Mazhilis

Kazakhstan

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The Majilis (also transliterated as Mazhilis; "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 77 seats, 67 in single seat constituencies and 10 by proportional representation, in the Majilis. Members of Parliament are elected to four year terms.^{[citation needed]}

The Chairman of the Majilis is Ural Mukhamedzhanov.^[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; only ten deputies were women.^{[citation needed]}

Chairmen of the Majilis

Name	Period
Marat Ospanov	January 1996–October 12, 1999
Zharmakhan A. Tuyakbay	December 1, 1999–November 2, 2004
Ural Mukhamedzhanov	November 3, 2004–September 1, 2007
Aslan Musin	2007-Incumbent

Latest election

e • d Summary of the 18 August 2007 Assembly of Kazakhstan election results

Parties and alliances	Votes	%	Seats
Fatherland (Nur-Otan)	5,174,169	88.05	98
Nationwide Social Democratic Party (Zhalpyulttyk Sotsial-Demokratiyalyk Partiya)	271,525	4.62	0
Democratic Party of Kazakhstan Bright Path (Qazaqstan Demokratiyalyk Partiyasi Ak Zhol)	192,155	3.27	0
Village Social Democratic Party (Auyl Sotsial-Demokratiyalyk Partiyasi)	93,023	1.58	0
People's Communist Party of Kazakhstan (Qazaqstan Khalyk Kommunistik Partiyasi)	77,274	1.31	0
Party of Patriots	44,175	0.75	0
Rukhaniyat Party	24,308	0.41	0
Total (turnout 64.56%)			98

References

1. ^ Kazakhstan to deepen cooperation with China: Kazakh top officials People's Daily Online

External links

• Parliament website
• Structure of Kazakhstan's government

Coordinates: 51°10′47″N 71°26′48″E / 51.17972°N 71.44667°E / 51.17972; 71.44667