About this election
Kazakhstan is due to hold a landmark parliamentary election in August 2026 — the first vote for a brand-new, single-chamber legislature. Following a constitutional referendum on 15 March 2026, in which around 90% of voters approved sweeping changes on a turnout of about 73%, Kazakhstan is abolishing its bicameral Parliament and replacing it with a unicameral assembly, the Kurultai, of 145 deputies. The new constitution takes effect on 1 July 2026, and elections to the Kurultai are to be held before the new legislature begins work, with President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev confirming an August timetable. The vote is the centrepiece of the "New Kazakhstan" reform programme launched after deadly unrest in January 2022.
The Kurultai's 145 members will be elected by closed-list proportional representation from a single nationwide constituency, with a 5% threshold for a party to win seats. This marks a return to the fully proportional, nationwide system Kazakhstan used between 2007 and 2021, and reverses the mixed system introduced for the 2023 election, which had combined party lists with single-mandate districts. Supporters present the change as streamlining government and strengthening the role of national parties; critics note that a single nationwide list, combined with the dominance of the pro-presidential party, tends to entrench the ruling bloc. A notable feature retained from the reforms is an "against all" option on the ballot, reintroduced in 2023 as a gesture toward greater choice.
Kazakhstan's politics have been dominated since independence by a single pro-presidential party — known successively as Otan, Nur Otan and, since 2022, Amanat. In June 2026 a newly formed party, Ädilet, merged with Amanat to become the successor to that long-running organisation ahead of the Kurultai election, part of Tokayev's effort to rebrand the ruling party and distance it from the era of founding president Nursultan Nazarbayev, whose family's influence was rolled back after the 2022 crisis. The other parties in parliament — the rural-focused Auyl, the business-oriented Aq Jol, the People's Party of Kazakhstan (a successor to the communists), the JSDP and the newer Respublica — operate largely within a managed system, and genuinely independent or opposition parties have struggled to register. Real political competition is limited, and international monitors have consistently judged Kazakhstan's elections as falling short of democratic standards while noting incremental procedural improvements.
The March 2023 election to the lower house (Majilis) was the first under the post-2022 reforms and the mixed system. Amanat won comfortably but with a reduced share, and several parties returned to or entered parliament.
| Party (2023 list vote) | Vote % | Seats |
| Amanat | 53.90 | 62 |
| Auyl | 10.90 | 8 |
| Respublica | 8.59 | 6 |
| Aq Jol | 8.41 | 6 |
| People's Party (QHP) | 6.80 | 5 |
| JSDP | 5.20 | 4 |
Amanat took 62 of the Majilis's 98 seats, combining list and single-mandate wins; the rest were split among the smaller parties and self-nominated district deputies. Under the new all-proportional Kurultai, the single-mandate districts disappear.
The central questions are how the rebranded ruling party performs under its new name, whether the smaller parties clear the 5% threshold in an all-list contest, and how the public responds to the abolition of the upper house and the concentration of the legislature into one chamber. Turnout, the share of "against all" votes, and the verdict of international observers on the conduct of the first Kurultai election will all be closely watched as tests of the reform agenda's credibility.
Because the Kurultai is elected from a single nationwide list, there are no constituency contests to map directly, but turnout and party support vary across Kazakhstan's regions — typically higher in the south and west and lower in the larger northern and metropolitan areas such as Almaty and Astana. ElectioMap will display regional turnout and vote-share figures where the Central Election Commission publishes them.
The move to a single chamber is the most consequential institutional change in Kazakhstan since independence in 1991. The former bicameral Parliament paired a directly elected Majilis with a Senate that was partly elected by regional councils and partly appointed by the president — a structure critics said diluted accountability. Supporters of the 2026 reform argue that a leaner, fully elected Kurultai concentrates legislative responsibility and fits a smaller, more agile state; sceptics counter that abolishing the upper house removes a check and that, without genuine party competition, consolidation mainly benefits the ruling bloc. The reform also has to be read against the unrest of January 2022, known in Kazakhstan as "Qandy Qantar" (Bloody January), which left dozens dead, triggered a brief deployment of a Russian-led security force, and accelerated Tokayev's break with the Nazarbayev era. International observers from the OSCE will assess whether the first Kurultai vote delivers the openness the reforms promise.
This page will carry the live nationwide party-list result and seat allocation for the 145-member Kurultai as the count proceeds, with regional figures where available. Data is sourced from the Central Election Commission of Kazakhstan, the official authority responsible for conducting and certifying the vote.
It is due in August 2026. This is the first election to the new unicameral Kurultai, which replaces the bicameral Parliament under the constitution approved in the March 2026 referendum; the new constitution takes effect on 1 July 2026 and the new legislature must be elected before it begins work.
The Kurultai is Kazakhstan's new single-chamber legislature of 145 deputies, created by the 2026 constitutional reform that abolished the Senate. It replaces the previous two-house Parliament (the Majilis and the Senate).
By closed-list proportional representation from a single nationwide constituency with a 5% threshold — a return to the fully proportional system used between 2007 and 2021, reversing the mixed system of 2023. An "against all" option is available on the ballot.
The pro-presidential party — known successively as Nur Otan and Amanat, and rebranded again after a June 2026 merger with the new Ädilet party — has won every election since independence. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev leads the "New Kazakhstan" reform agenda launched after the deadly January 2022 unrest.
The Central Election Commission of Kazakhstan announces preliminary results after polls close and certifies the final count within days. Live nationwide vote shares and the 145-seat allocation will appear on this page as counting proceeds.
Compiled and reviewed by Bartłomiej Paruzel, Election Data Analyst, from official results. See our data methodology.