Four Azerbaijanis win seats at city representative bodies in Kazakhstan
Four Azerbaijanis have been elected to city maslikhats (local representative bodies) in Kazakhstan.
According to the election, Shamsaddin Huseynov was elected a maslikhat member in Aktau, Intigam Abishov in Temirtau, Najaf Mammadov in Uralsk, and Anvar Aghayev in the Western Kazakhstan region.
More than 9,800 polling stations have been created across the country for the elections.
Aside from that, 65 polling stations have been created at the country’s diplomatic missions abroad.
As many as 234 candidates from the following six parties are running for the parliament: the ruling party Nur Otan (127 candidates), Ak Zhol (35 candidates), Aul (19 candidates), the Communist People’s Party of Kazakhstan (22 candidates), the Nationwide Social Democratic Party (23 candidates) and the Birlik Party (eight candidates).
A total of 98 MPs are to be elected from these parties. Nine more MPs are to be elected from Kazakhstan’s Assembly of People during a voting at the Assembly on March 21.
As many as 10,825 candidates are running for seats in the maslikhats. On average, three candidates are running for one maslikhat member mandate.
A total of 955 observers from other countries and international organizations, and foreign media representatives worked in Kazakhstan during the elections.
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