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Fatherland (. Otan; from Perso-Arabic: وطن / ''waṭan'') was the largest political party in Kazakhstan, led by Bakhytzhan Zhumagulov with over 700,000 members〔(Kazakh pro-presidential parties complete merger ) RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty〕 until December 22. At a subsequent party congress, delegates agreed to incorporate the Civic Party and the Agrarian Party and rename the party to Nur-Otan. Otan was originally established on February 12, 1999 after the merger of several previously independent pro-presidential parties, including the People's Union of Kazakhstan Unity, the Liberal Movement of Kazakhstan, and the "For Kazakhstan - 2030" Movement. At the uniting congress, the new party outlined a program largely supportive of the government led by President Nursultan Nazarbayev.〔(Information on Political Parties Participating on the Basis of Party Slates in Elections to Majilis of Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan ) 〕 During its last legislative elections under the Otan banner (19 September and 3 October 2004), the party won 60.6% of the popular vote and 42 out of 77 seats. In the run-up to previous elections, Otan usually received a majority of domestic media coverage. Before the 1999 election, for example, it was reported that Otan was the main focus in almost 60% of the coverage.〔(Media Bias Mars Kazakhstan's Election Campaign ) EurasiaNet〕 Additionally, most of the country's major media outlets had political leanings towards Otan (including those networks such as Khabar, which were formally supportive of Asar). ==Election results== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fatherland (Kazakhstan)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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