YEREVAN, JANUARY 12, ARMENPRESS. Kazakhstan’s ruling party Nur Otan secured victory in the January 10 elections to the lower house of parliament garnering 71.09% of the vote, Deputy Chairman of the Central Election Commission Konstantin Petrov said, reports TASS.
Photo: Kazpravda.kz/Adilbek Tauekelov The territorial election commissions of Almaty and Shymkent summed up the results of the elections to maslikhats, and also distributed deputy mandates, Kazpravda.kz reports. The number of mandates in the maslikhat of Shymkent is 30. Five parties took part in the elections: People s Party of Kazakhstan, Nur Otan, ADAl, Auyl, Ak Zhol. As a result of the elections, three parties participated in the distribution of mandates. Nur Otan received 24 mandates, the Auyl People s Democratic Patriotic Party - 3 mandates, the Ak Zhol party - 3 mandates, said the chairman of the territorial election commission of Shymkent Kairbek Kunanbayev at a meeting of the CEC of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
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