§ KZ Election Law Art. 87Nomination of candidates to the Mazhilis deputies

1. The right to nominate candidates for deputies of the Mazhilis of the Parliament shall belong to:
1) elected on party lists - political parties;
2) elected in single-mandate territorial electoral districts - to political parties, public associations, as well as their structural subdivisions (branches and representative offices) if the relevant authority is provided for in the charter, and to citizens through self-nomination.
2. Individuals shall be included into a party list to be elected as the Mazhilis deputies in through a single national constituency by a majority vote of the total number of members of the supreme body of a political party. Political parties may not include into party lists those individuals, who are not members of this political party.
The decision of the supreme body of a political party shall be forwarded to the Central Election Commission together with an individual’s consent to be included into the party list.
A person included in the party list for election to the deputies of the Mazhilis of the Parliament on the territory of a single nationwide constituency shall not be entitled to be nominated in single-seat territorial constituencies.
3. Political parties independently shall determine the order of placement of persons on the party list. The party list shall then be submitted to the Central Election Commission by a representative of the political party along with an abstract from the minutes of the supreme body of the political party about nomination of the party list. The authority of such representative must be proven by relevant documents.
4. Excluded by the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05.11.2022 № 156-VII (shall come into effect ten calendar days after the day of its first official publication).
5. Nomination and self-nomination of candidates for deputies of the Mazhilis of the Parliament shall begin sixty days before the voting day and end at eighteen o'clock local time forty days before the election unless otherwise established when calling the election.
6. Self-nomination of candidates for deputies of the Mazhilis of Parliament shall be carried out by citizens by applying with the relevant district election commission about their intention to run as a candidate for deputies of the Mazhilis of Parliament in this single-mandate territorial constituency.
The nomination of a candidate by a political party, public association, and their structural subdivisions (branches and representative offices) shall be carried out by sending to the relevant district election commission an extract from the protocol of the highest governing body, an extract from the charter confirming the right to nominate structural subdivisions (branches and representative offices), together with a citizen's application consent to be nominated.
A public association, except for political parties, or its structural subdivision (branch and representative office) shall have the right to nominate candidates who are not members of this public association. A public association, except for political parties, and its structural subdivision (branch and representative office) may nominate only one candidate for deputies of the Mazhilis of the Parliament in each constituency. The decision to nominate candidates for deputies of the Mazhilis of Parliament shall be made by a majority of votes from the total number of members of the highest governing body of a public association, its structural unit (branch and representative office) and drawn up in an extract from the protocol. The decision of the highest governing body of a public association, its structural subdivision (branch and representative office):
1) shall be brought to the attention of the nominated candidate;
2) together with the candidate's statement of consent to run for office and an extract from the charter confirming the right to be nominated by structural units (branches and representative offices), shall be sent to the relevant district election commission.
If less than two candidates for deputies in a single-seat territorial electoral district are nominated by the end of the term for nomination, then the relevant district election commission shall extend the term for nominating candidates by no more than five days.
Footnote. Article 87 is in new edition of the Constitutional Law of the RK dated June 19, 2007 № 268-III second part of Clause 5 is with the changes introduced by the Constitutional Law of RK dated February 9,2009 № 124-IV; dated 29.06.2018 № 162-VI (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 05.11.2022 № 156-VII (shall come into effect from 01.01.2023).