[2] The local elections were initially announced by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev during the State of the Nation Address on 1 September 2022.

[3] He then signed a presidential decree on 19 January 2023 which dissolved the tenure of all mäslihats and set the election date.

[6] In the aftermath of the 2022 Kazakh unrest, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in his March 2022 State of the Nation Address unveiled a series of reforms regarding changes to the structure of mäslihats by granting them more decision-making powers and localised influence, including the implementation of a mixed electoral system.

[8] He also noted that the local electoral system would be held under a new mechanism that included a return of single-member districts within the mäslihat compositions.

[9] After being reelected in November 2022, President Tokayev on 19 January 2023 signed a decree in officially dissolving the functions in all levels of mäslihats and scheduling the snap election date for 19 March.