Elections in Kazakhstan are held on a national level to elect a President and the Parliament, which is divided into two bodies, the Majilis and the Senate. Local elections for maslihats are held every five years.
Ballot boxes, Kazakh flag and state seal in an Astana polling place before the 2007 legislative elections.
Voting booths, each with an AIS "Sailau" touch-screen electronic voting machine.
Party-list proportional representation
Party-list proportional representation (list-PR) is a subset of proportional representation electoral systems in which multiple candidates are elected through their position on an electoral list. They can also be used as part of mixed-member electoral systems.
Poster for the European Parliament election 2004 in Italy, showing party lists