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The 2023 Kazakh Senate elections were held on 14 January 2023. [1]
Out of the 50 members of the Senate of Kazakhstan, 40 are indirectly elected for six years by delegates from the 17 provinces and three national cities. They're not elected all at once : twenty are elected every three years, one per 17 province and 3 city ( Almaty, Astana, and Shymkent). [2] Senators represent every region and city. [3] The remaining 10 are nominated by the president, among which half on the proposal of the People's Assembly. [4]
Candidates must receive more than 50% of the votes cast to win a seat. [5]
Fifty-five candidates ran in the election.
All twenty seats were elected in the first round, rendering a second round unnecessary. Two women were elected. [5]
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
Independents | 2,890 | 100.00 | 20 | +3 | |
Not up | 20 | +3 | |||
Nominated | 10 | -5 | |||
Total | 2,890 | 100.00 | 50 | +1 | |
Valid votes | 2,890 | 99.62 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 11 | 0.38 | |||
Total votes | 2,901 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 3,167 | 91.60 | |||
Source: Registered, Voters |
![]() | This article needs to be updated.(January 2023) |
![]() | You can help expand this article with text translated from
the corresponding article in French. (January 2023) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
The 2023 Kazakh Senate elections were held on 14 January 2023. [1]
Out of the 50 members of the Senate of Kazakhstan, 40 are indirectly elected for six years by delegates from the 17 provinces and three national cities. They're not elected all at once : twenty are elected every three years, one per 17 province and 3 city ( Almaty, Astana, and Shymkent). [2] Senators represent every region and city. [3] The remaining 10 are nominated by the president, among which half on the proposal of the People's Assembly. [4]
Candidates must receive more than 50% of the votes cast to win a seat. [5]
Fifty-five candidates ran in the election.
All twenty seats were elected in the first round, rendering a second round unnecessary. Two women were elected. [5]
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
Independents | 2,890 | 100.00 | 20 | +3 | |
Not up | 20 | +3 | |||
Nominated | 10 | -5 | |||
Total | 2,890 | 100.00 | 50 | +1 | |
Valid votes | 2,890 | 99.62 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 11 | 0.38 | |||
Total votes | 2,901 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 3,167 | 91.60 | |||
Source: Registered, Voters |