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The Majilis (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 77 seats, 67 in single seat constituencies and 10 by proportional representation, in the Majilis. Members of Parliament are elected to four year terms.

The Chairman of the Majilis is Ural Mukhamedzhanov.[1]

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Brief history

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; only ten deputies were women.

Chairmen of the Majilis

  • Marat Ospanov January 30, 1996–1999
  • Zharmakhan A. Tuyakbay December 1, 1999–October 18, 2004
  • Ural Mukhamedzhanov November 3, 2004–Present

Latest election

e • d  Summary of the 18 August 2007 Assembly of Kazakhstan election results
Parties and alliances Votes % Seats
Fatherland (Nur-Otan) 5,174,169 88.05 98
Nationwide Social Democratic Party (Zhalpyulttyk Sotsial-Demokratiyalyk Partiya) 271,525 4.62 0
Democratic Party of Kazakhstan Bright Path (Qazaqstan Demokratiyalyk Partiyasi Ak Zhol) 192,155 3.27 0
Village Social Democratic Party (Auyl Sotsial-Demokratiyalyk Partiyasi) 93,023 1.58 0
People's Communist Party of Kazakhstan (Qazaqstan Khalyk Kommunistik Partiyasi) 77,274 1.31 0
Party of Patriots 44,175 0.75 0
Rukhaniyat Party 24,308 0.41 0
Total (turnout 64.56%)   98

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