2021 Nur-Sultan City Mäslihat election

2021 Nur-Sultan City Mäslihat election
	All 31 seats in the Nur-Sultan City Mäslihat; 16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	44.86%

Elections to the Nur-Sultan City Mäslihat were held on 10 January 2021 to elect 31 councillors of the Nur-Sultan City Mäslihat. This is the first time that the MP's would be chosen by party-list proportional representation.

The Nur Otan won a majority of 26 out of 31 seats in the City Mäslihat.^[1]

Background[]

Following the , all the contested seats in the Mäslihat was won by Nur Otan members. Despite the race being non-partisan, many independent candidates complained about being barred from running due to alleged "inconsistency of the data in the tax returns".^[2]

After President Nursultan Nazarbayev announced constitutional reforms in 2017 which would give lawmakers more power and decentralize the government, an amendment was passed by the Parliament which would allow for local elections to the Mäslihats be more partisan, thus giving greater role for political parties to nominate its candidates.^[3] However this made practically impossible for self-nominated independent candidates to be compete in the elections since the law requires all Mäslihat councillors to be part of political parties.^[4]

Electoral system[]

The City Mäslihat councillors are directly elected through proportional representation for a 5-year term and must win the 7% electoral threshold to win any seats. If only one party manages to pass the threshold, then the other party with the second most received votes is awarded enough seats to have representations in the City Mäslihat.^[4]

Results[]


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–

	Nur Otan	239,898	83.61	26	+26
	Ak Zhol Democratic Party	21,338	7.44	3	+3
	People's Party	21,251	7.41	2	+2
	Auyl People's Democratic Patriotic Party	2,814	0.98	0	0
	Adal	1,619	0.56	0	0
Total		286,920	100.00	31	0

Valid votes		286,920	93.96
Invalid/blank votes		18,457	6.04
Total votes		305,377	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		680,705	44.86
Source: Vechastana.kz

Popular vote

Nur Otan			83.61%
Ak Zhol			7.44%
QHP			7.41%
Auyl			0.98%
Adal			0.56%

City Mäslihat seats

Nur Otan			83.87%
Ak Zhol			9.67%
QHP			6.45%
Auyl			0%
Adal			0%

References[]

^ INFORM.KZ (2021-01-12). "Три партии прошли в маслихат Нур-Султана". www.inform.kz (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-01-14.
^ "Нуротановцы заняли все вакантные места в столичном маслихате". informburo.kz (in Russian). 2016-03-24. Retrieved 2020-12-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Abdurasulov, Abdujalil (2017-03-06). "Kazakhstan constitution: Will changes bring democracy?". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-12-10.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ ^a ^b "Незаметные маслихаты - Аналитический интернет-журнал Vласть". vlast.kz (in Russian). 2019-08-16. Retrieved 2020-12-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[1] INFORM.KZ (2021-01-12). "Три партии прошли в маслихат Нур-Султана". www.inform.kz (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-01-14.

[2] "Нуротановцы заняли все вакантные места в столичном маслихате". informburo.kz (in Russian). 2016-03-24. Retrieved 2020-12-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[3] Abdurasulov, Abdujalil (2017-03-06). "Kazakhstan constitution: Will changes bring democracy?". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-12-10.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[:02-4] "Незаметные маслихаты - Аналитический интернет-журнал Vласть". vlast.kz (in Russian). 2019-08-16. Retrieved 2020-12-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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