In 2018, the Government of Kazakhstan approved a new constitutional amendment which would allow all Mäslihat elections to be conducted through party-list proportional representation.

[1] However, the move lead for self-nominated (independent) candidates from contesting in the race as all the mäslihats (local assemblies) required its members to be affiliated registered political party.

[2] In December 2019, the City Mäslihat during its convocation tenure unanimously voted for approval of the draft Almaty-2050 Development Strategy aimed to solve the problems in Almaty and improve lives of citizens.

[3] As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Kazakhstan, the city suffered setbacks in declining economy, investments, and an increase in inflation due to quarantine measures and lockdowns that were implemented.

[5] In December 2020, during a briefing, Almaty äkim Bakhytzhan Sagintayev stated that the economy had stabilized and that it has a "potential for rapid recovery in the post-epidemic period.