2021 Kazakh legislative election
Legislative elections are scheduled to be held in Kazakhstan on or before 21 January 2021.[1] First to take place after the resignation of Nursultan Nazarbayev in March 2019, however he still maintains the post as the chairman of Nur Otan.
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Electoral system
The 107-seat Mazhilis consists of 98 members elected from a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation and nine seats elected by the Assembly of People, a body selected by the President.[2] The directly-elected seats are elected using a 7% electoral threshold and allocated using the largest remainder method. If parties have an equal largest remainder, the party that was registered first is awarded the seat. If only one party crosses the threshold, the party with the second highest number of votes is awarded at least two seats.[3]
References
- Kazakhstan to liberalize rules on protests and political parties Reuters, 20 December 2019
- Republic of Kazakhstan IFES
- Electoral system IPU