Kazakhstan’s pro-government Adilet party won 71.17% of the vote in the Aug. 23 parliamentary election, preliminary Central Election Commission results show, an outcome set to strengthen President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s hold on power. Adilet, founded earlier this year under top Tokayev aides and the political successor to the former ruling Amanat party, far outpaced six other parties contesting the new 145-member unicameral Kurultai. Four parties cleared the more than 5% threshold to enter the legislature: rural-focused Auyl with 6.26%, pro-business Respublika with 5.56%, Ak Zhol with 5.21%, and the centre-left Nationwide Social Democratic Party with 5.11%, all seen as broadly supportive of Tokayev’s administration. The People’s Party of Kazakhstan and the Green Party Baytaq fell short at 3.11% and 1.07%, while 2.51% of voters chose “against all.” The commission said 9,351,539 citizens took part, for preliminary turnout of 74.08%, with about 12.6 million of the country’s roughly 20 million people eligible. The snap election followed a new constitution that replaced the bicameral parliament with a single chamber and, according to the supreme court, allows Tokayev to seek a fresh seven-year term. Voting in Astana, the 73-year-old president said it was too early to say whether he would run again and that he would name his choice for the newly created vice presidency within seven to 10 days, describing the pick as a “well-known” person. Adilet’s campaign priorities included state reform, economic development, digitalization, education, regional development and social protection.