2021 Akmola regional election

Elections to the Akmola Regional Mäslihat was held on 10 January 2021 to elect the 32 members of the 7th Akmola Regional Mäslihat to coincide with the 2021 Kazakh local elections. It was the first election to be held under newly implemented proportional representation.

2021 Aktobe regional election

10 January 2021
All 32 seats in the Akmola Regional Mäslihat 17 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	71.45%
Party Leader % Seats ± Nur Otan Ruslan Abilov 75.72% 26 New Ak Zhol Ainagul Adrahmanova 8.91% 3 New Auyl Edil Aishuq 8.90% 3 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Secretary before Secretary after Alibek Baimagambetov Nonpartisan Murat Balpan Nur Otan

Nur Otan (NO) won a majority of 26 seats, followed by Ak Zhol and Auyl People's Democratic Patriotic Party with both winning 3 seats. The first session of the newly elected 7th Regional Mäslihat convened on 15 January 2021. From there, Murat Balpan (NO) was elected as the new Mäslihat Secretary.

Background

Following the constitutional amendments in 2018, all local elections were made to be elected through party-list proportional representation.

On 22 October 2020, elections to the Akmola Regional Mäslihat were scheduled to be held on 10 January 2021, the same date as the local and Mazhilis elections. The Nur Otan party held a conference on 17 November 2020 where the delegates approved party-list of 58 candidates as well as the election program in improving lives of the Akmola citizens.[1][2] By 11 December 2020, the Akmola Election Commission registered in total of 72 candidates from 4 parties except for People's Party of Kazakhstan (QHP) which refused to contest seats in the regional mäslihat.[3]

Parties

Name			Ideology	No. 1 in party-list	No. of candidates	Registration date
	NO	Nur Otan	Big tent	Ruslan Abilov	58	25 November 2020	[4]
	AUYL	Auyl People's Democratic Patriotic Party	Agrarianism	Edil Aishuq	6	30 November 2020	[5]
	AJ	Ak Zhol Democratic Party	Liberalism	Ainagul Adrahmanova	4	7 December 2020	[6]
	ADAL	Adal	Eco-socialism	Olga Adrahmanova	4	2 December 2020	[7]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Nur Otan	275,414	75.72	26	+26
	Ak Zhol Democratic Party	32,398	8.91	3	+3
	Auyl People's Democratic Patriotic Party	32,365	8.90	3	+3
	Adal	23,544	6.47	0	0
Total		363,721	100.00	32	0
Valid votes		363,721	97.96
Invalid/blank votes		7,560	2.04
Total votes		371,281	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		519,633	71.45
Source: Akmola Territorial Election Commission

Popular vote Nur Otan   75.72% Ak Zhol   8.91% Auyl   8.90% Adal   6.47%

Mäslihat seats Nur Otan   81.25% Ak Zhol   9.38% Auyl   9.38% Adal   0%

References

1. INFORM.KZ (2020-11-17). "Почти на 70% обновился состав кандидатов в Акмолинский областной маслихат от Nur Otan". www.inform.kz (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-01-25.
2. "В Акмолинской области утвердили список кандидатов в областной маслихат от партии Nur Otan". Liter.kz (in Russian). 2020-11-17. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
3. "2021 жылғы 10 қаңтарға тағайындалған Қазақстан Республикасы мәслихаттары депутаттарының кезекті сайлауында мәслихаттар депутаттығына кандидаттардың партиялық тізімдерін тіркеу туралы хабарлама". gov.egov.kz (in Kazakh). 2020-12-11. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
4. ""Nur Otan "партиясы" қоғамдық бірлестігі Ақмола облыстық қоғамдық филиалының партиялық тізімін тіркеу туралы". gov.egov.kz (in Kazakh). 2020-11-25. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
5. "«Ауыл» Халықтық демократиялық-патриоттық партиясы» қоғамдық бірлестігі Ақмола облысы бойынша өңірлік филиалының партиялық тізімін тіркеу туралы". gov.egov.kz (in Kazakh). 2020-11-30. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
6. "«АҚ ЖОЛ» саяси партиясы» қоғамдық бірлестігі Ақмола облыстық филиалының партиялық тізімін тіркеу туралы". gov.egov.kz (in Kazakh). 2020-12-07. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
7. "«ADAL» саяси партиясы» қоғамдық бірлестігі Ақмола облыстық филиалының партиялық тізімін тіркеу туралы". gov.egov.kz (in Kazakh). 2020-12-02. Retrieved 2021-01-25.