§ KZ Election Law Art. 103Nomination of candidates for maslikhat deputies

1. The right to nominate candidates for deputies of maslikhats shall belong to the:
1) the elected on party lists - political parties;
2) the 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. Inclusion of persons in the party list for election as a deputy of maslikhat of the corresponding administrative-territorial unit shall be made by a majority of votes from the total number of members of the highest governing body of the relevant branch (representative office) of a political party.
3. Political parties shall not be entitled to include persons in the party lists who are not their members.
3-1. A person included in the party list for election to the maslikhat deputies from a political party shall not be entitled to be nominated in single-mandate territorial constituencies.
4. The decision of the highest governing body of the relevant branch (representative office) of a political party, together with the application of the citizen about the consent to be included in the party list, shall be sent to the relevant territorial election commission.
5. The procedure for placement of persons in a party list shall be determined by the decision of the highest governing body of the relevant branch (representative office) of a political party. A representative of a political party shall submit the party list to the appropriate territorial election commission simultaneously with an extract from the minutes of the highest governing body of the relevant branch (representative office) of the political party on the nomination of the party list. The powers of the representative must be confirmed by the relevant documents.
5-1. Self-nomination of candidates for maslikhat deputies shall be carried out by citizens by submitting to the relevant district election commission an application on their intention to run as a candidate for maslikhat deputies 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 maslikhat deputies in each constituency.
The decision to nominate candidates for deputies of maslikhats shall be made by a majority vote of the total number of members of the highest governing body of a public association, its structural unit (branch and representative office) and shall be 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) shall be:
1) 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), sent to the relevant district election commission.
6. No one may be nominated as a candidate in more than one constituency.
7. Nomination and self-nomination of candidates for Maslikhat deputies shall begin sixty days before voting day and ends at eighteen o'clock local time thirty days before election day unless otherwise established when calling elections.
8. If less than two party lists or candidates are registered on the day of the expiration of the period for registration of party lists or candidates in the relevant electoral district, the relevant election commission shall extend the period for nominating candidates by no more than twenty days.
Footnote. Article 103 as amended by the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 29.06.2018 № 162-VI (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after 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).