2021 Aktobe regional election

Elections to the Aktobe Regional Mäslihat were held on 10 January 2021 to elect the members of the 7th Aktobe Regional Mäslihat. For the first time, proportional representation system was used to allocate the seats. The election coincided with the 2021 Kazakh local elections.

2021 Aktobe regional election

10 January 2021
All 33 seats in the Aktobe Regional Mäslihat 17 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats ± Nur Otan Azamat Adaev 80.72% 27 New Ak Zhol Äsia Quldybaeva 8.64% 3 New Auyl Jomart Baimuhan 8.14% 3 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Secretary before Secretary after Sänia Qaldygulova Nonpartisan Sänia Qaldygulova Nur Otan

The Nur Otan won a majority of 27 seats followed by the Ak Zhol Democratic Party (AJ) and Auyl People's Democratic Patriotic Party (AUYL) in which both parties earned 3 seats.

Background

On 21 October 2020, election date was scheduled for the Aktobe Regional Mäslihat along with other local races.[1] This came following the implementation of the law in 2018 which allowed for the local mäslihat seats to be elected through party-list proportional representation.

At the Nur Otan's party conference held on 17 November 2020, a party-list consisting of 50 candidates to the mäslihat were approved.[2] On 8 December 2020, Arkadiy Ni, the Regional Mäslihat councillor and candidate for the Nur Otan party was arrested on the suspicion of committing a criminal offense against a person. As a result, he was expelled from the party.[3][4]

Parties

List of parties which submitted their lists to the Aktobe Regional Electoral Commission:

Name			Ideology	No. 1 in party-list	No. of candidates	Registration date
	NO	Nur Otan	Big tent	Azamat Adaev	50	27 November 2020	[5]
	ADAL	Adal	Eco-socialism	Nurbek Qauqaqov	4	1 December 2020	[6]
	AJ	Ak Zhol Democratic Party	Liberalism	Äsia Quldybaeva	5	3 December 2020	[7]
	AUYL	Auyl People's Democratic Patriotic Party	Agrarianism	Jomart Baimuhan	5	4 December 2020	[8]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Nur Otan	256,655	80.72	27	+27
	Ak Zhol Democratic Party	27,460	8.64	3	+3
	Auyl People's Democratic Patriotic Party	25,893	8.14	3	+3
	Adal	7,962	2.50	0	0
Total		317,970	100.00	33	0
Valid votes		317,970	96.24
Invalid/blank votes		12,433	3.76
Total votes		330,403	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		562,351	58.75
Source: Aktobe Regional Election Commission

Popular vote Nur Otan   80.72% Ak Zhol   8.64% Auyl   8.14% Adal   2.50%

Mäslihat seats Nur Otan   81.82% Ak Zhol   9.09% Auyl   9.09%

References

1. "Мемлекет басшысының ҚР Парламенті Мәжілісі және мәслихат депутаттары сайлауын тағайындау туралы үндеуі". gov.egov.kz (in Kazakh). 2020-10-21. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
2. "Праймериз Nur Otan: в Актюбинской области выбрали четырех кандидатов в Мажилис". Liter.kz (in Russian). 2020-11-17. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
3. INFORM.KZ (2020-12-08). "Депутат маслихата Актюбинской области Аркадий Ни исключён из партии «Nur Otan»". www.inform.kz (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-01-26.
4. "Депутата маслихата Актюбинской области исключили из Nur Otan". rus.azattyq-ruhy.kz (in Russian). 2020-12-08. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
5. "Nur Otan" партиясы облыстық филиалының партиялық тізімін тіркеу туралы хабар". gov.egov.kz (in Kazakh). 2020-12-04. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
6. "ADAL" партиясы облыстық филиалының партиялық тізімін тіркеу туралы хабар". gov.egov.kz (in Kazakh). 2020-12-04. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
7. "АҚЖОЛ" партиясы облыстық филиалының партиялық тізімін тіркеу туралы хабар". gov.egov.kz (in Kazakh). 2020-12-04. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
8. "АУЫЛ" партиясы облыстық филиалының партиялық тізімін тіркеу туралы хабар". gov.egov.kz (in Kazakh). 2020-12-07. Retrieved 2021-01-26.