{"faq_id":"dceab7f7-60c8-46af-89ef-2e46b934619f","code":"myth-kurultai-same-as-mazhilis","kind":"faq","canonical_slug":"myth-kurultai-same-as-mazhilis","section":{"id":9,"code":"myths","slug":"myths","title":"Myths"},"lang":"en","question":"“The Kurultai is just the Mazhilis under a new name”","short_answer":"It is not a simple rename: the Senate is abolished, presidential appointments are removed, the election system changes, the threshold rises from 5% to 7%, and women, young people, and persons with disabilities must jointly make up at least 30% of a party list.","blocks":{"answer_html":"<h2>Myth</h2>\n<p>“The Kurultai is just the Mazhilis with a new label.”</p>\n<h2>Fact</h2>\n<p>The new model changes not the signboard, but <strong>the entire parliamentary architecture</strong>.</p>\n<h2>What Changes in Substance</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Senate is abolished</strong> – the bicameral model disappears.</li>\n<li><strong>Presidential appointments are removed</strong> – there are no more appointed Senate seats.</li>\n<li>The <strong>election system changes</strong> – the Kurultai is formed under a new model.</li>\n<li>The <strong>threshold rises</strong> from <strong>5% to 7%</strong>.</li>\n<li>Women, young people, and persons with disabilities must jointly make up <strong>at least 30% of a party list</strong>.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Why the Myth Appears</h2>\n<p>From a distance it may look as though only the name changed because parliament still passes laws. But the structure, formation process, and logic of representation are all different.</p>\n<h2>Conclusion</h2>\n<p>The Kurultai is not “the same Mazhilis,” but a new constitutional model of parliament.</p>\n","facts_html":"","what_not_change_html":"","where_detailed_html":"","misconceptions_html":""},"updated_at":"2026-06-16T00:00:00+00:00","article_refs":[{"number":52,"title":"Kurultai"},{"number":53,"title":"Kurultai"}],"entity_links":[{"type":"constitutional_article","number":52,"label":"Article 52","title":"Kurultai","href":"/full-text?lang=en#article-52"},{"type":"constitutional_article","number":53,"label":"Article 53","title":"Kurultai","href":"/full-text?lang=en#article-53"}],"source_records":[{"id":"constitution-2026-official","type":"constitution","url":"https://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/K2600000000","title":"Official publication of the 2026 Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan","publisher":"Adilet Legal Information System","checked_at":"2026-07-16","reviewed_at":"2026-07-16","checked_at_label":"16 July 2026"},{"id":"kurultai-law-2026","type":"constitutional_law","url":"https://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/Z2600000297","title":"Constitutional Law on the Kurultai of the Republic of Kazakhstan","publisher":"Adilet Legal Information System","checked_at":"2026-07-16","reviewed_at":"2026-07-16","checked_at_label":"16 July 2026"},{"id":"kurultai-election-current-stage","type":"election_authority","url":"https://www.election.gov.kz/rus/news/releases/index.php?ID=10290","title":"Results of the nomination stage for Kurultai candidates","publisher":"Central Election Commission of Kazakhstan","checked_at":"2026-07-16","reviewed_at":"2026-07-16","checked_at_label":"16 July 2026"}],"verified_claims":[],"implementation_status":null,"source_schema_records":[{"@type":"CreativeWork","name":"Official publication of the 2026 Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan","url":"https://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/K2600000000","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Adilet Legal Information System"},"dateModified":"2026-07-16"},{"@type":"CreativeWork","name":"Constitutional Law on the Kurultai of the Republic of Kazakhstan","url":"https://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/Z2600000297","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Adilet Legal Information System"},"dateModified":"2026-07-16"},{"@type":"CreativeWork","name":"Results of the nomination stage for Kurultai candidates","url":"https://www.election.gov.kz/rus/news/releases/index.php?ID=10290","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Central Election Commission of Kazakhstan"},"dateModified":"2026-07-16"}],"source_citation_urls":["https://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/K2600000000","https://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/Z2600000297","https://www.election.gov.kz/rus/news/releases/index.php?ID=10290"]}