Legislative elections were held in

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on 7 March 1994, alongside local elections. The

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emerged as the largest party with 33 of the 177 seats, although 64 independents were also elected. Supporters of the President won a clear majority of seats, and around 60% of seats were won by ethnic Kazakhs. Following the elections,

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was reappointed Prime Minister. Voter turnout was 73.5%. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I'', p420

Background

The elections were the first to the Supreme Kenges created by the 1993 constitution;

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for the former 360-seat Supreme Soviet had last taken place in March 1990, prior to independence in December 1991. The outgoing Supreme Soviet dissolved itself on 13 December 1993, five days after having set the election date.

Campaign

The President's People's Union of Kazakhstan Unity was challenged by several newly formed groups, especially the

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. After a screening process, 754 candidates were approved to contest the 135 directly-elected seats. There were also 65 candidates for the 42 "state list" seats. The campaign lasted two-months and was focussed on the economy; Nazarbayev committed to the free-market system and continuing reforms, particularly in the banking and tax spheres, in order to attract foreign investment.

Conduct

The elections were monitored by foreign observers, including the

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. The CSCE report called into question whether the elections had been free and fair.Elections held in 1994
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Results

References

External links

* ttp://www.parlam.kz/Information.aspx?doc=5&lan=en-US Parliament of Republic of Kazakhstanbr>Central Election Commission

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