2021 Almaty City Mäslihat election

Elections to the Almaty City Mäslihat were held on 10 January 2021 to elect 39 councillors of the Almaty City Mäslihat. This is the first time that the councillors would be chosen by party-list proportional representation.

2021 Almaty City Mäslihat election
10 January 2021
All 39 seats in the Almaty City Mäslihat
20 seats needed for a majority
Turnout30.25%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Zhansaya Abdumalik Alia Bekkujina
Party Nur Otan Ak Zhol
Leader since 18 November 2020 20 November 2020
Last election New New
Seats won 29 15
Seat change 29 4
Popular vote 218,003 32,367
Percentage 68.11% 10.11%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Mahambet Hasenov Älibek Şapenov
Party Auyl People's Party
Leader since 18 November 2020 9 December 2020
Last election New New
Seats won 3 3
Seat change 3 3
Popular vote 24,591 23,388
Percentage 7.68% 7.31%
Secretary before election

Qaldybai Qazanbaev
Nonpartisan

 Elected Secretary

Stanislav Kankurov
Nur Otan

The Nur Otan won majority of 29 seats in the Almaty City Mäslihat following by the other 3 parties.

Background

In the aftermath of the 2016 City Mäslihat elections which were non-partisan, the councillors though, were mostly consisted of Nur Otan party members.

In 2018, the Government of Kazakhstan approved a new constitutional amendment which would allow all Mäslihat elections to be conducted through party-list proportional representation.[1] However, the move would prevent self-nominated Independent candidates from competition in the race since the City Mäslihats require all councillors to be part of a registered political party.[2]

In December 2019, the City Mäslihat unanimously voted for approval of the draft Almaty-2050 Development Strategy aimed to solve the problems in Almaty and improve lives of citizens.[3] As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Kazakhstan, the city suffered setbacks in declining economy, investments and an increase in inflation due to quarantine measures and lockdowns that were implemented.[4] City councillor Qairat Qudaibergen was reported to have tested positive for COVID-19.[5] In December 2020, during a briefing, Almaty äkim Bakhytzhan Sagintayev stated that the economy had stabilized and that it has a "potential for rapid recovery in the post-epidemic period."[6]

Electoral system

The City Mäslihat councillors are directly-elected through proportional representation for a 5-year term and must win the 7% electoral threshold to win any seats. If only one party manages to pass the threshold, then the other party with the second most received votes is awarded enough seats to have representations in the City Mäslihat.[2]

Parties

5 parties submitted their list to the Territorial Election Commission of the Almaty City which included:

Name Ideology No. 1 in party-list No. of candidates Registration date
NO Nur Otan Big tent Zhansaya Abdumalik 78 18 November 2020 [7]
AUYL Auyl People's Democratic Patriotic Party Agrarianism Mahambet Hasenov 6 30 November 2020 [8]
QHP People's Party of Kazakhstan Socialism Älibek Şapenov 14 9 December 2020 [9]
ADAL Adal Eco-socialism Rauan Bugybaev 5 8 December 2020 [10]
AJ Ak Zhol Democratic Party Liberalism Alia Bekkujina 15 8 December 2020 [11]

Results

The Nur Otan won 68.1% of the vote, gaining a majority of 29 seats in the City Mäslihat. Other 3 contesting parties for the seats managed to enter the City Mäslihat except for the Adal which narrowly missed the 7% electoral threshold to win any seats.

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Nur Otan218,00368.1129+29
Ak Zhol Democratic Party32,36710.114+4
Auyl People's Democratic Patriotic Party24,5917.683+3
People's Party23,3887.313+3
Adal21,7336.7900
Total320,082100.00390
Valid votes320,08293.75
Invalid/blank votes21,3496.25
Total votes341,431100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,132,29830.15
Source: Territorial Election Commission of Almaty
Popular vote
Nur Otan
 
 68.11%
Ak Zhol
 
 10.11%
Auyl
 
 7.68%
QHP
 
 7.31%
Adal
 
 6.79%
City Mäslihat seats
Nur Otan
 
 77.55%
Ak Zhol
 
 10.25%
Auyl
 
 7.69%
QHP
 
 7.69%
Adal
 
 0%

References
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  2. "Незаметные маслихаты - Аналитический интернет-журнал Vласть". vlast.kz (in Russian). 2019-08-16. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
  3. "Депутаты городского маслихата единогласно проголосовали за утверждение Стратегии "Алматы-2050"". almaty.tv (in Russian). 2019-12-13. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
  4. Маулетбай, Серикжан (2020-05-27). "Экономика Алматы во время карантина упала на 9,2%. Потери по налогам за год составят 100 млрд тенге". informburo.kz (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-12-09.
  5. "Кайрат Кудайберген заражен коронавирусом". almaty.tv (in Russian). 2020-06-19. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
  6. INFORM.KZ (2020-12-07). "Экономика Алматы стабилизирована - Бакытжан Сагинтаев". www.inform.kz (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-12-09.
  7. "Алматы қаласы аумақтық сайлау комиссиясының хабары". gov.egov.kz (in Kazakh). 2020-11-18. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  8. "Алматы қаласы аумақтық комиссиясының хабары". gov.egov.kz (in Kazakh). 2020-11-30. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  9. "Алматы қаласы аумақтық комиссиясының хабары". gov.egov.kz (in Kazakh). 2020-12-11. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  10. "Алматы қаласы аумақтық комиссиясының хабары". gov.egov.kz (in Kazakh). 2020-12-09. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  11. "Алматы қаласы аумақтық комиссиясының хабары". gov.egov.kz (in Kazakh). 2020-12-09. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
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