During the campaign period, the uniformity of information coverage of political parties in the media was ensured

Vice Minister of Information and Public Development Kemelbek Oyshybayev took part in a meeting of the Central Election Commission on the results of the election campaign.

Kemelbek Oyshybaev said that during the campaign period from December 10 to January 8, the monitoring covered about 500 republican and regional media, including 321 newspapers, 47 TV channels and 131 Internet resources.

“We covered almost all media covering social and political issues in the country, excluding all niche, thematic media. As a result of the monitoring of the campaign, more than 22 thousand materials have been published by all types of media, of which 8 822 are in newspapers, 6 930 are on TV channels, 6 855 are on Internet resources dedicated to the next elections of deputies of the Mazhilis of Parliament and maslikhats. This once again confirms the high interest in the elections on the part of citizens and the media, ”said the MIOR Vice Minister.

The TV channels showed a slight prevalence in favor of the parties "Ak Zhol" and "Auyl" - 21% of the airtime each. For the rest of the parties, airtime was distributed almost evenly - 19-20%.

In the print media, there was a slight predominance of the Nur Otan party - 23%. For the rest of the consignments, the shares of materials space were distributed as follows: "Adal" and "Auyl" - 20% each, "Ak Zhol" - 19%, NPK - 18%.

On Internet resources, coverage of the activities of political parties was distributed almost evenly - about 20% for each party. “As for the campaigning in social networks, then, as I said at the meeting of the Central Election Commission, dedicated to the start of the campaign, we did not take into account the campaigning in social networks,” Kemelbek Oyshybaev said.

The Vice Minister noted that in this direction, the department proceeded from international practice and the constitutional right of every person to express their civil position in any way not prohibited by law. “In general, based on the results of monitoring, we can state that the Kazakh media have provided equal access to the media for political parties,” the vice minister summed up.