| Parliament name (generic / translated) |
Parlament / Parliament |
| Structure of parliament |
Bicameral |
| Chamber name (generic / translated) |
Mazhilis / House of Representatives |
| Related chamber (for bicameral parliaments) |
Senate
|
| LEGAL FRAMEWORK |
| Electoral law |
30 August 1995
Last amendment: 19.06.2007 |
| Mode of designation |
directly elected 98
indirectly elected 9 |
| Constituencies |
- One nationwide constituency for 98 seats |
| Voting system |
Proportional:
Proportional Representation System (Party List System)
- Seats are attributed proportionally to parties that obtain over 7 per cent of the total votes (seven per cent threshold), by using the Largest Remainder System. In cases where there is a tie for the largest remainder, the seat will be attributed to the party list that was registered earlier.
- Vacancies are filled by the "next-in-line" candidate of the same party. In cases where there are no candidates left on the corresponding party list, the seat remains vacant until the following elections to the House of Representatives.
Voting is not compulsory. |
| Voter requirements |
- age: 18 years
- Kazakh citizenship
- disqualifications: imprisonment, court judgement of incompetence |
| CANDIDATES |
| Eligibility |
- age: 25 years
- Kazakh citizenship
- residence in the country
- ineligibility: incapacity, court conviction |
| Incompatibilities |
- paid position outside Mazhilis
- member of another assembly
- entrepreneurial or other paid activity except teaching, research and creative activities
- member of a managing body or supervisory board of a commercial organization |
| Candidacy requirements |
- Submission of candidates by political parties
- Deposit of a fee equal to 15 times the minimum wage, set by the law of the Republic of Kazakhstan, for each person on the party list. However, no deposit fee is required for political parties that have received at least 7 per cent of the total votes in the previous election to the House of Representatives. Political parties that have secured between 5 and 7 per cent of the total votes in the previous elections are required to pay 50 per cent of the deposit fee. Those which have obtained between 3 and 5 per cent of the votes are required to pay 70 per cent of the deposit fee.
- The deposit is reimbursed to political parties that receive at least 7 per cent of the total votes in the elections concerned, and in the eventuality that the sole candidate on the party list dies. |
