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The Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan of 1995 defined free elections as the fundamental principle of the organization of State power, and the people are the bearer of sovereignty and the only source of State power. The Republic of Kazakhstan is a unitary state with a presidential form of government.
Article 33 of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan guarantees the right to elect and be elected to state and local self-government bodies, as well as to participate in a republican referendum to citizens of the Republic who have reached the age of 18, regardless of their origin, social, official and property status, gender, race, nationality, language, attitude to religion, beliefs, place of residence or any other circumstances. Citizens who have been declared legally incompetent by a court or are held in places of deprivation of liberty by a court verdict do not have the right to elect and be elected, to participate in a republican referendum.