Kazakhstan has elected the first members of its new national parliament, known as the Kurultai, completing the institutional transition approved in the country’s constitutional referendum in March.
Voter turnout reached 74.08 per cent. Adilet secured 71.17 per cent of the vote, while four other parties passed the five percent threshold and gained parliamentary representation.
Adilet’s decisive majority gives the party a clear mandate to advance President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s reform programme.
The result should provide policy continuity, while also placing responsibility on the new majority to demonstrate that a streamlined parliamentary system can produce effective legislation and visible results.
For Eurotoday, this is more than a change to Kazakhstan’s domestic political architecture.
The European Union has spent the past decade constructing an ambitious relationship with Central Asia’s largest economy. Much of that work has been conducted between presidents, ministers and European Commission officials. The arrival of the Kurultai gives the European Parliament a newly constituted legislative partner at precisely the moment when EU–Kazakhstan relations are moving from broad agreements towards detailed implementation.
The election followed the replacement of the former Senate and Mazhilis with a single elected chamber. Seven parties contested the vote, fielding 545 candidates. The new structure should make political responsibility easier to identify: legislation can no longer move between two chambers while ownership of decisions becomes blurred.
The Kurultai will adopt laws and the national budget, question ministers, hear government reports and, under defined procedures, express no confidence in the government. Its consent is also required for the appointment of the prime minister, vice-president and several senior institutional officials.
These responsibilities highlight the wider direction of Kazakhstan’s reforms since 2022.
The country has restored its Constitutional Court, lowered barriers to political-party registration and introduced safeguards intended to limit the concentration of political and economic privilege.
Kazakhstan remains a presidential system, and institutional development is necessarily gradual. But the election marks an important move from designing reforms to testing them through the everyday work of government.
That work will intersect with Europe’s interests.
The Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement, which
So, Kazakhstan’s gone and created a new parliament, the Kurultai, just as Europe was running low on tea and biscuits. Fancy that! 🍵🧐 Let’s just hope their “effective legislation” doesn’t take longer than a good old Eurostar delay! 🚂💨 A shiny new parliament in Kazakhstan? Brilliant! Just what Europe needs—more meetings to discuss things that could easily be resolved over a pint at the pub. 🍻 Looks like Kazakhstan’s Kurultai is the new star on the European political stage. Who wouldn’t want to partner with a freshly minted parliament that makes the EU’s bureaucracy look like a well-oiled machine? 😂 Looks like Kazakhstan’s Kurultai is ready to put the ‘fun’ back in ‘fundamental reforms’—because who doesn’t love a new parliamentary partner that’s just as serious as our last five meetings? 😂 Be prepared, Europe, the next round of bureaucracy just got a quirky twist! Just what we needed, another parliamentary partner to help Europe navigate its way through the labyrinth of bureaucracy—because who doesn’t love a bit of extra paperwork, right? 🤷♂️ Let’s hope the Kurultai can deliver more than just a fancy name and an impressive voter turnout! 💼 Looks like Kazakhstan’s Kurultai is the new kid on the EU block, eh? Can’t wait to see if they can turn all that ambition into something useful beyond just a fancy name! 😏 Looks like Kazakhstan is finally giving the EU something to talk about other than croissants and bureaucracy. Who knew a parliamentary partner could come with a side of shish kebab? 🍢😏 So, Kazakhstan’s Kurultai is here to spice up Europe’s political buffet, eh? Guess we’re all in for a gourmet experience of “effective legislation” – if only it came with a side of accountability! 😏 Seems like Kazakhstan’s Kurultai is ready to shake hands with Europe; just what we needed—another parliament to sort out the chaos! 🇰🇿🤝 Who needs effective legislation when you can just have a fancy title and a few parties playing musical chairs? 🎩✨ Fancy a novel way of dining out – one that provides a delicious meal while viewing the sights of the “capital of Europe”? A new study warns that persistent heat and lack of rainfall in the past two months are affecting summer crops and fodder supply across western and central Europe. EU chief Antonio Costa has paid tribute to all those who he says are “standing strong in defending their homeland on the front lines and across Ukraine.”
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