page_title: Elections in Kazakhstan
hierarchical_section_title: Elections in Kazakhstan
caption_attribution_description: English: Ballot boxes in the polling place in the Congress Hall in Astana, Kazakhstan, set up for the 18 Aug. 2007 legislative election. The secondary ballot boxes are portable, used for mobile voting where pollworkers take the box to voters who cannot come to the polls.
context_page_description: Elections in Kazakhstan are held on a national level to elect a President and the Parliament, which is divided into two bodies, the Majilis and the Senate. Local elections for maslihats are held every five years.
  Elections are administered by the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
  There are 6 political parties in Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan’s political opposition is the most developed in the region in terms of its organizational abilities and resources.
  None of the elections held in Kazakhstan have been considered free or fair by Western countries or international observers with issues noted including ballot tampering, multiple voting, repression of opposition candidates and press censorship. The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has deployed election monitors to Kazakhstan for observation of parliamentary and presidential elections since 1999.
context_section_description: Elections in Kazakhstan are held on a national level to elect a President and the Parliament, which is divided into two bodies, the Majilis (Lower House) and the Senate (Upper House). Local elections for maslihats (local representative bodies) are held every five years.
  Elections are administered by the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
  There are 6 political parties in Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan’s political opposition is the most developed in the region in terms of its organizational abilities and resources.
  None of the elections held in Kazakhstan have been considered free or fair by Western countries or international observers with issues noted including ballot tampering, multiple voting, repression of opposition candidates and press censorship. The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has deployed election monitors to Kazakhstan for observation of parliamentary and presidential elections since 1999.
caption: Ballot boxes, Kazakh flag and state seal in an Astana polling place before the 2007 legislative elections.
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