The Communist party of Kazakhstan

Nur Otan Party
The Fatherland party is the party of President Nursultan Nazarbayev and currently the only political party represented in the Mazhilis and in the Senate. In the 2007 elections, Nur Otan won over 88 percent of the votes. Because all other political parties failed to meet the required 7 percent threshold, as per the electoral law on the books at that time, Nur Otan secured every seat in parliament. For Sunday’s elections, the Nur Otan party has presented a party list of 127 candidates, including the president’s daughter Dariga Nazarbayev. It is also worth noting that 48 of current Nur Otan deputies are on the list.

“Ak zhol”
The head of the party is Baimenov Alikhan Mukhamedievich. The party was registered the 3rd of March 2004. There 172 thousand members. Party goals: independent, flourishing, democratic and free Kazakhstan. Fundamental values: democracy, independence, freedom and justice. The party "Ak zhol" is one of the initiators of the creation of the 3 party Coordination council (DVK, KPK and Ak zhol) for candidate nomination from the opposition at the 2006 presidential elections. The party actively participates in conciliation commissions among the opposition on recommendations drafting further democratization of Kazakhstan.During Majilis elections the party got 12.04% of the vote. In the Majilis there are two mandates of the party.

The Communist party of Kazakhstan
The party is headed by Abdyldyn Serykbolsun Abdyldaevich.Registered the 28th of February 1994, re-registered the 17th of February 1997. There are 100 thousand members. Represented in all regions of Kazakhstan. Members are war and labor veterans, workers, and pensioners. Principal goals: create the conditions in order to build a society of freedom and social justice based on principles of scientific socialism; to build a communist system. The party is oppositional.During the Majilis elections in 2004 the Communist party got 3.44% of the vote, has no mandates in Parliament.

Civil party of Kazakhstan
First secretary of the party - Peruashev Azat Turlybekovich. The party was registered the 29th of December, 1999. There are 100 thousand members of the party. The party has branches in every region, in Astana and Almaty. Its social basis is representation of industrial enterprises, workers, and engineers. Party goals are: - statehood strengthening and development; - formation of legal state principals; - equality in the eye of the law; - purification of state bodies from corrupt civil servants; - to bring law and order in all spheres of state and public life; - business expansion; - strengthening the material well-being and social status of citizen and family. At single mandate district Party elected to the Majilis deputies 14 of its members.

Democratic party of Kazakhstan
The party is headed by Narikbayev Maksyt Sultanovich. The party was registered the 14th of June 2004. There are 60 thousand members. The party has its branches in all regions of Kazakhstan. The principal goal is to build in Kazakhstan a legal democratic social state; to create an effective and developed economic system, the formation of civil society. There is one deputy in the Majilis. During the elections to the Majilis received 0.76% of the vote.

Agrarian party of Kazakhstan
The head of the party is Madinov Romin Rizovich. The party was registered the 16th of March 1999. There 60,000 members of this party. The party has structural subdivisions in 12 regions, cities, in Astana and Almaty. The social basis of the party is rural commodity producers, farmers, small business owners, rural cooperatives and partnerships. Party goals: - protection of the agrarian workers' political, civil, economic, social and cultural rights and interests; - active participation in political life of the society; - influence the formation of political will of peasants, village inhabitants;- participation in the elections to the central and local state bodies;- to promote the economic development of the agrarian branch, its social status and living standards improvement.

Republican political party "Asar"
The head of the party is Nazarbayeva Dariga Nursultanovna. It was registered in December 2003. There are approximately 200 thousand members.
"Asar" declares to build an economically strong, democratic, legal and social state with developed institutions of civil society, deepening democratic transformations, and Kazakhstanis' welfare improvement.
During the elections to the Majilis the party got 11.38% and has four deputies in Parliament.