If only one parties managed to bypass the electoral threshold, then the party would've won the second highest number of votes is granted enough seats for representation in the mäslihat regardless of whether it had passed the threshold or not.

[7] Until 2021, the Almaty City Mäslihat consisted of 37 deputies, who were elected from single-member districts by secret ballot every five years.

[8] On 23 May 2018, it was announced that all mäslihat deputies would be elected through proportional representation, and this law was enacted in June 2018.

[9] On 10 January 2021, the elections for the 39 deputies of the City Mäslihat were held for the first time using the party-list system.

The 7th convocation of the Almaty City Mäslihat convened on 15 January, with Stanislav Kankurov elected as the secretary.