There are currently seven registered political parties in Kazakhstan. According to a February 2022 KazISS survey, political parties have the lowest credibility among the institutions of power at 43.7% (the number of those who trust them is lower than the number who do not), with the share of the population trusting them to some extent falling by 14.6% in the last 3 months.
The findings of the survey show that there is a demand in society for new political parties – 48.4% of respondents are ready to support a new political party that proposes a completely different political and economic path for the country’s development.
The population expects a potential new political party mainly to address social issues (health care, education, support for the vulnerable), protect the rights of working people, strengthen anti-corruption measures and generally take a sensible approach to reforms.
