ANALYSIS OF CURRENT INNOVATIONS AND FACTORS IN SHAPING RURAL ELECTIONS: A PERIOD OF TRANSITION

Abstract

The article analyzes the current innovations of the new model of the local self-government system, where one of the important components is the organization and conduct of direct elections of rural akims. The election of rural akims in Kazakhstan remains one of the important directions in the framework of further decentralization of public administration and the introduction of the widespread practice of local self-government institutions. In this connection, the article considers and assesses the key measures for implementing the transition to direct elections, taking into account the experience of the first local election campaign in the summer of 2021.