§ KZ Election Law Art. 89Registration of candidates to the Mazhilis

1. Registration of party lists submitted by political parties shall be carried out by the Central Election Commission, and candidates for single-seat territorial constituencies - by district election commissions.
2. Before registration, the candidate and his (her) wife (husband) shall submit declarations of assets and liabilities to the state revenue authorities at the place of residence on the first day of the month of the beginning of the nomination period established in accordance with this Constitutional Law, in the manner and form established by the authorized the state body of the Republic of Kazakhstan, exercising leadership in the field of ensuring the receipt of taxes and other obligatory payments to the budget.
The accuracy of information about the assets and liabilities declared by the candidate and his (her) wife (husband)shall be checked by the state revenue authorities within fifteen days from the date of registration of the party list and the candidate.
Organizations that have received the requirements of state revenue authorities to provide information about the assets and liabilities of the candidate and his (her) wife (husband)shall be required to provide the requested information within four days from the date of receipt of the request.
3. Party lists shall be conducted upon submission of the following documents:
1) a partial record of the supreme body of a political party regarding nomination of the party list together with a copy of the registration certificate of a political party with the Ministry of Justice of the Republic;
2) an application of citizen to be included into the party list;
3) biographic data of each person on the party list;
4) certificates of the state revenue authority on the submission by the candidate and his (her) spouse (husband) of declarations of assets and liabilities;
5) a receipt confirming that the election contribution was paid by a political party;
6) confirmation of the membership of a person in the party list in the political party, which nominated such list.
The documents, indicated in part one of this paragraph, the candidates – people with disabilities, shall be additionally provided with certificates of disability, in the form established by the authorized body in the field of social protection of the population
4. Only one list of either political party shall be permitted to be registered, with the number of people on such list not to exceed the set number of deputy mandates allocated among political parties by more than thirty percent.
In the party list, the number of representatives of three categories: women, youth, and persons with disabilities - in total must be at least thirty percent of the total number of persons included in it.
4-1. Registration of a candidate from a political party, public association, or their structural subdivisions (branches and representative offices) shall be carried out in the presence of the following documents:
1) extracts from the minutes of the highest governing body of a political party, public association, and their structural subdivisions (branches and representative offices) on nominating a candidate for the relevant constituency with an extract from the charter confirming the right to nominate structural subdivisions (branches and representative offices), a copy of the registration document political party, public association in the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan, registration of structural subdivisions (branches and representative offices) in the territorial bodies of justice;
2) statements of a citizen about his/her consent to run as a candidate for deputy in this constituency from the political party, or public association that nominated him;
3) biographical information about the candidate;
4) certificates of the state revenue authority on the submission by the candidate and his (her) wife (husband) of declarations of assets and liabilities;
5) a document confirming that the candidate has made an election contribution.
Registration of a candidate in case of his self-nomination shall be carried out in the presence of the following documents:
1) statements of a citizen about his/her intention to run as a candidate in this constituency;
2) biographical information about the candidate;
3) certificates of the state revenue authority on the submission by the candidate and his (her) wife (husband) of declarations of assets and liabilities;
4) a document confirming that the candidate has made an electoral contribution.
Any number of candidates for deputies of the Mazhilis of the Parliament shall be allowed to register.
4-2. The district election commission shall draw up a protocol for the registration of candidates, which shall be submitted to the Central Election Commission within five days.
4-3. District Electoral Commission shall:
1) not later than on the seventh day after the registration of candidates, publish in the local mass media a message on the registration of candidates indicating the last name, first name, patronymic (if it is indicated in the identity document), year of birth, position (occupation), place work and residence of each candidate, as well as, depending on the candidate's discretion, information about his/her affiliation to a political party, public association and nationality;
2) when registering, issue an appropriate certificate to candidates;
3) refuse to register or cancel the decision to register a candidate in the following cases:
violation by a political party, a public association, their structural subdivisions (branches and representative offices), a candidate of the rules for nomination, failure to submit the necessary documents for registration;
conduct by a political party, public association, their structural subdivisions (branches and representative offices), candidates nominated by them, self-nominated candidates, as well as proxies of election campaigning before the end of the registration period;
establishment by the court of the fact that a political party, public association, their structural subdivisions (branches and representative offices), a candidate and (or) proxies spread false information discrediting the honour and dignity of another candidate, undermining his business reputation;
establishment by the court of the facts of bribing voters by a political party, public association, their structural subdivisions (branches and representative offices), candidates nominated by them, self-nominated candidates, as well as proxies;
compliance of the candidate with the requirements imposed on him by the Constitution and this Constitutional Law;
use by the candidate of official or official position in his/her election campaign;
other cases established by this Constitutional Law;
4) cancel the decision to register a candidate if, at the time of filing the declaration, the information on assets and liabilities declared by the candidate or his (her) wife (husband) is revealed to be unreliable in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on combating corruption.
In case of refusal to register or cancellation of the decision on registration of a candidate nominated by a political party, public association, or their structural subdivisions (branches and representative offices), such a decision may be appealed both by the candidate himself(herself) and by the political party, public association, their structural subdivisions (branches and representative offices) that nominated the candidate.
Cancellation of the decision to register a candidate or reinstatement of a candidate previously de-registered two days before the voting day shall be prohibited.
5. 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).
6. The Central Election Commission shall:
1) publish in mass media an announcement of registration specifying the name of the political party and number of persons on the party list as well as the surname, given names, year of birth, job position, residence and work address of each candidate on the party list within seven days of the registration of party lists;
2) 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).
3) issue relevant certificates to candidates upon registration;
4) refuse to register or cancel decisions to register the party list in the following cases:
breach of rules of nomination of a party list by a political party, failure to submit documents required for registration;
holding of election campaign by a political party that nominated a party list, candidates nominated by it, its agents before the end of the registration period;
more than fifty percent of the whole party representatives leaving the party list;
if a court finds out that a political party nominating the party list, or its proxies disseminate
false information discrediting the honor and dignity of a candidate, another political party, which has nominated the party list, or a person on the party list impairing his/her professional reputation;
if a court finds out that a political party nominating the party list or its proxies bribed voters;
in other cases stipulated by this Constitutional Law.
Cancellation of a decision to register the party list or restoration of a previously deregistered party list shall not be permitted two days prior to the voting day;
5) make a decision to exclude the person, included in the party list from this list in the case of:
incompliance of the person, included in the party list, with the requirements for the candidate imposed by the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan and this Constitutional Law;
the use by a person, included in a party list, of official position in his election campaign;
holding of election campaign by the person, included in the party list before the end of the period of registration of the party list;
establishment by the court of the fact of dissemination of false information by the person, included in the party list, discrediting the honor and dignity of the candidate, the political party that nominated the party list, or another person included in the party list that damage their reputation;
detection of unreliability of information about assets and liabilities declared by a person included in the party list and his (her) spouse (husband) in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on combating corruption;
establishment by the court of the facts of bribing voters by the person, included in the party list or his authorized representatives;
in other cases, established by this Constitutional Law.
The decision to exclude a person, included in the party list from this list may be appealed by a political party that nominated the party list, or by a person, excluded from the party list, to the Supreme Court, whose decision is final.
Making a decision to exclude a person, included in the party list, two days before the voting day shall not be allowed;
6) 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).
7. Refusal to register or cancellation of the decision to register a party list, a candidate in a single-mandate territorial constituency may be appealed to the Central Election Commission and (or) the Supreme Court within seven days. Wherein, the Central Electoral Commission or the Supreme Court shall decide on the complaint within seven days from the date of filing the complaint.
8. Registration of party lists and candidates shall begin sixty days before voting day and end at eighteen hours local time thirty days before the election, unless otherwise specified when calling the election.
Footnote. Article 89 as amended by the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 19.06.2007 № 268 (effective from the date of its official publication); as amended by the Constitutional Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 28.09.1995 № 2464 (the procedure for entry into force see Article 133); dated 09.02.2009 № 124-IV (the procedure for entry into force see Article 2); from 31.07.2015 № 340-V (effective from 01.01.2016); dated 18.11.2015 № 413-V (effective from 01.01.2017); dated 29.06.2018 № 162-VI (effective after ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication); dated 25.05.2020 № 335-VI (effective after ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication); dated 07.02.2022 № 105-VII (effective after ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication); dated 05.11.2022 № 156-VII (refer to Article 3 for the procedure for enactment).