Direct presidential elections in Kazakhstan were first held on December 1, 1991 . [one]
 1999 → | |||
| Election of the President of Kazakhstan | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| December 1, 1991 | |||
| Voter turnout | 88.2% | ||
 | |||
| Candidate | N.A. Nazarbayev | ||
| The consignment | Communist Party | ||
| Vice President | E. M. Asanbaev | ||
| Votes | 8,681,276 (98.80%) | ||
| Election result | N. Nazarbayev won, became president of Kazakhstan | ||
Content
History
On April 24, 1990, the Supreme Council of the Kazakh SSR (the highest authority in the republic) established the post of president of the Kazakh SSR by adopting the Law "On the establishment of the post of President of the Kazakh SSR and the introduction of amendments and additions to the constitution (fundamental law) of the Kazakh SSR" [2] . On the same day, the Supreme Council elected Nursultan Nazarbayev as president for a term of 6 years [3] .
On October 16, 1991, the Law "On the Election of the President of the Kazakh SSR" was adopted and the Supreme Council of the Kazakh SSR determined election day on December 1. The law established the need to collect 100 thousand signatures for the nomination and registration of a presidential candidate, which coincided with the requirements of the corresponding law of the RSFSR, although the population of the Kazakh SSR was several times smaller [4] .
On October 24, 1991, the current president of the Kazakh SSR, Nursultan Nazarbayev, was registered by the Central Election Commission as a presidential candidate.
Candidate for President of the Kazakh SSR N.A. was included in the ballot for secret ballot Nazarbayev and candidate for vice-president of the Kazakh SSR - E. M. Asanbaev [5] .
The deputies of the Supreme Council of the Kazakh SSR as a candidate for president also proposed a writer, Olzhas Suleimenov , but he recused himself. Khasen Kozha-Akhmet was unable to collect the required number of signatures for the election [6] .
Results
Nursultan Nazarbayev was elected with 98.0% of the vote, with 88.2% turnout. [7]
| Candidate for president | Candidate in vice presidents | The consignment | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. Nazarbayev | E. Asanbaev | Communist Party | 8,681,276 | 98.8 |
| Vs | 107,252 | 1.2 | ||
| Invalid / blank votes | 198 | - | ||
| Total | 8,788,726 | 100 | ||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | ||||
Inauguration
The inauguration took place on December 10, 1991. A few hours before the inauguration, the Supreme Council of the Kazakh SSR renamed the Kazakh SSR into the Republic of Kazakhstan. Thus, the elected president of the Kazakh SSR took the oath as president of the Republic of Kazakhstan [5] .
Notes
- ↑ Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I , p416 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
- ↑ Law of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic of April 24, 1990 on the establishment of the post of President of the Kazakh SSR and the introduction of amendments and additions to the Constitution
- ↑ History of the development of parliamentarism in Kazakhstan - Website of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan
- ↑ Kurtov, A. Democracy of Elections in Kazakhstan: Authoritarian Evolution // Constitutional Law: East European Review. - 2000. - T. 31, No. 2. - S. 2-10.
- ↑ 1 2 Chronicle of the activities of the President of Kazakhstan for 1990-1991. akorda.kz
- ↑ Small nuances of domestic elections
- ↑ Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I , p424 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
Links
- Election history
- Olcott, Martha Brill. Kazakhstan: Unfulfilled Promise. - Washington, DC : Carnegie Endowment for International Peace , 2002. - ISBN 0-87003-188-0 .
- OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) The Republic of Kazakstan Presidential Election, 10 January 1999 - Assessment Mission (PDF) (link not available) . Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (February 5, 1999). Date of treatment June 24, 2008. Archived June 6, 2011.