Jambyl Regional Mäslihat
The Jambyl Regional Mäslihat () is a unicameral local legislature of the Jambyl Region. Convening in Taraz, the Mäslihat consists of 36 members and three parties of which are the Nur Otan (NO), Ak Zhol Democratic Party (AJ), and Auyl People's Democratic Patriotic Party (AUYL) in which the NO controls the supermajority of 30 seats. The Secretary of the Mäslihat is currently Mahmetğali Sarybekov (NO). Elections to the Jambyl Regional Mäslihat are held every five years and with its mandates allocated through proportional representation since 2021. History. The Regional Mäslihat was formed on the basis of the  Law 2578-XII "On local representative and executive bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan" which was adopted on 10 December 1993 by the then-existingSupreme Council of Kazakhstan. For the first time, members for the Mäslihat, including other local races, were chosen through secret ballot in elections for a five-year term which were held on 7 March 1994 and coincided with the general elections as well. The practice continued to be in place until 2018, when the Parliament of Kazakhstan approved new bill which changed the electoral system for local races, granting parties to from their own party-lists  for mäslihats and to form parliamentary groups within the legislatures. In the 2021 Jambyl regional elections, the Nur Otan (NO) won an overwhelmingly majority of 30 seats while the Ak Zhol Democratic Party (AJ), and Auyl People's Democratic Patriotic Party (AUYL) had managed to win enough votes to withstand the 7% electoral threshold and win each three mandates. The Nur Otan Jambyl regional branch on 15 January 2021 held a meeting in the Mäslihat where Muqaş İskandirov was unanimously chosen as the parliamentary leader of NO in the Mäslihat while Mahmetğali Sarybekov was elected as the Mäslihat Secretary. Elections . Mäslihat members are generally up for re-election every 5 years and are elected on the basis of party-list proportional representation with a required 7% electoral threshold to win any seats in the legislature. If only one parties manages to bypass the electoral threshold, then the party win the second highest number of votes is granted enough seats for representation in the mäslihat regardless whether it had passed the threshold or not. A member of the mäslihat may be a citizen of Kazakhstan who has reached 20 years of age and can be a member of only one mäslihat . Powers and functions. In accordance with the Article 20 of the Constitution of Kazakhstan "On local government and self-government in the Republic of Kazakhstan" Composition. The last election for the Jambyl Regional Mäslihat was held on 10 January 2021. The Nur Otan (NO) currently controls supermajority of seats.