A briefing was held on the results of the elections of akims of cities of regional significance, villages, towns and rural districts in 2021

At the regional communications center of the Kyzylorda region, at a briefing with the participation of the chairman of the regional election commission G. Baymyrzayev and the deputy chairman of the commission B. Nakipov, on December 29, 2021, the results of the elections of akims of the city of district significance, village, settlement, rural district for 2021 were summed up.

In 2021, 65 akims were elected in the Kyzylorda region, including 1 city of district significance, 3 villages and 61 rural districts.

Of these, 18 akims were elected deputies of the local maslikhat on the basis of indirect right, the remaining 47 were elected for a period of 4 years by secret ballot on the basis of universal, equal, direct suffrage, in accordance with the amendments made to the electoral legislation on behalf of the President of the country.

One of the innovations introduced into the electoral legislation this year is the addition of the "Against all" column to the ballot papers.

Since July 25 this year, 118 self-nominated candidates and 63 candidates from political parties have been nominated in the elections of akims of 44 rural districts, 1 city of district significance and 2 settlements in the region, a total of 181 candidates. 69,247 voters from the list took part in the voting, i.e. 83.42%.

Of the 181 candidates nominated, 144 (79%) were included in the ballot. Of the remaining 37 candidates, 13 were excluded or refused registration due to non-compliance with the qualification requirements, 4 revealed inconsistencies in the declared information, 2 negative results of a special check, 2 incomplete provision of documents required for registration, and 16 in connection with their own application.

The average competition for 1 mandate was 3 candidates.

Of the 47 elections, 36 were held due to the expiration of the term and 11 due to early termination.

Of the 47 elected akims, 41 (87.2%) were nominated by political parties, including 36 from the Nur Otan party (76.6%), 1 from the NPC (2.13%), 2 from the Auyl PDPP (4.26%), 2 from the ADAL party (4.26%). And also by self-nomination 6 (12.77%).

The qualitative composition of the elected akims: the average age is 47.4 years, 1 is a woman, 23 are acting akims. According to the national composition, all the elected akims are Kazakhs. Specialty: 12 engineers (25.53%), 11 economists (23.4%), 7 teachers (14.89%), 5 lawyers (10.64%), 3 agricultural specialists (6.38%), 1 doctor (2.13%), 8 other specialists (17.02%).

Of the 47 elected akims, 36 came from the civil service, 5 from the public sector, 1 from commercial structures, 5 are temporarily unemployed.

The election process was monitored by 628 observers, including representatives of the media - 13, NGOs - 245, political parties - 370. There are also 189 candidates' proxies registered.

1 regional, 1 city and 7 district territorial election commissions and 83 precinct election commissions were involved.

Next year, it is planned to hold regular elections of 21 akims, whose term of office expires in 2022.