Voters arrive at a polling place during Kazakhstan’s parliamentary election.

Па́ртия «Әділе́т» победи́ла на выборах в Казахста́не

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В воскресе́нье, 23 а́вгуста, в Казахста́не прошли́ досро́чные вы́боры в парла́мент. Па́ртия «Әділе́т», кото́рую подде́рживает власть, набра́ла чуть бо́льше 71 проце́нта голосо́в. Об э́том 24 а́вгуста сообщи́ла Центра́льная избира́тельная коми́ссия.

Ещё четы́ре па́ртии прошли́ в но́вый парла́мент — Курулта́й. Для э́того им ну́жно бы́ло получи́ть как ми́нимум пять проце́нтов голосо́в. Я́вка, по да́нным коми́ссии, соста́вила о́коло 74 проце́нтов.

Наблюда́тели ОБСЕ сказа́ли, что вы́боры бы́ли техни́чески хорошо́ подгото́влены. Но в стране́ не хвата́ло настоя́щего поли́тического вы́бора. По их слова́м, «Әділе́т» име́ла преиму́щество, а во вре́мя подсчёта голосо́в бы́ли серьёзные наруше́ния.

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Adilet Party Wins Kazakhstan Election

On Sunday, August 23, early parliamentary elections took place in Kazakhstan. The Adilet Party, which is supported by the authorities, received just over 71 percent of the vote. The Central Election Commission reported this on August 24.

Four more parties also entered the new parliament, the Kurultai. To do this, they needed to receive at least five percent of the vote. Turnout was about 74 percent, according to the commission.

OSCE observers said that the elections were technically well prepared. But the country lacked real political choice. They said that Adilet had an advantage, and that there were serious violations during the vote count.

Key Vocabulary

Russian Part of speech English
досро́чные adjective early; held before the planned date
избира́тельная коми́ссия noun phrase electoral commission
я́вка noun voter turnout
наблюда́тели noun observers
техни́чески adverb technically
поли́тический вы́бор noun phrase political choice
преиму́щество noun advantage
подсчёт голосо́в noun phrase vote count
наруше́ния noun violations

Sources

  1. OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights: Kazakhstan’s elections were technically well prepared, but took place in an environment lacking political pluralism, international observers say
  2. Reuters, via Internazionale: Pro-presidential party in Kazakhstan won 71% of votes in weekend election, electoral commission says

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