8th Parliament of Kazakhstan
The Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan of the 8th convocation (Kazakh: Сегізінші шақырылған Қазақстан Республикасы Парламенті, romanized: Segızınşı şaqyrılğan Qazaqstan Respublikasy Parlamentı; Russian: Парламент Республики Казахстан восьмого созыва) is the current convocation of the Parliament of Kazakhstan.
| Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan of the 8th convocation | |||||
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| Legislative body | Parliament of Kazakhstan | ||||
| Meeting place | Parliament Building Astana, Kazakhstan | ||||
| Term | 29 March 2023 – | ||||
| Election | 19 March 2023 | ||||
| Government | Smaiylov II Bektenov | ||||
| Mäjilis | |||||
| Members | 98 | ||||
| Chairman | Älihan Smaiylov | ||||
| Deputy Chairmen | Dania Espaeva Albert Rau | ||||
| Party control | Amanat (76) | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 50 | ||||
| Chairman | Mäulen Äşimbaev | ||||
| Deputy Chairmen | Olga Perepechina Jaqyp Asanov | ||||
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Following the 2023 legislative election to the lower house Mäjilis, where the composition of the parliament was determined through mixed-member majoritarian representation for the first time since 2004, a total of 98 Mäjilis deputies were elected with 69 from party-list proportional representation and 29 representing the newly reestablished single-mandate territorial constituencies. Since the 3rd Mäjilis, more than three parties had managed to overcome the 5% electoral threshold, leading to the Mäjilis consisting of six parties forming their own factions.
The 8th Parliament of Kazakhstan was first convened in its plenary session on 29 March 2023, under a presidential decree briefly signed by Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.