Nursultan Nazarbayev Won the Presidential Elections in Kazakhstan

Nursultan Nazarbayev was declared the winner of Kazakhstan Presidential elections according to the results declared on 4 April 2011. Nursultan’s current term was to have ended in 2012, however he called the early poll after a proposal to cancel the next two elections was ruled unconstitutional. He rejected the idea of scrapping the next two elections and extending his term until 2020 through a referendum. The idea of a referendum was introduced in December 2010. The referendum can still go ahead despite the presidential decree - if four fifths of parliamentary members vote for it or if a public petition gets enough signatures. By law, at least 200,000 signatures are required.

The Parliament of Kazakhstan has already amended the constitution in 2007 to allow Nursultan to run for re-election as many times as he wants. The Parliament is made up entirely of members of the president’s party. International observers criticized the election stating that it failed to fulfill international democratic standards. OSCE (the Organisation for Security and Co-opeartion in Europe) stressed on the need of reforms for holding genuine democratic elections in Kazakhstan.

Nursultan Nazarbayev has delivered prosperity to his nation in comparison to Uzbekistan or the other Central Asian nations since he was elected president of independent Kazakhstan in 1991.  Annual economic growth has been nearly 10% since 2001, and Nursultan has maintained the country's stability.

However, Nursultan is also accused of concentrating power in his hands and to have suppressed the opposition besides failing to deliver elections deemed free and fair. 
Kazkahstan is a mineral rich country located in central Asia and enjoys good rapport with USA and also a member of SCO (Shanghai Corporation Organisation).