The Shymkent City Mäslihat () is a unicameral legislature of the city of

Shymkent Shymkent (, ; ) is a city in southern Kazakhstan, located near the border with Uzbekistan. It holds the status of a city of republican significance, one of only three cities in Kazakhstan with this distinction, alongside Almaty and Astana. As of ...

. The councillors of the City Mäslihat are elected concurrently with the MPs of the Mazhilis.

Composition

The City Mäslihat is composed of 29 councillors who are represented by single-member constituency and are elected by a

secret ballot The secret ballot, also known as the Australian ballot, is a voting method in which a voter's identity in an election or a referendum is anonymous. This forestalls attempts to influence the voter by intimidation, blackmailing, and potential vote ...

every 5 years according to the Clause 2 of Article 86 of the Constitution of Kazakhstan, Section VIII "Local state government and self-government". However, on 23 May 2018, it was announced that all members of Mäslihat bodies will be elected through

proportional representation Proportional representation (PR) refers to any electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to political divisions (Political party, political parties) amon ...

. The law was approved on 29 June 2018 through a constitutional amendment and came into force starting from 1 January 2019.

History

The Mäslihat was established on 10 December 1993 after the Supreme Council of Kazakhstan adopted the law "On local representative and executive bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan", which made significant changes to the name and structure of local state bodies. The city held the elections on 10 March 1994 to elect the councillors of the 1st convocation of the City Mäslihat. In June 2018, the city was granted as a status of "republican significance", thus separating itself from the Turkistan Region. That same year, the city councillors for the first time voted for a Senator to represent the newly created subdivision.

Convocations

* 1st (1994–1999) * 2nd (1999–2004) * 3rd (2004–2007) * 4th (2007–2012) * 5th (2012–2016) * 6th (2016–2021)

References

{{Reflist Shymkent 1993 establishments in Kazakhstan Government of Kazakhstan