Parliamentary Elections, 10 January 2021
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Mission at a glance
- Head of Mission: Ambassador Jarosław Marcin Domański (Poland)
- Core team of 11 staff from 10 OSCE participating States
- 24 long-term observers to be deployed throughout the country
Mission schedule
8 December: Opening press conference
15 December: Deployment of long-term observers
10 January: Election day
11 January: Press conference on preliminary findings and conclusions
15 January: Departure of long-term observers
20 January: Departure of the core team
Press conferenece
Following an official invitation from the government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, ODIHR has deployed a Limited Election Observation Mission (LEOM) for the 10 January 2021 parliamentary elections.
Long-term observation
The ODIHR LEOM, headed by Ambassador Jarosław Marcin Domański, consists of 11 international experts based in Nur-Sultan. In addition, 24 long-term observers will be deployed throughout the country from 15 December.
The ODIHR LEOM will assess the parliamentary elections for their compliance with OSCE commitments and other international obligations and standards for democratic elections, as well as with national legislation. Observers will closely monitor voter and candidate registration, campaign activities, the work of the election administration and relevant governmental bodies, election-related legislation and its implementation, the media environment, and the resolution of election-related disputes. They will also assess how prior ODIHR election-related recommendations have been implemented. As part of the observation, the ODIHR LEOM will conduct comprehensive monitoring of the media.
Election day
In line with ODIHR methodology for LEOMs, the Mission will visit a limited number of polling stations on election day, while systematic observation of voting, counting or tabulation of results on election day is not envisaged. The day after the elections, ODIHR, together with its partners, will issue a statement of preliminary findings and conclusions at a press conference. A final report on the observation of the entire electoral process will be issued approximately eight weeks after the end of the observation mission.
Cooperation
The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly is planning to deploy its observer delegation for the elections.
The ODIHR LEOM and the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan operate separately under their specific mandates.
Previous elections
ODIHR has observed 10 elections since 1999 in Kazakhstan, most recently the 2019 early presidential election.