Astana City Mäslihat
The Astana City Mäslihat () is a unicameral legislature of Kazakhstan’s capital city of Astana. The councillors of the City Mäslihat are elected concurrently with the MP's of the Mazhilis. The City Mäslihat councillors perform their duties by approving plans, economic and social programs for the city's development. Composition The City Mäslihat is composed of 31 councillors who are elected through proportional representation. The law was approved on 29 June 2018 through a constitutional amendment and came into force starting from 1 January 2019. History The Astana City Mäslihat was established on 10 December 1993 after the Supreme Council of Kazakhstan adopted the law "On local representative and executive bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan", which made significant changes to the name and structure of local state bodies. The city held the elections on 10 March 1994 to elect the councillors of the 1st convocation of the City Mäslihat. Until 2021, the councillors represented single-member constituency and were elected by a secret ballot every 5 years according to the Clause 2 of Article 86 of the Constitution of Kazakhstan, Section VIII "Local state government and self-government". In 1998, the city changed its name after it became the new capital of