Kazakhstan expects 75 percent voter turnout in Jan 15 parliamentary elections
17:54, 26 December 2011
ASTANA. December 26. KAZINFORM /Damir Baimanov/ According to a voting intention survey conducted by InfoSystem research center for Media Astana public association, 75.2 percent of Kazakhstanis will go to the parliamentary elections scheduled for 15 January 2012.
However, 9.5 percent of respondents refused to vote in the polls.
The survey covered 1597 respondents in 14 regions of Kazakhstan and in the cities of Almaty and Astana during the period of December 4 - 23.
The survey results also show rating of Kazakhstan's political parties. 80.1 percent of respondents are going to vote for Nur Otan People's Democratic Party, 7 percent for Akzhol Party and 2.1 percent for the Nationwide Socio Democratic Party.