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.

Democratic elections are competitive, periodic and representative elections, during which citizens with broad freedom on an alternative basis elect their representatives to power structures. Competitive elections ensure that different political parties and candidates participate in the elections. All of them enjoy freedom of speech, assembly, movement, everything that is necessary to make their political views heard and to present alternative candidates to the voters. The legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan ensures the frequency of elections, representation of various social groups of the population in government bodies, openness and transparency of the activities of electoral bodies.

Article 33 of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan guarantees the right to elect and be elected to state bodies 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 sentence do not have the right to elect and be elected, to participate in a republican referendum.

Being an active member of many reputable international organizations, Kazakhstan adheres to all its obligations to conduct free and competitive elections. The elections of the Head of State and the formation of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as local representative bodies, are held in our country in an open and transparent manner, in accordance with national legislation and generally recognized principles of democratic elections laid down in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966), the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (Protocol No. 1, 1952), the Document of the OSCE Copenhagen Meeting (1990).

The right to vote and be elected is regulated in the Constitutional Law "On Elections in the Republic of Kazakhstan", adopted in September 1995.