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The Majilis (also transliterated as Mazhilis; English: Assembly) is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Kazakhstan, known as the Parlamenti, in the Government of Kazakhstan. The upper house of Parliament is the Senate of Kazakhstan. There are 77 seats, 67 in single seat constituencies and 10 by proportional representation, in the Majilis. Members of Parliament are elected to four year terms.^{[citation needed]}

The Chairman of the Majilis is Ural Mukhamedzhanov.^[1]

1 Brief history
2 Latest election
3 References
4 External link

In the first election under the new parliamentary structure, all seats in both houses of parliament were contested in December 1995; runoff elections filled twenty-three seats in the Majlis for which the initial vote was inconclusive. International observers reported procedural violations in the Majlis voting. The new parliament, which was seated in January 1996, included sixty-eight Kazak and thirty-one Russian deputies; only ten deputies were women.^{[citation needed]}

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**Summary of the 19 September and 3 October 2004 **Assembly of Kazakhstan** election results**
Parties and alliances	Votes	%	Seats
Fatherland (Otan)		60.6	42
Democratic Party of Kazakhstan Bright Path (Qazaqstan Demokratiyalyk Partiyasi Ak Zhol)		12.0	1
All Together (Asar)		11.4	4
Agrarian and Industrial Union of Workers Block Agrarian Party of Kazakhstan (Qazaqstan Agrarlyk Partiyasi) Civic Party of Kazakhstan (Qazaqstan Azamattlyk Partiyasi)		7.1	11
Opposition Union of Communists and DCK Block Communist Party of Kazakhstan (Qazaqstan Kommunistik Partiyasi) Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan (Qazaqstannyn Demokratiyalyk Tandau)		3.4	-
People's Communist Party of Kazakhstan (Qazaqstan Khalyk Kommunistik Partiyasi)		2.0	-
Village Social Democratic Party (Auyl Sotsial-Demokratiyalyk Partiyasi)		1.7	-
Democratic Party (Demokratiyalyk Partiyasi)		0.8	1
Party of Patriots		0.6	-
Rukhaniyat Party		0.4	-
Non-partisans	-	.	18
Total (turnout %)			77