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 (TEC – 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 provided for 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.
REQUIREMENTS FOR CANDIDATES:
- a citizen of Kazakhstan;
- age - not younger than 25 years;
- general restrictions for all civil servants, for example, criminal record, incapacity;
- the qualification requirements for the position of akim have been expanded;
- making an election contribution by a candidate in a single amount, established by law, of the minimum wage;
- the innovations will also affect the voters, as follows:
the column "Against all" has been entered in the form of the ballot paper";
- what is new in this legislation is that the same person cannot be elected mayor of the same locality more than twice in a row.
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.
In total, as of July 2 this year, 224 candidates were nominated, including 55 by political parties and 169 by self-nomination.