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1856:Categories
1829:1995 (Aug)
1824:1995 (Apr)
1485:2020-05-01
1449:2020-05-01
1424:2020-05-01
1401:References
784:Background
770:Kazakhstan
696:Districts
581:Parliament
89:Registered
1374:2,766,465
1366:8,662,188
1358:8,662,188
1345:1,250,675
1331:4,893,204
1281:4,757,773
1247:4,757,773
888:2,883,706
620:elections
603:Chairman
590:Chairman
572:Chairman
539:President
272:2,883,706
92:8,662,188
1476:Archived
1444:Refworld
1384:Source:
700:audandar
688:oblıstar
684:Regions
460:Chairman
458:Elected
441:Chairman
411:572,672
279:541,239
276:336,177
100:56.49% (
1306:135,431
1022:163,824
990:336,177
956:541,239
922:572,672
812:Results
778:Mäjilis
618:Recent
599:Mäjilis
414:36,379
330:Leader
316:
305:
159:Leader
133:
119:
97:Turnout
81:Mäjilis
1334:100.00
1250:100.00
1192:20,826
1158:26,287
1124:36,379
1090:82,523
1056:94,140
918:Aq Jol
586:Senate
422:12.0%
354:Ă„dilet
349:Aq Jol
345:Party
295:11.4%
179:Party
1479:(PDF)
1468:(PDF)
1377:45.21
1361:56.49
1284:97.23
1244:Total
959:11.38
925:12.04
891:60.61
876:Seats
870:Votes
867:Seats
861:Votes
858:Seats
852:Votes
844:seats
842:Total
830:Party
425:0.8%
292:7.1%
288:60.6%
1840:2024
1834:2022
1819:1991
1803:2021
1785:2023
1780:2021
1775:2016
1770:2012
1765:2007
1760:2003
1755:1999
1750:1994
1732:2023
1727:2021
1722:2016
1717:2012
1712:2007
1707:2004
1702:1999
1697:1995
1692:1994
1687:1990
1682:1985
1677:1980
1672:1975
1667:1971
1662:1967
1657:1963
1652:1959
1647:1955
1642:1951
1637:1947
1632:1937
1614:2022
1609:2019
1604:2015
1599:2011
1594:2005
1589:1999
1584:1991
1309:2.77
1195:0.44
1161:0.55
1127:0.76
1093:1.73
1059:1.98
1025:3.44
993:7.07
952:Asar
884:Otan
774:Otan
667:2023
662:2021
657:2016
641:2022
636:2019
631:2015
543:list
470:Otan
452:Otan
193:Asar
188:AIST
183:Otan
106:5.97
67:2007
53:1999
1393:IPU
1390:CNN
1386:CEC
1180:New
1146:New
1112:New
1078:New
978:New
944:New
910:+18
847:+/–
790:CIS
402:New
397:New
262:New
257:New
253:19
237:11
218:23
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1266:77
1263:22
1258:45
1253:10
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1236:18
1233:10
1044:–3
1012:–5
1009:11
907:42
899:26
780:.
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388:1
385:1
377:–
374:–
240:4
233:42
224:–
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996:1
975:4
972:1
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