Almaty City Mäslihat

The mäslihat is composed of 37 councillors who are represented by single-member constituency and are elected by a secret ballot every 5 years according to the Clause 2 of Article 86 of the Constitution of Kazakhstan, Section VIII "Local state government and self-government".[1] However on 23 May 2018, it was announced that all members of mäslihat bodies will be elected through proportional representation.[2]

The Almaty City Mäslihat was established on 10 December 1993 after the Supreme Soviet 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 including to the city of Almaty itself.[3] The city held the elections on 10 March 1994 to elect the councillors of the 1st convocation of the mäslihat.[4]

On 10 January 2021, the elections for the 39 councillors of the City Mäslihat was held for the first time where the councillors were elected based on party-list. The Nur Otan won majority of 29 seats followed by 3 minor parties. The 7th Convocation of the Almaty City Mäslihat convened on 15 January where Stanislav Kankurov was elected to be the secretary.[5]