1999 Kazakh presidential election

1999 Kazakh presidential election

10 January 1999
Turnout87.05% (1.18pp)
 
Nominee Nursultan Nazarbayev Serikbolsyn Abdildin
Party Independent Communist Party
Popular vote 5,846,817 857,386
Percentage 81.00% 11.90%

Results by region

President before election

Nursultan Nazarbayev
Independent

Elected President

Nursultan Nazarbayev
Independent

Presidential elections were held in Kazakhstan on 10 January 1999. Incumbent president Nursultan Nazarbayev won the election with over 80% of the vote, and was sworn into office on 20 January 1999. Most observers viewed the election as blatantly unfair, further confirming that Nazarbayev was not interested in promoting a democratic system of government. Voter turnout was reported to be 87%.