The Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan of the 3rd convocation was the legislative term of the lower house of the
Parliament of Kazakhstan. It lasted from 3 November 2004 until the dissolution of the Parliament on 20 June 2007. During the convocation, the
Otan OTAN most commonly refers to the French, Portuguese and Spanish acronym of NATO, an intergovernmental military alliance.
Otan or OTAN may refer to:
* Otan, political party of Kazakhstan, formed into Nur Otan in 2006 and into Amanat in 2022
* ...
gained its largest share of the seats after it became merged with
Asar,
Civic, and
Agrarian parties in 2006.
The 3rd Mazhilis was formed after the
2004 Kazakh legislative election
Legislative elections were held in Kazakhstan on 19 September and 3 October 2004. The Otan party won 42 of the 77 seats, gaining a majority in the Mazhilis.
Background
By 2003 the Kazakh economy was on a recovery with its GDP growth rate being ...
which took place in September and October 2004. The seats were elected through
mixed electoral system
A mixed electoral system or mixed-member electoral system combines methods of majoritarian representation, majoritarian and proportional representation (PR). The majoritarian component is usually first-past-the-post voting (FPTP/SMP), whereas the ...
before the
2007 amendment to the Constitution of Kazakhstan
The 2007 amendment to the Constitution of Kazakhstan modified Kazakhstan's basic law, on May 18, 2007. The changes followed the conclusion of the activities of the 'State Commission on Democratization' formed two years previously.
In a speech on ...
which replaced the voting system with
proportional representation.
Structure
References
Convocations of the Mazhilis
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