2008 Kazakh Senate election

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2008 Kazakh Senate elections

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4 October 2008

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16 of the 47 seats in the Senate

Turnout

97.61%

	First party

Leader	Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Party	Nonpartisan
Leader since	11 January 2007
Last election	16
Seats won	16
Seat change
Percentage	100%

Chair before election

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Nonpartisan

Elected Chair

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Nonpartisan

Politics of Kazakhstan


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Senate elections were held in Kazakhstan on 4 October 2008.^[1] All 16 seats representing the regions of Kazakhstan were elected by the local legislative bodies (maslihats). 3310 of the 3231 eligible electorates voted in the election.^[2]

Electoral system

The members of the Senate of Kazakhstan are nonpartisan and are indirectly elected by the local legislative bodies Maslihats every six years. Each region and cities of Almaty and Astana are represented by two senators while 15 senators are appointed by the President of Kazakhstan.^[3]

References

^ "Центральная избирательная комиссия подвела итоги выборов депутатов Сената Парламента Республики Казахстан | Номад | 08.10.2008". nomad.su (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2010-03-26. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
^ "Выборы депутатов Сената Парламента Республики Казахстан в 2008 году :: Центральная избирательная комиссия РК :: Информация о текущей избирательной кампании :: Информация о прошедших избирательных кампаниях".
^ "THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN". akorda.kz. Archived from the original on 2015-07-06. Retrieved 2020-10-09.

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