“It should be noted, and we do so in our conclusion, that the elections were held in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan and international standards,” the CSTO said in a statement published on Monday in the Kazakhstanskaya Pravda newspaper.

“We did not find any violations in the ticketing procedure, placement of visual campaigns, and organization of the voting process itself, during the vote counting, which was pointed out in our conclusion by the international group of observers,” the information added.

Early elections to the Lower House of Kazakhstan’s Parliament were organized according to a mixed system: 70 percent of deputies were elected on party lists, and 30 percent in single-mandate constituencies.

According to the results of three public opinion polls published, the Amanat party, the largest in the country, is leading the elections with a result of over 53 percent.

Only five or six of the seven registered parties in the country can overcome the five percent barrier to enter the Chamber of Deputies.

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