The People's Congress of Kazakhstan () was a political party in

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...

. It was founded on 5 October 1991 and became registered on 31 December 1991. It was founded by

Olzhas Suleimenov Olzhas Omaruly Suleimenov (, ''Oljas Omarūly Süleimenov''; , ''Olzhas Omarovich Suleymenov'') is a Kazakh Russian-language poet, Turkologist, politician, and anti-nuclear activist. Life Suleimenov was born to a Muslim family as the son of Om ...

who led the party from 1991 to 1995. The QUK was founded and grew out of the anti-nuclear Nevada-Semipalatinsk movement. Due to the popularity of this movement, the party found many supporters. The party had an extensive regional network, in which 18 regions of Kazakhstan were represented, except for West Kazakhstan. In its economic policy, the QUK committed to creating legal conditions for the development of a modern socially oriented market economy, the main link of which is commodity production. The PARTY emphasized the need for a phased, gradual privatization of enterprises owned by the state as well as collective and public property. From the QUK party, 23 candidates were nominated for elections to the Mazhilis and 10 people from the Nevada-Semipalatinsk movement. The party found its most success in the 1994 Kazakh legislative election, winning 9 seats.

Dieter Nohlen Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An ex ...

, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I'', p420 However, after a snap legislative election in

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, the party lost 8 seats leaving it with just only one. In the

1999 Kazakh legislative election Legislative elections were held in Kazakhstan on 10 October 1999, with a second round on 24 October. The result was a victory for the new Otan (party), Otan party, which won 23 of the 77 seats. Voter turnout was 62.5%.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz ...

, the QUK lost its only seat and never managed to regain any seats. On 25 December 2001, the QUK, along with the Democratic Party of Azamat, and the People's Republican Party was merged into a single political party which was the United Democratic Party. The party, however, never became registered nor had a big popularity. On January 31, 2023, the People's Congress of Kazakhstan Party passed its initial registration with the Ministry of Justice.

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{{Reflist Defunct political parties in Kazakhstan Political parties established in 1991