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 | name               = Parliament of Kazakhstan
 | native_name        = Қазақстан парламенті
 | native_name_lang   = 
 | transcription_name = Qazaqstan parlamenti
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 | foundation         = <!-- {{Start date|df=yes|1995|08|30}}-->
 | house_type         = Bicameral 
 | body               = 
 | houses             = [[Senate of Kazakhstan|Senate]] (upper house)<br>[[Majilis]] (lower house)
 | leader1_type       = [[Senate of Kazakhstan|Chairman of the Senate]]
 | leader1            =  [[Kassym-Jomart Tokayev]]
 | party1             = ([[Nur Otan]])
 | election1          = 
 | leader2_type       = Chairman of the Majilis
 | leader2            = [[Baktykozha Izmukhambetov]]
 | party2             = ([[Nur Otan]])
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 | members            = 154 members<br>Senate: 47 (40 elected and 7 appointment by the president)<br>Mazhilis: 107 (98 seats from party lists & 9 from the [[Assembly of People of Kazakhstan]] 
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 | political_groups2  = {{Color box|#1CA9C9|border=darkgray}} [[Nur Otan]] (84)<br>{{Color box|#FFFF00|border=darkgray}} [[Democratic Party of Kazakhstan Ak Zhol|Bright Path]] (7)<br>{{Color box|#FF0000|border=darkgray}} [[Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan|CPK]] (7)
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 | voting_system2     = proportional representation (In the Assembly)
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 | last_election2     = [[Kazakhstani legislative election, 2012]]
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 | meeting_place      = [[Astana]]
 | website            = {{URL|www.parlam.kz}}
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{{Politics of Kazakhstan}}
The '''Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan''' ({{lang-kk|Қазақстан Республикасының Парламенті}}, ''Qazaqstan Respuwblïkasınıñ Parlamenti'') 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 year terms.

The upper house is the '''[[Senate of Kazakhstan|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.<ref name=WOMEN>[http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/1/c4d3bf62-343b-4d25-8d92-876e08101e1c.html Kazakhstan: Presidential adviser spells out advances by women] RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty</ref>

Its predecessor was the [[Supreme Soviet]].

==Elections==

[[Kazakhstan]] held elections to the Senate ([[Majilis]]) on 1 October 2014.<ref name=foxnews1>{{cite news|title=Kazakhstan holds Senate elections "without incident"|url=http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2014/10/01/kazakhstan-holds-senate-elections-without-incident/|publisher=Fox News Latino}}</ref> According to the Central Electoral Commission of Kazakhstan, it was "an open and democratic electoral process".<ref name=foxnews1/> The OSCE commented that "Preparations for the 26 April election were efficiently administered, however, necessary reforms for holding genuine democratic elections still have to materialize. The predominant position of the incumbent and the lack of genuine opposition limited voter choice. A restricted media environment stifled public debate and freedom of expression.<ref name="OSCE Comment">{{cite web | url=http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/kazakhstan/153566?download=true | title=OSCE ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION Republic of Kazakhstan - Early Presidential Election ,  2  April 2015 STATEMENT  OF  PRELIMINARY  FINDINGS AND  CONCLUSIONS | accessdate=15 March 2016}}</ref>

About 250 observers from the [[Commonwealth of Independent States]] and the [[Shanghai Cooperation Organization]] were present for the voting.<ref name=foxnews1/> Four women were among the 80 candidates vying for the 16 open Senate seats.<ref name=foxnews1/> The results to be announced on 7 October 2014.<ref name=foxnews1/>

==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]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*[http://www.parlam.kz/en Parliament website]

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{{National bicameral legislatures}}
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