§ KZ Election Law Art. 88Election contribution

1. At their own expense, political parties nominating party lists shall transfer to the account of the Central Election Commission an election contribution equal to fifteen times of the minimum wages set by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan for each person on the party list.
2. The election fee is not paid by political parties that received five or more percent of the votes of voters from the number of voters who took part in the voting in the previous elections of deputies of the Mazhilis of the Parliament.
3. A political party that received in the previous elections of deputies of the Majilis of Parliament from three to five percent of the votes of voters from the number of those who took part in the voting, the election fee is paid in the amount of fifty percent of the amount of the election fee established in paragraph 1 of this article.
A political party that received in the previous elections of deputies of the Mazhilis of the Parliament from one to three percent of the votes of voters from the number of those who took part in the voting, the electoral fee is paid in the amount of seventy percent of the amount of the electoral fee established in paragraph 1 of this article.
4. The paid contribution shall be returned to the political party in cases where, following the results of the elections, the political party won at least five percent of the votes of the voters who took part in the voting, as well as in the event of the death of the only candidate included in the party list. In all other cases, the contribution made is non-refundable and is transferred to the income of the republican budget.
5. Each candidate for deputies of the Mazhilis of the Parliament in single-mandate territorial constituencies, before registration and after checking for compliance with the requirements imposed on him/her by the Constitution and this Constitutional Law, shall pay an electoral contribution to the account of the Central Election Commission in the amount of fifteen times the minimum wage established by the legislation of the Republic Kazakhstan. The contribution made shall be returned to the candidate in cases where, following the results of the elections, the candidate is elected as a deputy of the Mazhilis of the Parliament or, following the results of the voting, the candidate receives at least five percent of the votes of the voters who took part in the voting, as well as in the event of the candidate's death. In all other cases, the contribution made shall be non-refundable and shall be transferred to the income of the republican budget.
Footnote. Article 88 is in new edition of the Constitutional Law dated June 19, 2007 № 268-III; as amended by the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated May 24, 2021 № 41-VII (shall be enforced ten calendar days after the day of its first official publication); dated 05.11.2022 № 156-VII (shall come into effect from 01.01.2023).