Politics of Kazakhstan

Commonwealth of Independent States
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Kassym-Jomart Tokayev

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