Four parties in Kazakhstan have passed 7% barrier

/REUTERS Almaty office Oct.12, 99/ - By the preliminary informal data four parties in Kazakhstan - "presidential" Otan and Grazhdanskaya (Civil), and also opposition Communist and Agrarian party have passed a seven- percentage barrier, which allow to apply for ten places in Mazhilis - the Lower chamber of Parliament, has informed REUTERS a source in the government. He has referred to the informal document, which is being available in government, with preliminary results of the October 10 election. The Central election committee has not presented yet the official results. Nine parties have taken part in the voting under the party lists. The main contenders were Otan and Communist parties, that also has been confirmed by sociological interrogations which have been carried out at the election day at the polling place. According to the document, Otan leads collecting 30.5% of votes. It is followed by Communist party - 17.8%, then Agrarian party - 12.6% and Civil party - 10.9%. Communist party took the lead over Otan in the oil-producing Atyrau oblast, and also in the Pavlodar and Kustanay oblasts. The agrarian party won in the grain North-Kazakhstan oblasts, in the another grain Akmola oblast it was the second after Otan. Yesterday OSEC mission stated fear that interference of the executive authority and support of the candidates from the "presidential" parties, can affect the election results.