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Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev<\/strong> assured on Sunday that the elections to the new unicameral parliament<\/strong> (Kurultai) are only the beginning<\/strong> of a major effort to transform the country.<\/p>\n

“Today’s elections are only the beginning of that major effort,” said the Kazakh leader after casting his vote at a polling station set up in the Palace of Independence.<\/p>\n

He added that Kazakhstan is now implementing “large-scale reforms”<\/strong> and Kazakhs are aware of the “transformations that are taking place.”<\/p>\n

“We have achieved significant results<\/strong>, but there is still much work to be done,” he said.<\/p>\n

According to official data, by midday more than 37% of Kazakhs eligible to vote had turned up at polling stations.<\/p>\n

These are the tenth parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan since the country’s independence and the first for a unicameral parliament.<\/p>\n

The more than 10,000 polling stations<\/strong> in the country opened at 7 a.m. local time (02:00 GMT) and will close at 8:00 p.m. (15:00 GMT).<\/p>\n

The new legislature, which was created after a constitutional referendum<\/a> in March, will have 145 seats and will be elected proportionally through party lists.<\/p>\n

The main difference for Sunday’s elections, in which seven parties will present 545 candidates<\/strong>, is that the ruling party has changed its name.<\/p>\n

The Adilet<\/strong> (Justice) party, which was founded in May, merged a month later with Amanat<\/strong>, created in 1999 as a support platform for Nursultan Nazarbayev under the name Nur Otan.<\/p>\n

According to experts, Adilet is the clear favorite, not only for victory but also to form a new constitutional majority with two-thirds of the votes, according to polls. EFE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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