The summation of election results in Kazakhstan can be delayed - CEC

/IRBIS, Oct.12, 99/ According to REUTERS, which cites Elena Kuleshova, secretary of the Central Election Committee (CEC), not less than 7 days can be necessary for official preliminary summation of the Mazhilis (Lower chamber of Parliament of Kazakhstan) election results because of technical problems. Kuleshova said that the summation is complicated by the big volumes of work of the district committees. As she said, the reports and protocols are delivered to the district committees from the voting places 500-600 kilometers away. Kuleshova also has confirmed an information from informal sources that four parties - Otan, Communist, Agrarian and Grazhdanskaya (Civil) - have passed a seven-percentage barrier and can struggle for 10 places in Mazhilis under the party lists. Kuleshova also said, that the second round of voting is expected in 70% of the one-mandatory districts. 547 candidates from the one-mandatory districts claim to 67 Mazhilis places. The district committees will nominate date of the second round by itself, but CEC recommended to conduct it on October 24.