Abstract
The article provides a comparative legal and chronological analysis of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On local government and self-government" and the corresponding articles from the text of the Constitution. The priority directions of the ways of reforming the conceptual foundations of local government and self-government in Kazakhstan are analyzed. The research used general scientific and special methods of scientific knowledge. Among the results obtained, we will point out the following: proposals have been developed to improve legislation; recommendations on amendments to the Constitutional Law "On elections in the Republic of Kazakhstan" were proposed; reflects the advantages of a mixed electoral system; criteria for the election of deputies of maslikhats have been put forward.