Nazarbayev is victorious in the Kazakhstan elections once again

Last Sunday, Kazakhstan held elections to the lower house of parliament (Majlis). The party of President Nursultan Nazarbayev "Nur Otan”, as was expected, achieved a resounding victory. Thus, the president of Kazakhstan demonstrated that the course of the country would support sovereign policy and Eurasian integration.

Election results

The elections were pre-term, an initiative that was mandated by parliament. "Nur Otan" received 82% of the vote in the election. Second place was won by the party "Ak Zhol" with 7.18% of the vote, with the Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan claiming 7.14% of the vote. The other parties did not pass into parliament (there is a 7% threshold in Kazakhstan).

What has Kazakhstan chosen?

The election results show that residents are generally supportive of the president, and believe his considered hard-man rule system to be most suitable for the country. The peculiarity of Kazakhstan is that it is trying to combine a non-linear policy that seeks to preserve the country's sovereignty within the vector of Eurasian integration. It was Nursultan Nazarbayev, in 1994, who initiated the idea to create a Eurasian Union.

Possible changes

After Nazarbayev himself voted at the polling station, he refused to rule out changes to the Constitution. According to the results, the republic may cease to be super-Presidential. The country’s leader did not specify what the specific reforms to the power system would entail.

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Nazarbayev is victorious in the Kazakhstan elections once again