§ KZ Election Law Art. 54Requirements to a candidate for President of the Republic

1. To be elected President, a citizen must meet the requirements established by paragraph 2 of Article 41 of the Constitution, have experience in public service or elected public office of at least 5 years, and also have the right to vote in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 33 of the Constitution and this Constitutional Law.
2. The compliance of a presidential candidate with the requirements set forth in the Constitution and this Constitutional Law shall be established by the Central Election Commission within five days from the date of submitting the extract from minutes of the meeting of the supreme body of a national public association on nominating the candidate together with the candidate’s statement of consent to run for president and the document certifying the candidate’s payment of an election fee.
A presidential candidate shall place an election fee equal to 50 statutory minimum wages to the account of the Central Election Commission. A candidate receives the paid fee back, if he/she was elected President of the Republic on the basis of election results or collected at least five percent of votes of the voters, who took part in the election, according to election results, as well as in case of the candidate’s death. In all other cases, the fee is not refundable and is converted into the revenue of the republican budget.
The fact of the presidential candidate’s residence in the Republic of Kazakhstan over the past fifteen years is established by the Central Election Commission, and the procedure for acknowledging the candidate’s proficiency in the state language is determined by a decision of the Central Election Commission in accordance with the decision of the Constitutional Council of the Republic on the official interpretation of paragraph 2 of article 41of the Constitution.
The procedure for acknowledging the candidate’s proficiency in the state language does not apply to a current President of the Republic re-nominated for the next term of office.
Footnote. Article 54 in the new wording of the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 15.06.2017 № 75-VI (shall be enforced from the day of its first official publication); as amended by the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05.11.2022 № 156-VII (shall come into effect from 01.01.2023).