The Majilis (Kazakh : Мәжіліс , 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 107 seats (98+9). Members of Parliament are elected to five year terms.[1]
The Chairman of the Majilis is Nurlan Nigmatulin .
Brief history [ edit ]
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; even ten deputies were women.[citation needed ]
Chairmen of the Majilis [ edit ]
Name
Period
Born/Died
Marat Ospanov
January 30, 1996–December 1, 1999
1949-2000
Jarmakhan Tuyakbay
December 1, 1999–November 2, 2004
b. 1947
Ural Mukhamedzhanov
November 2, 2004–September 2, 2007
1948-2013
Aslan Musin
September 2, 2007–October 13, 2008
b. 1954
Ural Mukhamedzhanov
October 13, 2008–January 20, 2012
1948-2013
Nurlan Nigmatulin
January 20, 2012–April 3, 2014
b. 1962
Kabibulla Dzhakupov
April 3, 2014–March 25, 2016
b. 1949
Baktykozha Izmukhambetov
March 25, 2016–June 22, 2016
b. 1948
Nurlan Nigmatulin
since June 22, 2016
b. 1962
Latest election [ edit ]
Mazhilis composition.
e • d Summary of the 15 January 2012 Mazhilis election results
Parties
Votes
%
Seats
National Democratic Party "Nur Otan" ("Light of the Fatherland")
5,621,436
80.99
83
Democratic Party of Kazakhstan Ak Zhol ("Bright Path")
518,405
7.47
8
Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan
498,788
7.19
7
Nationwide Social Democratic Party
116,534
1.68
0
Kazakhstani Social Democratic Party Auyl ("Village")
82,623
1.19
0
Party of Patriots of Kazakhstan
57,732
0.83
0
Democratic Party Adilet
45,702
0.66
0
Total (turnout 75.4%)
7,018,927
100.00
98
Source: KazInform
Members (since 1990) [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
External links [ edit ]
Coordinates : 51°10′47″N 71°26′48″E / 51.17972°N 71.44667°E / 51.17972; 71.44667