Editing Nursultan Nazarbayev (section)

=== 2021 legislative campaign ===
{{Main|2021 Kazakh legislative election}}
While continuing to lead the [[Nur Otan]] after resigning from presidency, Nazarbayev signed a decree in the preparation of the [[2021 Kazakh legislative election|2021 legislative elections]] on 4 June 2020 setting the date of closed primaries would be held within the party "for open and political competition, promote civic engagement in the political process, and empower women and the youth of the country" to which he instructed for the party to include 30% of women and 20% of people under the age of 35 in its [[Party-list proportional representation|list]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=4 June 2020|title=Nursultan Nazarbayev signs decree on holding primary election|url=https://toppress.kz/article/nursultan-nazarbayev-signs-decree-on-holding-primary-election|access-date=21 October 2020|website=Информационный портал: Toppress.kz|language=ru-RU}}</ref> The primaries were held from 17 August to 3 October 2020 where Nazarbayev himself voted online.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2 October 2020|title=Nursultan Nazarbayev votes in Nur Otan primaries|url=https://www.inform.kz/en/article/3701553|access-date=25 October 2020|website=inform.kz|language=en|archive-date=28 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028212044/https://www.inform.kz/en/article/3701553|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="astanatimes_2020-10-08"/>

At the 20th Nur Otan Extraordinary Congress held on 25 November 2020, the Nur Otan revealed its list of party candidates as well as electoral platforms which were approved by the delegates. Nazarbayev at the congress spoke saying:<blockquote>"The party's program announced by our President [Kassym-Jomart Tokayev] today is ambitious and at the same time calculated, supported by financial and human resources. It is a logical extension of our reforms. Throughout the years of independence, I have always set clear goals, and I have said that it is necessary to work hard and hard to achieve them. And now it's the same. I support this program proposed by the President and our common task is to rally around it and work together. You have to believe in yourself, love your homeland and do everything possible for progress."<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last1=Кулмаганбетова|first1=Диана|last2=Абдуллаева|first2=Диана|date=2020-11-25|title=Nur Otan утвердила партийный список кандидатов в мажилис на внеочередном съезде|url=https://informburo.kz/novosti/predvybornyy-sezd-partii-nur-otan-tekstovaya-translyaciya.html|access-date=2021-03-29|website=informburo.kz|language=ru}}</ref></blockquote>Nazarbayev, at the congress, accused the [[United States]] of "double standards" over its conduct of the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential elections]], telling "what is there to talk about now in the United States of America, the OSCE was not allowed in the elections at all. The Democrats did not allow Republican observers and so on. It is not in order to criticize a big state, but if we are criticized, then why are there such disorders?". In his response to the [[2020–2021 Belarusian protests|Belarusian protests]] against President [[Alexander Lukashenko]]'s [[2020 Belarusian presidential election|re-election]], Nazarbayev criticized the protestors, saying "they've been fucking Belarus for a whole month," and noted the [[2020–2021 Bulgarian protests|Bulgarian protests]] in which Nazarbayev claimed that it received a lack of international attention in contrast with Belarus.<ref>{{Cite news|date=25 November 2020|title="Не пустили ОБСЕ", "долбали Беларусь". Назарбаев перед выборами хвалит себя и критикует США|url=https://rus.azattyq.org/a/30968248.html|access-date=29 March 2021|website=Радио Азаттык (Azattyk Radio) |language=ru }}</ref> To conclude the [[Nur Otan]] congress, Nazarbayev proposed [[Bauyrjan Baibek]] to be the head of the party's campaign headquarters, a decision that was unanimously supported by the Nur Otan delegates.<ref name=":3"/>

In the following aftermath of the elections to the [[Mazhilis]] which were held on 10 January 2021, the ruling [[Nur Otan]] swept a comfortable majority of 76 seats despite a loss eight seats in contrary to the [[2016 Kazakh legislative election|2016 election]]. Nazarbayev congratulated the party's victory in the election saying, "Kazakhstanis associate the further development of our country, improvement of welfare with our party."<ref>{{Cite web|date=10 January 2021|title=Назарбаев поздравил "Нур Отан" с победой на выборах в мажилис Казахстана|url=https://www.interfax.ru/world/744516|access-date=29 March 2021|website=Interfax.ru|language=ru}}</ref>