Senate (Senate)

Legal Framework
Electoral Law	28 September 1995 Amendments: 19 June 1997, 8 May 1998, 6 November 1998, 6 May 1999, 28 June 1999
Mode of designation	indirectly elected 32 appointed 15
Constituencies	- 20 multi-member (2 seats) constituencies
Voting system	Majority: Indirect election by the local assemblies: two members from 14 oblasts (regions) and two members each from Astana and Almaty. Majority and voter thresholds of 50 required for election in each constituency.
Voter requirements	- age: 18 years - Kazakh citizenship - disqualifications: imprisonment, court judgment of incompetence
Candidates
Eligibility	- age: 30 years - Kazakh citizenship for at least 5 years - residence in constituency where running for previous 3 years - higher education and "five years of (public) service" - ineligibility: court conviction
Incompatibilities	- paid position outside Senate - member of another assembly - entrepreneural or other paid activity except teaching, research and creative activities - member of a managing body or supervisory board of a commercial organization
Candidacy requirements	- nomination by majority vote at sessions of local councils or by candidate himself - backing of 10 of electors in each constituency