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Kazakhstan's new pro-Tokayev party Adilet wins 71% and 110 of 145 seats in the first Kurultai

Kazakhstan's newly formed pro-government party Adilet won Sunday's parliamentary election, with results announced on Monday, August 24. Al Jazeera said the party, founded this year and led by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's top aides, won over 71% of the vote and had absorbed the former ruling party, Amanat. The vote filled the new 145-member, single-chamber Kurultai, which replaces the two-chamber parliament under a constitution adopted earlier this year.

The Times of Central Asia gave the detail: Adilet 71.17% and 110 seats, followed by Auyl (10 seats), Respublica (9), Aq Zhol (8) and OSDP (8). Two parties fell below the 5% threshold, and 2.51% voted “against all.” Final turnout was 74.08%, up from 54.19% in 2023.

How each outlet framed it

• Al Jazeera — power: all four other parties broadly back Tokayev, the Supreme Court has ruled he can run for a new seven-year term, and he will name a “well-known” vice president for a newly created office.
• The Times of Central Asia — the numbers and the process, citing the OSCE/ODIHR preliminary view that the vote was “technically well prepared” and noting that smaller parties accepted the result.
• Eurasianet — a regional specialist's view of a pro-presidential party dominating the new chamber.

Where the numbers differ: Regional turnout ranged from 92.16% in Turkestan region to 43.23% in Almaty, according to The Times of Central Asia.

What we don't know yet: Tokayev, 73, told journalists it was too early to say whether he would seek another term.