Senate election starts in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan will hold today the election of the Senate deputies.
According to the Central Election Commission, 55 candidates have
been registered for the election. Four candidates were nominated
from Almaty. Almaty, Zhambyl, Zhetysu, Pavlodar, North Kazakhstan
and Turkistan regions nominated two candidates each. Other regions
as well as Astana and Shymkent cities registered three candidates
each, Trend
reports citing Kazinform.

More than 130 candidates applied for the election across the
country.

The voting will begin at 11:00am Astana time (GMT+6).

3,168 Majilis deputies were included in the list of electors
across the republic. The biggest number of electors were registered
in Turkistan (317) and Kostanay regions (263). The smallest number
of electors are in Almaty (38), Astana (31) and Shymkent (30).

The nomination of the candidates began on November 29, 2022 and
lasted for 16 days.

In accordance with the Law «On elections», the registration of
the candidates finished at 18:00pm December 24, 2022.

The pre-election campaign ended on January 13, 2023 at
00:00am.