2023 Kazakh local elections

2023 Kazakh local elections
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All 3,415 seats to 223 mäslihats (local assemblies)
 
Leader Erlan Qoşanov Äli Bektaev
Party Amanat Auyl
Last election 2,685, 80.2% 227, 7.4%
 
Leader Azat Peruashev Ermūhamet Ertısbaev
Party Aq Jol QHP
Last election 224, 7.3% 86, 3.0%

Local elections are set to be held in Kazakhstan on 19 March 2023 to elect a total of 3,415 seats to 223 mäslihats (local assemblies) across all regions of Kazakhstan.[1] The local elections will be held alongside 2023 legislative elections and were held under the basis of mixed-member majoritarian representation, which for the first time since 2016 reinstated single-member districts that were previously abolished in 2018.[2]

The local elections were initially announced by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev during the State of the Nation Address on 1 September 2022.[3] He then signed a presidential decree on 19 January 2023 which dissolved the tenure of all mäslihats and set the election date.[4]

  1. ^ Kudrenok, Tatyana (2023-01-20). "3,415 maslikhat deputies to be elected in early elections". Kazinform. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  2. ^ Gabdualiev, Mereke (2018-11-14). "Kazakhstan: Why Local Elections will be Based on Party Lists Now?". CABAR.asia. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  3. ^ Bulatkulova, Saniya (2022-09-01). "Tokayev Proposes to Hold Parliamentary and Maslikhat Elections in First half of 2023". The Astana Times. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  4. ^ Urankayeva, Zhaniya (2023-01-19). "President Tokayev dismisses Mazhilis and maslikhats". Kursiv Media Kazakhstan. Retrieved 2023-02-17.