Kazakhstan's CEC confirms that five parties are entering the Kurultai
According to the preliminary results of the elections to the Kurultai (the unicameral parliament) held in Kazakhstan, five parties cleared the required 5% threshold, Central Election Commission Chairman Nurlan Abdirov said.
The ruling party Adilet leads in the number of votes received from voters, with 71.17% of the vote.
According to the figures announced by the head of the CEC, it was followed by the Auyl party with 6.26% of the vote, then the Respublica party with 5.56%.
The Ak Zhol Democratic Party received 5.21%, and the Nationwide Social Democratic Party (NSDP) received 5.11%.
The People's Party of Kazakhstan, with 3.11% of the vote, and the Baitak Green Party, with 1.07% of the vote, failed to clear the 5% threshold required to enter parliament.
Against all voted 2.51% of the voters who cast ballots.
On Sunday, Kazakhstan held the first elections to the Kurultai, the country's new unicameral parliament. Voting took place at more than 10,400 polling stations, including 79 polling stations at Kazakhstan's missions in 61 foreign countries. According to preliminary CEC data, turnout was 74.08%.
The CEC registered 545 candidates from all seven political parties to take part in the elections: Adilet (186 candidates), Ak Zhol (63), Auyl (69), Baitak (47), the People's Party of Kazakhstan (72), the Nationwide Social Democratic Party (33) and Respublica (75).
Previously, six parties were represented in the Mazhilis of parliament (the lower house): the dominant position was held by the Amanat party (now part of Adilet), the Auyl party, Ak Zhol, Respublica, the Nationwide Social Democratic Party and the People's Party of Kazakhstan.
The Adilet ("Justice") party, which received the largest number of votes, was created in Kazakhstan by an initiative group in April 2026. In early May, former head of the administration of the president of Kazakhstan Aibek Dadebai was elected its chairman. In June, the party received state registration. In mid-June, by decision of its congress, Adilet admitted into its ranks the country's largest ruling party, Amanat (formerly Nur Otan, the party of former Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev).
The Kurultai, Kazakhstan's highest representative body exercising legislative power, is being elected for the first time. Prior to this, a bicameral parliament consisting of the Mazhilis and the Senate was in place.
The Kurultai will consist of 145 deputies elected under a system of proportional representation in a single nationwide electoral district, that is, voters cast their ballots for party lists. The election of Kurultai deputies was carried out on the basis of universal, equal and direct suffrage by secret ballot.
