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Kazakh electors pick fresh crop of senators, RFE (2008)

The head of Kazakhstan’s election authority has endorsed the results of an indirect vote to fill a handful of seats in the country’s rubberstamp upper house of parliament, saying candidates won majorities in all 16 contests. It was unclear whether all the winners were members of the pro-presidential Nur-Otan party or nominal independents, but there were no opposition members among the 37 candidates in the running.

Kazakhstan: early parliamentary poll on the cards, EurasiaNet (2008)

Mounting speculation that Kazakhstan will call an early parliamentary election was fuelled last week when an official from President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s administration dropped heavy hints that a fresh vote is expected as the country gears up to assume the chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in 2010.

Kazakhstan set to hold eary poll, BBC (2007).

This article concerns the decision of president Nursultan Nazarbayev to hold early parliamentary elections.

Kazakh MPs lift presidency limit, BBC (2007).

This article deals with the Kazakh parliament vote on unlimited terms of office for president Nursultan Nazarbayev.

The Upcoming Election in Kazakhstan, JTW (2007)

This is an article about the upcoming parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan by The Journal of Turkish Weekly.