The Nur Otan party, ruling in Kazakhstan, won 72 percent of the vote in the elections to the Mazhilis (lower house of the republic’s parliament). This is stated in the first results of the exit poll, promulgated by the Association “Research Association” Institute for Democracy “, reports TASS.
According to the results of the study, the People’s Party of Kazakhstan, which won 9.54 percent of the vote, and Ak Zhol, with the result of 10.2 percent of the vote, can also enter the Parliament of Kazakhstan.
The first president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, has already congratulated the members of the ruling Nur Otan party he leads on their victory in the elections. “The preliminary results of the exit poll show that Kazakhstanis associate the further development of our country and the improvement of welfare with our party,” he said.