Auyl People's Democratic Patriotic Party

The Auyl People's Patriotic Democratic Party (Kazakh: «Ауыл» Халықтық-демократиялық патриоттық партиясы, «Awıl» Xalıqtıq-demokratïyalıq patrïottıq partïyası), formerly the Auyl Peasant Social Democratic Party and the Auyl Kazakhstani Social Democratic Party, is a political party in Kazakhstan. It was formed on 30 January 2000 and was registered in March 2000.[1] Its first chairman was Gani Qaliev. On 5 September 2015, the Auyl was merged with the Party of Patriots of Kazakhstan.

Auyl People's Patriotic Democratic Party «Ауыл» Халықтық-демократиялық патриоттық партиясы
Chairperson	Äli Bektaev
Founded	30 January 2000 (as Auyl Peasant Social Democratic Party) 5 September 2015 (as Auyl People's Patriotic Democratic Party)
Merger of	Party of Patriots of Kazakhstan (since 2015)
Headquarters	Nur-Sultan
Ideology	Social democracy Agrarianism
Political position	Centre-left
Seats in Mazhilis	0 / 107
Regional councillors	39 / 515
Municipal Assemblies	226 / 3,229
Website
auyl.kz
Politics of Kazakhstan Political parties Elections

History

The Auyl Peasant Social Democratic Party was formed at its 1st Congress on 30 January 2000 where Mazhilis MP Gani Qaliev was elected as the party's chairman. There were over 10,000 party members, mainly peasants and farm managers.[2] The party was eventually renamed into the Auyl Kazakhstani Social Democratic Party.[2] It went through registrations in March 2000, March 2002, and April 2003.

The party participated for the first time in the 2004 Kazakh legislative election where it received on 1.7 of the vote and won no seats.[3]

In the 2007 general elections, the Auyl received 1.51% of the vote, failing to break the 7% electoral threshold, which was unable to enter the Mazhilis.

After the announcement of a snap 2011 presidential elections, the party's chief of staff, Janibek Nagimetov, said that the Auyl would nominate its candidate.[4] But the party subsequently did not participate in these elections.

On 2 December 2011, at the 8th Auyl Extraordinary Congress held in Astana which was attended by over 120 delegates. The party list as candidates for MP's of the Mazhilis for the 2012 general elections included 23 people who were cultural figures, academicians, scientists, heads of farms. According to the approved platform of the party, the main tasks were “a food basket for rural residents and the provision of clean drinking water along with the development of rural infrastructure (construction and repair of housing, schools, hospitals, roads)”.[5] On 10 December, the Central Election Commission (OSK) registered the party list, which included 18 people.[6] On 17 January 2012, the OSK announced the final results of the elections where the Auyl gained 1.19% and did not enter the Parliament.[7] In a statement signed by the chairman of the Auyl, Gani Qaliev, it was noted that the elections were held without surprises. “Everyone knew that the Nur Otan party of power, headed by the Leader of the Nation [Nursultan Nazarbayev] would win."[8]

On 26 August 2015, at the 10th Extraordinary Congress, Gani Qaliev resigned as chairman and was succeeded by Äli Bektaev who was elected as the new chairman of Auyl.[9][10] On 5 September 2015, the 11th Extraordinary Congress was held where the party decided to merge with the Party of Patriots of Kazakhstan, thus forming the Auyl People's Patriotic Democratic Party.[11]

In the 2016 legislative elections, the party was unable to win any seats in the Mazhilis.[12] Nevertheless, the Auyl acknowledged that the elections were held in an equal competition, all political parties had equal opportunities for campaigning.

In April 2019, the Auyl for the first time nominated Toleutai Raqymbekov as presidential candidate for the 2019 elections.[13] Raqymbekov won 3.04 of the vote and took 4th place in the race.[14] Shortly after the election, the Auyl, along with other members of the National Coalition of Democratic Forces, highly appreciated the open and competitive nature of the 2019 Kazakh presidential election.[15]

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Election	Nominee	Votes	%	Result
2019	Toleutai Raqymbekov	280,451	3.04%	Lost N

Parliamentary elections

Party leader	Election	Votes	%	Seats	Position	Government
Gani Qaliev	2004	No data	No data	0 / 77	7th	Extra-parliamentary
	2007	89,855	1.51%	0 / 98	4th	Extra-parliamentary
	2012	82,623	1.19%	0 / 98	5th	Extra-parliamentary
Äli Bektaev	2016	151,285	2.01%	0 / 98	4th	Extra-parliamentary
	2021	383,023	5.29%	0 / 98	4th	Extra-parliamentary

References

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15. INFORM.KZ (2019-06-13). "Общенациональная коалиция демократических сил выступила в поддержку итогов выборов". www.inform.kz (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-12-01.