Amanat party leads in Kazakhstan snap election

Kazakhstan's ruling Amanat party won 53.9% of the vote in a snap parliamentary election, official data showed on Monday.

Second place, with 11%, has been taken by the social democratic Auyl People’s Democratic Party, suggesting that political debate in the new parliament will be more about the pace of reform, rather than its direction. The newly formed Respublica Party came third with nearly 9% of the vote.

The Aq jol Democratic Party, the People’s Party and the National Social Democratic Party all also cleared the 5% threshold for achieving representation in the Mazhilis. The green party, Baytaq, failed to make it over the line with just over 2% support.

All of the seven parties registered in the country participated in the parliamentary elections that took place in Kazakhstan on Sunday.