Article 4. Composition and structure of the Parliament of the Republic of the Constitutional Law On the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Status of its Deputies

     1. The Parliament consists of two Chambers: the Senate and the Mazhilis, which operate on a permanent basis.

     2. The Senate is formed by deputies representing, in accordance with the procedure established by the constitutional law, two people from each region, city of republican significance and the capital of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Half of the elected deputies of the Senate are re-elected every three years.

     3. Ten deputies of the Senate are appointed by the President of the Republic, five of whom are appointed on the proposal of the Assembly of People of Kazakhstan.

     4. The Mazhilis consists of ninety-eight deputies elected in accordance with the procedure established by the constitutional law.

     Sixty–nine deputies are elected from political parties on party lists in a single national electoral district, twenty-nine - in single-mandate territorial electoral districts on the basis of universal, equal and direct suffrage by secret ballot.

     5. A Member of Parliament may not be a member of both Chambers at the same time.

     6. The procedure for electing deputies of the Senate and the Mazhilis is established by the constitutional law.

Constitutional Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated October 16, 1995 No. 2529.

     This Constitutional Law, in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan, defines the organization and activities of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the legal status of its deputies.

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