Central Electoral Commission chairwoman Zaghipa Balieva told journalists on
11 October
that the preliminary results of the poll, which were to have
been released that day, will be available only on 12 October,
Reuters reported. Meanwhile Communist Party Chairman
Serikbolsyn Abdildin said in Almaty on 11 October he believes
that his party will win five or six of the 10 seats allocated
under the proportional system but that none of its candidates
in single-mandate constituencies received the required 50
percent of the vote to win outright in the first round,
Interfax reported. Azat Peruashev, head of the pro-government
Civic Party of Kazakhstan, told Interfax that eight of the
party's candidates have won in single-candidate
constituencies. A total of 64 candidates contested the 10
party-list seats, while 549 competed in the remaining 67
single-candidate constituencies. ("RFE/RL Newsline"
incorrectly reported on 11 October that 65 candidates
contested the party-list seats and 484 took part in the
remaining single candidate districts.) LF