Adal (political party)

Adal (Kazakh: Әділ, romanized: Ädil, lit. 'Fair'), known as Birlik (Kazakh: Бірлік, lit. 'Unity') until 2020, is a registered political party in Kazakhstan that was formed as a result of merger between Rukhaniyat Party and Democratic Party Adilet on 26 April 2013. The party is led by Serik Sultangali.

Adal

Әділ
ChairmanSerik Sultangali
Founded26 April 2013 (2013-04-26)
(as Birlik)
5 November 2020 (2020-11-05)
(as Adal)
Merger ofRukhaniyat Party
Democratic Party Adilet
Mazhilis
0 / 107
Regional
councillors
3 / 515
Municipal
Assemblies
27 / 3,229
Website
adalpartiyasy.kz

History

On 26 April 2013, two parties Adilet and Rukhaniyat made a decision to merge with each other to form Birlik (meaning Unity).[1] The party for the first time participated in the 2016 Kazakh legislative election where it won 0.29% of the vote, failing to reach the 7% electoral threshold, thus unable to win any seats in the Mazhilis.[2]

The party never nominated its candidate for the 2015 or 2019 presidential elections.

On 5 November 2020, at the political council of Birlik, the party announced its decision rename itself into Adal (meaning Honesty) due to an experiment carried out by sociologists in which the variant "Adal" was preferred more.[3] The party was re-registered by the Ministry of Justice on 11 November.[4]

Ideology

Although the party has no clear and formulated ideology, it ran on a platform that was focused on the environment and social sphere during the 2016 legislative elections.[5]

Electoral history

Mazhilis elections
Election Party leader Votes % Seats +/– Position Government
2016 Serik Sultangali 21,484 0.29%
0 / 98
 New party Extra-parliamentary
2021 258,618 3.57%
0 / 98
 TBA Extra-parliamentary

References
  1. "В Казахстане объединились две партии". regnum.ru (in Russian). 2013-04-26. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
  2. "Kazakh President's Party Wins Big In Polls". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. 2016-03-20. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  3. "Партия «Бірлік» переименована в «Адал» - Аналитический интернет-журнал Vласть". vlast.kz (in Russian). 2020-11-05. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  4. tengrinews.kz (2020-11-13). "Партию Adal официально зарегистрировали в Казахстане". Главные новости Казахстана - Tengrinews.kz (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  5. "Казахстанская партия "Бирлик" идет на выборы в защиту экологии и возрождения культуры". ТАСС (in Russian). 2016-02-05. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
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