For the first time after the 2021 Almaty regional election, the Mäslihat is composed of three political parties with Nur Otan controlling a supermajority of 37 seats.

After the Supreme Council of Kazakhstan adopted a law on 10 December 1993 2578-XII "On local representative and executive bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan" which reformed the local representative bodies into Mäslihats in an attempt of building a "modern democratic form of government".

Members of the Regional Mäslihat were elected for the first time on 7 Match 1994 which convened in its first session on 5 April 1994 in the city of Almaty.

[3] In the aftermath of 2021 Almaty regional elections, 45 members were elected using newly implemented proportional representation which allowed for political parties to form parliamentary groups within the legislature after Nur Otan won a majority of 37 seats, followed by Auyl People's Democratic Patriotic Party and People's Party of Kazakhstan each winning four seats whom formed a parliamentary opposition.

[4] Mäslihat members are generally up for re-election every 5 years and are elected on the basis of party-list proportional representation with a required 7% electoral threshold to win any seats in the legislature.