 Complete the following phrase:  Legislative elections were held in Kazakhstan on 15 January 2012. The result was a victory for the Nur Otan party, which won 83 of the 98 seats in the Mazhilis. However, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe OSCE stated that the election did not meet fundamental principles of democratic elections. The elections marked the first time that the second-placed party would gain parliamentary seats irrespective of whether it cleared the 7 electoral threshold. Due to the 