The Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan is the bicameral legislature of Kazakhstan. The lower house is the Mäjilis, with 98 seats which are elected to five-year terms. The upper house is the Senate, which has 50 members.
The "Auyl" People's Democratic Patriotic Party or simply as Auyl ("village"), is a political party in Kazakhstan. It was originally founded by Gani Qaliev on 30 January 2000 as the "Auyl" Peasant Social Democratic Party before eventually merging with the Party of Patriots of Kazakhstan on 5 September 2015. The party is currently led by Senator for Turkistan Region Äli Bektaev from August 2015. With a membership of around 300,000 people, Auyl has participated in every Kazakh parliamentary election since 2004 and nominated presidential candidate Toleutai Raqymbekov in the 2019 presidential election. It first entered the Mäjilis at the 2023 legislative election, winning eight seats and becoming the largest opposition party.
Toleutai Sataiuly Raqymbekov is a Kazakh politician who's the Chairman of National Agrarian Research and Education Center. He served as a Vice Minister of Agriculture in 2017 and was presidential nominee for the Auyl People's Democratic Patriotic Party in the 2019 Kazakh presidential election.
Äli Äbdikärimuly Bektaev is a Kazakh politician who's serving as a Senator for Turkistan Region since 1 October 2014. From February 2006 to May 2008, he was the Äkim of Turkistan and continued serving as deputy until 2014. He's also the Chairman of Auyl People's Democratic Patriotic Party since 26 August 2015.
Former Vice Minister of Agriculture and Chairman of the National Agrarian Scientific and Educational Center Toleutai Raqymbekov was announced as the Auyl nominee by the party chairman Äli Bektaev on 25 April 2019 at the 15th Extraordinary Congress. The decision according to Bektaev was due to "the desire to re-declare the goals and strategic objectives." On 6 May 2019, Raqymbekov was officially registered as the presidential candidate by the Central Election Commission. Raqymbekov began his campaign at rally in Taraz on 13 May.
Elections to the Akmola Regional Mäslihat were held on 10 January 2021 to elect the 32 members of the 7th Akmola Regional Mäslihat to coincide with the 2021 Kazakh local elections. It was the first election to be held under newly implemented proportional representation.
The East Kazakhstan Regional Mäslihat is a unicameral local legislative body of the East Kazakhstan Region which convenes in Oskemen. It is composed of 38 members from three parties of Nur Otan (NO), Ak Zhol Democratic Party (AJ), and Auyl People's Democratic Patriotic Party (AUYL) whom are elected every five years through proportional representation. The current Mäslihat Secretary is Denis Rypakov (NO).
Snap presidential elections were held in Kazakhstan on 20 November 2022 to elect the President of Kazakhstan. This was the seventh presidential election since Kazakhstan's independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. Incumbent president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, an Independent, was re-elected for a second term in a landslide, receiving 81% of the vote. His closest challenger, Jiguli Dairabaev of the Auyl Party, received just 3% of the vote, marking the first time since 2015 that all candidates other than the incumbent president failed to garner 5% or more of the vote. This was the first election since 1999 in which the "against all" option was included on the ballot paper. It received 6% of the total vote. Voter turnout was 69%, the lowest ever in a Kazakh presidential election.
Snap legislative elections were held in Kazakhstan on 19 March 2023 to elect the members of the Mäjilis. This was the ninth legislative election since Kazakhstan's independence in 1991 and the first snap election for the Mäjilis seats since 2016. It was held alongside the local legislature elections.
Jiguli (Zhiguli) Moldaqalyquly Dayrabayev is a Kazakh politician who served as a member of the Supreme Council of Kazakhstan from 1990 to 1995. He is currently the chairman of the Association of Farmers of Kazakhstan and was the candidate for the 2022 presidential elections from the Auyl People's Democratic Patriotic Party.
Incumbent president of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev originally announced his candidacy during the State of the Nation Address on 1 September 2022. From there, he also proposed a constitutional change regarding the presidential term office to be extended for a nonrenewable seven-year term. Tokayev was nominated for presidency by the People's Coalition on 6 October 2022, which consisted of several major pro-government political parties and public associations in support. He was officially registered as a candidate on 12 October by the Central Election Commission after garnering a total of 399,809 signatures.
Meiram Zekeshuly Qajyken is a Kazakh economist and academician who's serving as the leader of Yntymaq party from 2022 and the head of Modern Society Studies Institute since 2015. Prior to that, he worked in the Federation of Trade Unions of Kazakhstan, as well as various state-owned enterprises and government departments related to economy and industry in Kazakhstan. Qajyken is Doctor of Economics and an author of several books written on the development of the socio-economic system, adaptive economy and the concept of a unified wage system in Kazakhstan. He also currently serves as chairman of the board of directors in several state-owned enterprises and is a professor at the Astana International University.
Qaraqat (Karakat) Jaqsylyqqyzy Äbden is a Kazakh politician, economist and writer who served as a member of the Astana City Mäslihat from 2016 to 2021. Since 2013, she currently heads the Qazaq Qyzy public association as a chairwoman, "Asyl Böbek" Association of Private Preschool Organisations, as well as several nurseries in the city of Astana. Äbden is known to be an author of a controversial book You are Kazakh. Be proud!.
The "Amanat" Commonwealth of Trade Unions is a national trade union centre in Kazakhstan that was established on 7 June 2017 following the liquidation of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Kazakhstan in late 2016 by the Kazakh government. According to leader Andrei Prigor, the AKD was formed as an alternative to the established trade unions in Kazakhstan addressing labour disputes with an intent of balancing worker relations. It also seeks to change the Labour Code of Kazakhstan to more compliant within the framework of the existing Civil Code.
Nurlan Äuesbaev was confirmed as a candidate on 1 October 2022 by the Nationwide Social Democratic Party (JSDP), the only registered oppositional party in Kazakhstan which for the first contested the presidential election since its formation as Äuesbaev headed the JSDP's branch in the capital city of Astana. Äuesbaev's candidacy was then submitted to the Central Election Commission (CEC) for evaluation on 7 October, and from there passed a series of qualification process including the state language exam for Kazakh where he was declared as fluent on 10 October in by the linguistic commission and led for the CEC subsequently issuing a compliancy for Äuesbaev. Äuesbaev himself then began gathering supported signatures for his campaign, leading to him submitting a total of 120,908 signatures on 20 October, followed by his CEC registration as a candidate for the election.
On 7 October 2022, Qaraqat Äbden's campaign was formed after she received a presidential nomination by the National Alliance of Professional Social Workers (KÄQŪA). The following day on 8 October, Äbden submitted her documents to the Central Election Commission (CEC) to officially run for election. She then participated through a series of qualifications beginning with the Kazakh language exam on 10 October conducted by the linguistic commission which declared her as fluent. After having her compliancy established by the CEC on 11 October, Äbden collected a total of 121,314 signatures by 19 October for campaign support and in result, she received a registration certificate by the CEC, this allowing her to appear on the ballot.
Attorney and civil rights activist Saltanat Tursynbekova received her campaign endorsement by the Qazaq analary–dästürge jol (QA–DJ) public association on 11 October 2022 and that same day, she submitted her nomination to the Central Election Commission (CEC). Her knowledge of the state language exam for Kazakh was ruled as fluent by the linguistic commission on 12 October and was subsequently declared to be qualified to run for presidency by the CEC. From there, Tursynbekova carried out collection of signatures to which a total of 119,316 of them were submitted to the CEC, resulting her official registration as candidate on 20 October in the election.
A chairmanship election for the Mäjilis of the Parliament of Kazakhstan was held at the first plenary session on 29 March 2023 in order to elect the chairman of the Mäjilis.
The Electoral district No. 22 is a single-mandate territorial constituency in Kazakhstan, represented in the lower chamber Mäjilis of the Parliament. It covers the entirety of Mangystau Region, including all its regional districts, with its seat being centered in Aktau.
The Electoral district No. 23 is a single-mandate territorial constituency in Kazakhstan, represented in the lower chamber Mäjilis of the Parliament. It covers the entirety of Pavlodar Region, including all its regional districts, with its seat being centered in Pavlodar.
