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Article 51 1. Election of deputies of the Mazhilis is carried out on the basis of universal, equal and direct suffrage by secret ballot. The next elections of deputies of the Mazhilis are held no later than two months before the end of the term of office of the current convocation of the Parliament. 2. The election of deputies of the Senate shall be carried out on the basis of indirect suffrage by secret ballot. Half of the elected deputies of the Senate shall be re-elected every three years. In this case, their regular elections shall be held no later than two months before the expiry of their term of office. 3. Extraordinary elections of the deputies of Parliament or the Mazhilis of Parliament shall be held within two months from the day of early termination of the powers of Parliament or the Mazhilis of Parliament respectively. 4. A deputy of Parliament may be a person who is a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan and who has been a permanent resident for the last ten years on its territory. A deputy of the Senate may be a person who has reached thirty years of age, has a higher education and length of service of not less than five years, and has been a permanent resident for not less than three years on the territory of the respective region, city of republic significance or the capital of the Republic. A deputy of the Mazhilis may be a person who has reached twenty-five years of age. 5. Constitutional Law shall regulate elections of the deputies of the Parliament of the Republic. 6. A deputy of Parliament shall take an oath before the people of Kazakhstan. Footnote. See the resolutions of the Constitutional Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 5/2 dated March 18, 1999; No. 24/2 dated November 29, 1999; No. 1 dated February 11, 2003. Footnote. Article 51 as amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 284-I dated October 7, 1998; No. 254-III dated May 21, 2007 (shall be applied from the date of its official publication); dated 08.06.2022 (shall be enforced from 08.06.2022).