People's Party of Kazakhstan
| Abbreviation | QHP (Kazakh) НПК (Russian) |
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| Chairman | Ermūhamet Ertısbaev |
| Deputy chairmen |
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| Parliamentary chair | Magherram Magherramov |
| Founders | Vladislav Kosarev Töleş Kenjïn Alexander Kholodkov |
| Founded | 13 April 2004 (as the Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan) |
| Registered | 21 June 2004 |
| Split from | Communist Party of Kazakhstan |
| Headquarters | Qabanbai Batyr avenue, Astana |
| Membership (2008) | 56,292 |
| Ideology | Social democracy Democratic socialism Left-wing populism Until 2020: Communism Marxism–Leninism |
| Political position | Left-wing Until 2020: Far-left |
| National affiliation | People's Coalition |
| Colours | Red |
| Mäjilis | 5 / 98 |
| Regional mäslihats | 7 / 489 |
| Municipal mäslihats | 79 / 2,757 |
| Website | |
| qhp halykpartiyasy | |
The People's Party of Kazakhstan is a left-wing social democratic political party in Kazakhstan, chaired by Ermūhamet Ertısbaev. The secretaries of the central committee are Turgyn Syzdyqov, Gauhar Nugmanova, Viktor Smirnov and Jambyl Ahmetbekov.
The party was founded as the Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan (QKHP) on 13 April 2004. It was registered on 21 June 2004; the party had 90,000 members at the time of registration. Following the 2004 elections to the Mazhilis the party received 1.98% of total votes. In the 2007 elections to the Mazhilis the party won 1.29% of the votes and did not pass the electoral threshold. The QKHP was elected to parliament in the 2012 legislative election.
The party is loyal to incumbent president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and is a part of the pro-Tokayev People's Coalition.