Parliament of Kazakhstan

Parliament of Kazakhstan Қазақстан парламенті Qazaqstan parlamenti
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Senate (upper house) Majilis (lower house)
Leadership
Chairman of the Senate	Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (Nur Otan)
Chairman of the Majilis	Kabybulla Jakupov
Structure
Seats	154 members Senate: 47 (40 elected and 7 appointment by the president) Mazhilis: 107 (98 seats from party lists & 9 from the Assembly of People of Kazakhstan
Political groups	Nur Otan      Bright Path      CPK
Elections
Voting system	proportional representation (In the Assembly)
Last election	Kazakhstani legislative election, 2012
Meeting place
Astana
Website
www.parlam.kz

The Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Kazakh: Қазақстан Республикасының Парламенті) is the bicameral legislature of Kazakhstan, according to the 1995 Constitution of Kazakhstan. The lower house is the Majilis, with 107 seats, (98 seats are from party lists, 9 - from Assembly of People) and are elected to four 5 terms.

The upper house is the Senate, which has 47 members.

As of January 2007, 10% of the parliament's representatives are women and 19% of local and city council officials are women.

Its predecessor was the Supreme Soviet.

Elections

Kazakhstan held elections to the Senate (Majilis) on 1 October 2014. According to the Central Electoral Commission of Kazakhstan, it was "an open and democratic electoral process".

About 250 observers from the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization were present for the voting. Four women were among the 80 candidates vying for the 16 open Senate seats. The results to be announced on 7 October 2014.

See also

• List of Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
• Politics of Kazakhstan
• List of legislatures by country
• List of political parties in Kazakhstan

External links

• Parliament website