Kazakhstan to Hold Parliamentary Elections in First Half of 2023

ASTANA – Kazakhstan is set to hold the parliamentary election in the first half of 2023, said Chairman of Mazhilis, a lower chamber of the Kazakh Parliament, Yerlan Koshanov, on the sidelines of the Mazhilis plenary session on Nov. 23, reported the Kazinform.

Kazakh Parliament. Photo credit: Parliament of Kazakhstan

“The President will announce the dates. Afterward, a new government will be formed,” said Koshanov.

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev proposed to hold election to the Kazakh Parliament and Maslikhat (local representative bodies) in his Sept. 1 state-of-the-nation address.


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