Article 103. Nomination of candidates for deputies of maslikhats of the Constitutional Law on Elections in the Republic of Kazakhstan

     1. The right to nominate candidates for deputies of maslikhats belongs to:

     1) those elected on party lists, – political parties;

     2) those elected in single–mandate territorial electoral districts - 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 citizens by self-nomination.

     2. The inclusion in the party list of persons for election as a deputy of the maslikhat of the relevant administrative-territorial unit is carried out by a majority vote of the total number of members of the supreme governing body of the relevant branch (representative office) of the political party.

     3. Political parties may not include persons who are not their members in the party lists.

     3-1. A person included in the party list for election to the Maslikhat from a political party is not entitled to be nominated in single-mandate territorial electoral districts.

     4. The decision of the supreme governing body of the relevant branch (representative office) of a political party, together with a citizen's statement of consent to be included in the party list, is sent to the relevant territorial election commission.

     5. The procedure for placing persons on the party list is determined by a decision of the supreme governing body of the relevant branch (representative office) of a political party. A representative of a political party submits a party list to the relevant territorial election commission simultaneously with an extract from the protocol of the supreme governing body of the relevant branch (representative office) of the political party on the nomination of the party list. The representative's authority must be confirmed by appropriate documents.

     5-1. Self-nomination of candidates for deputies of the maslikhat is carried out by citizens by submitting to the relevant district election commission an application of intention to run as a candidate for deputies of the Maslikhat 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) is carried out by sending to the relevant district election commission an extract from the minutes of the supreme governing body, an extract from the charter confirming the right of nomination by structural subdivisions (branches and representative offices), along with a citizen's statement of consent to be nominated.

     A public association, with the exception of political parties, or its structural subdivision (branch and representative office) has the right to nominate candidates who are not members of this public association. A public association, with the exception of political parties, and its structural subdivision (branch and representative office) may nominate only one candidate for deputy of the maslikhat in each electoral district.

     The decision to nominate candidates for deputies of maslikhats is made by a majority vote of the total number of members of the supreme governing body of a public association, its structural subdivision (branch and representative office) and is formalized by an extract from the protocol. Decision of the supreme governing body of a public association, its structural subdivision (branch and representative office):

     1) it is brought to the attention of the nominated candidate;

     2) together with the candidate's statement of consent to run and an extract from the charter confirming the right of nomination by structural divisions (branches and representative offices), it is sent to the relevant district election commission.

     6. No one may be nominated as a candidate in more than one electoral district.

     7. The nomination and self-nomination of candidates for deputies of maslikhats begin sixty days before voting day and end at eighteen o'clock local time thirty days before election day, unless otherwise specified when calling the election.

     8. If, as of the deadline for registration of party lists or candidates, less than two party lists or candidates have been registered in the relevant electoral district, the relevant election commission shall extend the deadline for nominating candidates by no more than twenty days.

Constitutional Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated September 28, 1995 No. 2464.

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