OSCE
Office for Democratic Institutions
and Human Rights
REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN
PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
10 and 24 OCTOBER 1999
FINAL REPORT |
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Annex 2 - Analysis of Results of
the Senate Election
The Senate election took place at joint
sessions of qualified electors, of which 86.5% took part. The most noteworthy political
outcome was the rejection of 9 of 11 incumbent Senators who ran in contested races. The
other major underlying trend is the ethnic profile of the candidates and the victors. In
both cases they were overwhelmingly ethnic Kazakh.
Lack of open or official affiliation by candidates with political
parties suggests that the Senate races were much more a question of individual political
personalities than support for or against particular parties.
Summary of Candidates and Results
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No. |
Nationality |
Gender |
Incumbents |
Political Party membership |
Nomination |
| Candidates |
29 |
Kazakh–23 Russian-2
Ukrainian–2
German–1
Tartar–1 |
M – 28 F – 1 |
14 |
The CEC stated only
that five candidates were members of OTAN. The Civil party claimed to have candidates. |
20 were nominated by their respective
Maslikhats and 9 were self-nominated. |
| Elected |
16 |
Kazakh–14 German–1
Tartar–1 |
M – 15 F – 1 |
6 |
Claimed by parties: OTAN
– 11
Civil party – 2.
Each claimed one winner. |
All
of the Senate candidates who were self-nominated ran in contested races. Three were
successful. |
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