Kazakhstan’s Adilet (Justice) party has been officially declared the winner of the country’s Kurultai elections, securing 110 seats, according to the Central Election Commission’s preliminary results.
Adilet received 71.17% of the vote, while Auyl came second with 6.26%, securing 10 seats, Caliber.Az reports, citing Kazakh media.
Respublica received 5.56% and won nine seats, while the Nationwide Social Democratic Party (OSDP) took 5.11% and eight seats. The Democratic Party of Kazakhstan (DPK) Ak Zhol received 5.21%, also securing eight seats.
The People’s Party of Kazakhstan received 3.11% of the vote, the Baitak Green Party of Kazakhstan 1.07%, while 2.51% of voters selected “Against all”.
The results follow exit polls and a preliminary vote count, both of which had previously placed Adilet first in Kazakhstan’s first-ever Kurultai elections, held on August 23.
By Aghakazim Guliyev
