234 candidates apply for parliament seats in Kazakhstan

Six Kazakh parties have submitted lists of 234 candidates for deputies of the lower house of parliament in the upcoming elections on March 20, the chairman of the Central Electoral Commission, Kuandyk Turgankulov, said.

The CEC has already registered 203 candidates from the ruling party Nur Otan, the Democratic Party of Kazakhstan Ak Zhol, the People's Democratic Patriotic Party Aul and the Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan (CPPK), RIA Novosti reports.

The registration will last until February 19.