This article is part of our special report Kazakhstan elections.
The parliamentary elections held on Sunday (10 January) are seen as another step in the process of “controlled democratisation” of the former Soviet republic.
Last October Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a decree scheduling the parliamentary elections for the
Majilis.
Majilis is the lower chamber of the Kazakh Parliament consisting of 107 deputies who are elected for a five-year term. The upper house is the Senate of Kazakhstan, with 47 members. Members of the Senate are elected on the basis of indirect suffrage by secret ballot, and half of the elected members are up for election every three years.
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