ACE Electoral News
ACE Electoral News
- Kyrgyz Republic: Final Report, Presidential Elections, OSCE/ODIHR (2009)
- The 23 July 2009 presidential election in the Kyrgyz Republic failed to meet key OSCE commitments for democratic elections, in particular the commitment to guarantee equal suffrage, to ensure that votes are reported honestly and that political campaigning is conducted in a fair and free atmosphere as well as to maintain a clear separation between party and state. The field of presidential candidates offered a genuine choice to voters and the continuing engagement of civil society provided an important element of transparency and accountability. Notwithstanding these positive lements, public confidence in the electoral process remains a fundamental challenge.
- Kazakhstan: The opposition parties of NSDP and Azat united, Ferghana (2009)
- National social-democratic party (NSDP) of Kazakhstan and Azat Democratic Party announced their integration into Azat National social-democratic party. The invitation to integrate was also sent to the leaders of two other opposition parties – Alga and Communist party. However, their leaders rejected the proposal.
- 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.
- Kazakh Party Proposes Presidency-For-Life For Nazarbaev, RFE/RL (2009)
- Kazakhstan's Presidential Nur-Otan party is proposing legislation that would allow Nursultan Nazarbaev to remain president for life. In 2007, the Kazakh parliament adopted an amendment to the constitution extending the presidential term to seven years and lifting the limit on the number of terms that Nazarbaev could serve.
- Election Results - Kazakhstan
- Election results from Adam Carr's Election Archive
- Upcoming and past elections
- IFES Election Guide - Kazakhstan
- IFES Kazakhstan
- Kazakhstan: OSCE-ODIHR Final Report on the 18 August 2007 Parliamentary Elections
- OSCE-ODIHR's final report on the 2007 Parliamentary Elections in Kazakhstan.
- Kazakhstan: Statement of Preliminary Findings and Conclusions on the 18 August 2007 Parliamentary Elections, IEOM
- The 18 August 2007 elections for the Majilis (lower house) of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan took place soon after major amendments to the Constitution and the Election Law, including the introduction of a new election system based on proportional representation. While these elections reflected welcome progress in the re-election process and during the conduct of the vote, a number of OSCE commitments and Council of Europe standards were not met, in particular with regard to elements of the new legal framework and to the vote count.
- 2007 Parliamentary Elections in Kazakhstan: Interim Report 1, OSCE/ODIHR
- Interim report of OSCE/ODIHR on the 2007 Parliamentary Elections in Kazakhstan, observation period: 16 July-4 August 2008.
- OSCE - ODIHR Documents about Kazakhstan
- Document collection including all observation reports
- Tajik democracy not fully tested in uncompetitive presidential election, OSCE (2006)
- Democratic practices were not fully tested in the 6 November presidential election in Tajikistan due to the absence of genuine competition, thus providing voters with only nominal choice, concluded the OSCE Election Observation Mission.
- Central Commission for Elections and Referenda
- Contact information on the Electoral Commission of Tajikistan via AAEA
- Election Results - Tajikistan
- Election results from wikipedia
- Upcoming and past elections
- IFES Election Guide - Tajikistan
- IFES Tajikistan
