Elections of mayors of rural districts, villages and settlements are scheduled for July 25, 2021 in the Karaganda region.
At the first direct elections in July of this year, it is planned to elect 75 rural akims.
The elections will be held in 149 localities, where more than 134 thousand people live, of which more than 81 thousand are voters.
164 election commissions will be involved in conducting direct elections of mayors of the rural level, including: 15 territorial, 149 precinct, in which 952 members of the commissions (territorial election commissions - 105, precinct - 847).
Candidates for akims of cities of district significance, villages, settlements, rural districts can be nominated:
- in the order of self-nomination,
- from political parties;
- to the akims of the regions.
The candidate must meet the requirements stipulated by the Constitutional Law on Elections, article 36 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Local State Administration and Self-Government in the Republic of Kazakhstan" and the legislation on public service.
Since June 26 of this year, according to the calendar plan of the main events of the territorial election commissions in the region, the nomination of candidates for rural akims has begun.
A total of 149 candidates were nominated as of June 30 this year, including 7 by political parties and 142 by self-nomination.