Constituencies and their system

1. In the Republic of Kazakhstan the system of constituencies shall be formed and used at elections of maslikhat deputies, members of other local self-government bodies.

2. Constituencies shall be formed by taking into account the administrative-territorial division of the Republic and an approximately equal number of voters. In this case the difference in the number of voters in the constituency in the oblast, the city of the republican status and the capital of the Republic, district and the city shall not exceed fifteen percent of the average quantity of voters per each deputy’s mandate in the given administrative-territorial unit.

3. At elections of the President of the Republic and the deputies of Mazhilis to be elected on the basis of the party lists under the proportional representation system the whole territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan shall be considered as a single national constituency.

4. At elections of members of other local self-government bodies the single-member constituencies shall be formed with observance of conditions stipulated by clause 2 of this Article.

5. At elections of members of the local self-government bodies the multiple-member constituencies shall be formed, which shall cover the territories of urban and rural communities.