Deputies of maslikhats of the Republic shall be elected in accordance with the Constitution of Respubliki Kazakhstan population on the basis of universal, equal and direct suffrage by secret ballot for a term of five years. In accordance with paragraph 3 of article 86 of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan, a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan who has reached the age of twenty and has an active electoral right can be elected as a Deputy of the maslikhat. A citizen of the Republic can be a Deputy of only one maslikhat.