CIS member state A Maslikhat (Kazakh: Мәслихат, Mäslihat, [mæs.lɘjˈχɑt]) is a local representative body (parliament) in Kazakhstan that is elected by a population of a region, district and city.
[1] By participating in the work of the mäslihats and its bodies, the MP's solve the most important issues of state, economic, social, cultural construction, adopt by-laws and other decisions, according to their competence, promote their implementation, exercise control over the observance of the laws of Kazakhstan and decisions of local representative and executive bodies.
The secretary of the mäslihat is elected from among the members in an open or secret ballot by a majority of votes from the total number of MP's.
A candidate is considered elected to the post of secretary of a mäslihat if, as a result of an open or secret ballot, he received a majority of votes from the total number of MP's.
[2] Mäslihat MP's are elected by the population on the basis of universal, equal, direct suffrage by secret ballot for a 5-year term according to clause 2 of article 86 of the Constitution, Section VIII "Local government and self-government".