{"iso":"KZ","name":"Kazakhstan","flag":"\ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddff","vote":"Mazhilis party-list vote \u00b7 official result, not competitive","model":"noncomp","updated":"2023-03-19","source":"2023 election result, official count","credit":"Shows the party-list vote from the March 2023 Mazhilis election, official results as published by the Central Election Commission of Kazakhstan. Every party in parliament is broadly loyal to President Tokayev and OSCE observers judged the vote short of democratic standards despite procedural reforms. The next legislative election is due in 2028.","shares":{"AMANAT":53.9,"AUYL":10.9,"RESP":8.6,"AKZHOL":8.4,"PPK":6.8,"NSDP":5.2},"polls":[],"parties":{"AMANAT":{"name":"\u0410\u043c\u0430\u043d\u0430\u0442","color":"#3AB4AD","name_en":"Amanat"},"AUYL":{"name":"\u0410\u0443\u044b\u043b","color":"#0A5B2D","name_en":"Auyl"},"RESP":{"name":"\u0420\u0435\u0441\u043f\u0443\u0431\u043b\u0438\u043a\u0430","color":"#009FC7","name_en":"Respublica"},"AKZHOL":{"name":"\u0410\u049b \u0436\u043e\u043b","color":"#043381","name_en":"Ak Zhol"},"PPK":{"name":"\u049a\u0430\u0437\u0430\u049b\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d \u0445\u0430\u043b\u044b\u049b \u043f\u0430\u0440\u0442\u0438\u044f\u0441\u044b","color":"#EE0D38","name_en":"People's Party of Kazakhstan"},"NSDP":{"name":"\u0416\u0430\u043b\u043f\u044b\u04b1\u043b\u0442\u0442\u044b\u049b \u0441\u043e\u0446\u0438\u0430\u043b-\u0434\u0435\u043c\u043e\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0442\u0438\u044f\u043b\u044b\u049b \u043f\u0430\u0440\u0442\u0438\u044f","color":"#0045AF","name_en":"Nationwide Social Democratic Party"}},"primer":{"system":"Presidential republic under managed pluralism","head_of_state":"President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev","head_of_government":"Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov","legislature":"Parliament, bicameral. The Mazhilis has 98 members serving five-year terms.","electoral_system":"69 members are elected by party-list proportional representation with a 5 percent threshold and 29 in single-member districts.","government_now":"Amanat, the renamed ruling party, dominates the Mazhilis. Tokayev won a single seven-year presidential term in 2022 under his post-2022 constitutional settlement.","context":"After the deadly January 2022 unrest Tokayev sidelined the Nazarbayev family and allowed more parties to register, but no genuine opposition sits in parliament and a presidential vote is due in 2029.","sources":"Cross-checked against the English-language MediaWiki encyclopedic record via its public API, 2 July 2026."},"parties_info":{"AMANAT":["\u0410\u043c\u0430\u043d\u0430\u0442","Amanat ('covenant')","President Tokayev's big-tent ruling party (formerly Nur Otan); dominates the Mazhilis with 62 of 98 seats."],"AUYL":["\u0410\u0443\u044b\u043b","Auyl ('village')","Agrarian, rural-interest party; broadly pro-government."],"RESP":["\u0420\u0435\u0441\u043f\u0443\u0431\u043b\u0438\u043a\u0430","Respublica","Business-oriented pro-government party created in 2022."],"AKZHOL":["\u0410\u049b \u0436\u043e\u043b","Ak Zhol ('bright path')","Nominally liberal, business-friendly 'constructive opposition' that mostly backs the president."],"PPK":["\u049a\u0430\u0437\u0430\u049b\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d \u0445\u0430\u043b\u044b\u049b \u043f\u0430\u0440\u0442\u0438\u044f\u0441\u044b","People's Party of Kazakhstan","Left-leaning former Communist People's Party, now loyal to the government."],"NSDP":["\u0416\u0430\u043b\u043f\u044b\u04b1\u043b\u0442\u0442\u044b\u049b \u0441\u043e\u0446\u0438\u0430\u043b-\u0434\u0435\u043c\u043e\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0442\u0438\u044f\u043b\u044b\u049b \u043f\u0430\u0440\u0442\u0438\u044f","Nationwide Social Democratic Party","Social-democratic party, the only self-declared opposition force in parliament."]},"seats_now":{"chamber":"Mazhilis","as_of":"2023 election","total":98,"seats":{"AMANAT":62,"AUYL":8,"RESP":6,"AKZHOL":6,"PPK":5,"NSDP":4}},"has_geo":true,"geo_meta":{"kind":"admin1","source":"Natural Earth 10m admin-1 states/provinces (nvkelso/natural-earth-vector), retrieved 2026-07-02","note":"Region set and any internationally-disputed territories follow the Natural Earth source dataset. Far overseas/outlying territories may fall outside the primary map frame."},"next_election":{"date":"2026-08-23","title":"2026 Kazakh legislative election","chamber":"Kurultai (new unicameral parliament replacing the Mazhilis)","type":"scheduled"}}