Countries / Europe
KAZ
Elections in Kazakhstan
presidential system
Next election
Kazakh legislative election - 1 August 2026
QT
Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev live
Head of state - Amanat
In office since
1 January 2019
Party
Amanat
Head of government
Älihan Smaiylov
Region
Europe
Next election
Kazakh legislative election
1 August 2026
Government
presidential system
Capital
Astana
Population
20 139 914
Country facts
Legislature
Parliament of Kazakhstan
Established
1991
Currency
Kazakhstani tenge
Official language
Russian
Capital
Astana
Region
Europe
Area
2,724,900 km2
Election history
20 November 2022presidential
Kazakh presidential election
turnout 69.4%
10 January 2021parliamentary
Kazakh legislative election
turnout 63.3%
9 June 2019presidential
Kazakh presidential election
won: Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev · turnout 77.5%
20 March 2016parliamentary
Kazakh legislative election
turnout 77.1%
26 April 2015presidential
Kazakh presidential election
won: Nūrsūltan Nazarbaev · turnout 95.2%
15 January 2012parliamentary
Kazakh legislative election
turnout 75.4%
3 April 2011presidential
Kazakh presidential election
won: Nūrsūltan Nazarbaev · turnout 90.0%
Presidential winner & turnout from Wikidata; parliamentary winners omitted (Wikidata data unreliable).
Power transferspeacefulcontestedirregular
2022 - Asqar Mamin Älihan Smaiylov
peaceful - no coup recorded
2019 - Baqytzhan Saghyntaev Asqar Mamin
peaceful - no coup recorded
2016 - Karim Massimov Baqytzhan Saghyntaev
peaceful - no coup recorded
Classification: Powell & Thyne Coup d'Etat Dataset, where available.
Profile from Wikidata - updated 2026-06-16.