Mazhilis

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Template:Refimprove Template:Infobox legislature Template:Politics of Kazakhstan The Mazhilis (Template:Lang-kk, also transliterated as Majilis; "Assembly" in Kazakh) is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Kazakhstan, known as the Parlamenti, in the Government of Kazakhstan. The upper house of Parliament is the Senate of Kazakhstan. There are 107 seats (98+9). Members of Parliament are elected to five year terms.[1]

Brief history

In the first election under the new parliamentary structure, all seats in both houses of parliament were contested in December 1995; runoff elections filled twenty-three seats in the Majlis for which the initial vote was inconclusive. International observers reported procedural violations in the Majlis voting. The new parliament, which was seated in January 1996, included sixty-eight Kazak and thirty-one Russian deputies; even ten deputies were women.Template:Citation needed

Chairmen of the Majilis

Name Period Born/Died
Marat Ospanov January 30, 1996–December 1, 1999 1949-2000
Jarmakhan Tuyakbay December 1, 1999–November 2, 2004 b. 1947
Ural Mukhamedzhanov November 2, 2004–September 2, 2007 1948-2013
Aslan Musin September 2, 2007–October 13, 2008 b. 1954
Ural Mukhamedzhanov October 13, 2008–January 20, 2012 1948-2013
Nurlan Nigmatulin January 20, 2012–April 3, 2014 b. 1962
Kabibulla Dzhakupov April 3, 2014–March 25, 2016 b. 1949
Baktykozha Izmukhambetov March 25, 2016–June 22, 2016 b. 1948
Nurlan Nigmatulin since June 22, 2016 b. 1962

Latest elections

Results of the 20 January 2016 parliamentary election

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Nur Otan 6,183,757 82.20 84 +1
Democratic Party of Kazakhstan Ak Zhol 540,406 7.18 7 –1
Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan 537,123 7.14 7 0
Kazakhstani Social Democratic Party Auyl 151,285 2.01 0 0
Nationwide Social Democratic Party 88,813 1.18 0 0
Birlik 21,484 0.29 0 New
Invalid/blank votes 43,282
Total 7,566,150 100 98 0
Registered voters/turnout 9,810,852 77.12
Source: CEC, CEC

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Members (since 1990)

References

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External links

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