Election contribution

1. At their own expense, political parties nominating party lists shall transfer to the account of the Central Election Commission an election contribution equal to fifteen times of the minimum wages set by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan for each person on the party list.

2. No election contribution shall be payable by political parties, which have received votes of seven and more percent of all voters at the previous election to the Mazhilis.

3. A political party, which received votes of five to seven percent of all voters at the previous Mazhilis election, shall pay an election contribution equal to fifty percent of the amount of the election contribution set in clause 1 of this Constitutional Act.

A political party, which received votes three to five percent of all voters at the previous Mazhilis election, shall pay an election contribution equal to seventy percent of the amount of the election contribution set in clause 1 of this Constitutional Act.

4. The paid contribution shall be refunded to a political party if it receives votes of at least seven percent of all voters, and in case of death of the only candidate on the party list. In all other cases the contribution paid shall not be refunded and shall proceed to the republican budget.