From the 1995 constitution (most relevant articles):

Article 41
1. The president of the republic shall be elected by universal, equal, and direct suffrage under a secret ballot for a seven-year term in accordance with the constitutional law by the citizens of the republic who have come of age.

2. A citizen of the republic shall be eligible for the office of the president of the Republic of Kazakhstan if he is by birth not younger than 40 and has a perfect command of the state language and has lived in Kazakhstan for not less than 15 years.

3. Regular elections of the president of the republic shall be held on the first Sunday of December and shall not coincide with the election of a new parliament of the republic.

4.The candidate who receives more than 50 percent of the votes of the constituents that took part in the election shall be deemed elected. If none of the candidates receives the above number of votes, a second round of elections shall be held between the two candidates who obtained the largest number of votes. The candidate who receives the larger number of votes of the constituents who take part in the second round of elections shall be deemed elected.

From the 1995 Election Law:

Chapter 10. Elections of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Article 51. Regular Elections of the President of the Republic
1. Regular elections of the president of the republic are held every seven years on the first Sunday of December of the corresponding year and cannot coincide with elections of a new composition of the parliament.

Article 52. Off-Year Elections of the President of the Republic
Excluded by the constitutional law of the Republic of Kazakhstan of 6 November 1998.

Article 53. Announcing and calling of Elections of the President of the Republic
1. Regular elections of the president are called by the Mazhilis of the parliament not later than the first Sunday of August.

2. Excluded by the constitutional law of the Republic of Kazakhstan of 6 November 1998.

3. The same person may not be elected the president more than two terms running.

Article 54. Requirements set for Candidates for the Post of the President of the Republic
1. To be eligible for the post of president of the republic, a citizen shall meet the requirements set forth in paragraph 2 of Article 41 of the constitution as well as not be a minister of any religious cult and enjoy active suffrage in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 33 of the constitution and the present constitutional law.

2. Conformity of a presidential candidate with the requirements of the constitution and the present constitutional law is determined by the Central Election Commission within five days after a citizen submits an application about self-nomination or presents an excerpt from the minutes of a meeting of the highest body of a republican public association about the nomination of a candidate and the candidate's written statement of consent to run for election. At the same time the procedure of establishing the fact of fluent mastery of the state language is set forth in the resolution of the Central Election Commission in accordance with the act of the Constitutional Council of the republic about official interpretation of paragraph 2 of Article 41 of the constitution.

3. Violation of the requirements of the present Article entails ruling elections of the president invalid.

Article 55. Nomination of Candidates for the Post of the President of the Republic
1. The right to nominate candidates for the post of the president belongs to republican public associations registered according to the established procedure, as well as to citizens by self-nomination.

2. Nomination of candidates for the post of the president of the republic begins three months and terminates two months prior to elections.

3. Candidates for the post of the president are nominated by the highest bodies of republican public associations. A public association has the right to nominate as candidates for election persons who are not members of that public association. A public association has the right to nominate only one candidate for the presidency. A resolution to nominate a candidate for the presidency is adopted by the majority of votes from the total number of the members of the highest body of a public association and is documented by an excerpt from the minutes. The resolution of the highest body of a republican association within three days from the day of its adoption:

1) is to be brought to the notice of the candidate for the presidency; Paragraph 1 of Article 54 is given in a wording of the constitutional law of the Republic of Kazakhstan on 8 May 1998

2) together with the presidential candidate's written statement about his or her consent to run in the elections, is to be sent to the Central Election Commission

4. Self-nomination of candidates running for the Presidency is carried out through submitting the corresponding application to the Central Election Commission.

5. If all nominated candidates recall their candidatures or withdraw before their registration, the Central Election Commission prolongs the term for nomination of candidates for not more than for 20 days.

Article 56. Collection of Signatures in Support of a Candidate for the Post of the President
1. Support of a candidate for the presidency by constituents is certified by collection of their signatures.

2. A candidate for the presidency is to be supported by no less than 2 percent of the total number of constituents representing in equal degree and not less than two-thirds of the oblasts, a city of republican significance, and the capital of the republic.

3. Collection of signatures in support of a candidate for the presidency is carried out by initiative groups formed in accordance with the present constitutional law and documented in subscription lists issued by the Central Election Commission not later than in a five-day term after verification of the candidate's conformity with the requirements established by the constitution and the present decree, on the basis of the documents of nomination indicated in paragraph 3 and 4 of Article 55 of the present decree.

4. Every subscription list should have an ordinal number and include the surname, first name, and patronymic of the candidate, the personal signature of his or her representative, the surname, first name and patronymic of the person collecting signatures, the name of the location where signature collection was carried out as well as columns containing the following information about the persons that sign:

1) the surname, name, and patronymic
2) the number and series of the identification document
3) the date and year of birth
4) the permanent or temporary address
5) the personal signature
5. The person collecting signatures must present in the course of signature collection a copy of the certificate of registration of the candidate's representative who has signed the corresponding subscription list.
6. The Central Election Commission:

1) approves the form of the subscription list
2) is to provide candidates for the presidency with a sufficient number of subscription lists

7. Filled out signature sheets for the collection of signatures in support of a candidate for the presidency are to be returned to the territorial election commission which, within a 10-day term, carries out verification of the authenticity of the signatures with the help of the workers of the passport service, and draws up a corresponding protocol and sends it to the Central Election Commission.

8. If as a result of checking the authenticity of the signatures it is established that more than 2 percent of the collected signatures are not authentic, a candidate for the presidency is refused registration.

Article 58. The Amount of the Election Fund of a Candidate for the Post of the President
The election fund of a candidate is formed from:
1) a candidate's own money whose total sum shall not exceed 3,000 times the amount of the minimum wage as established by the legislation
2) funds allotted to a candidate by the republican public association that nominated him/her whose total sum shall not exceed 5,000 times the amount of the minimum wage as established by legislation
3) voluntary donations of citizens and organizations of the republic whose total sum should not exceed 10,000 times the amount of the minimum wage as established by legislation

Article 59. Registration of Candidates for the Post of the President of the Republic
1. Registration of candidates for the post of president is performed by the Central Election Commission.

2. A candidate for the presidency before registration and after the checking of his/her conformity with the requirements set forth in the constitution and the present constitutional law and verification of the authenticity of the signatures collected in his or her support pays an election fee of his or her own resources into the account of the Central Election Commission in the amount of one-hundredfold the minimum wage as established by legislation. The contributed fee shall be returned to a candidate if, in accordance with the election results, he was elected as president or received not less than 7 percent of votes from participating voters. In all other cases the contributed fee shall not be subject to return but shall be deposited into the republican budget.

3. Any number of candidates for the presidency may be proposed for registration.

4. Registration of candidates for the post of president starts two months and terminates 40 days before election day, unless otherwise established when calling elections.

5. Registration of a candidate for the presidency nominated by a public association is carried out provided that the following documents are presented:

1) an excerpt from the minutes of a meeting of the highest body of the public association about the nomination of the candidate for the presidency with an attached copy of a document of registration of the given public association in the Ministry of Justice of the republic;
2) a statement of consent to run for the presidency
3) protocols from territorial election commissions about the results of verification of the authenticity of citizen's signatures collected in support of the candidate
4) biographical data of the candidate
4-1) a medical certificate certifying the physical state of health of the candidate
5) a document certifying the payment of an election fee by the candidate

6. Registration of a candidate for the presidency in case of his or her self-nomination is carried out provided the following documents are presented:

1) a statement of consent to run for the presidency
2) a protocol from a territorial election commission about the verification results of the authenticity of the citizen's signatures collected in support of the candidate for the presidency 3) biographical data of the candidate
3-1) a medical certificate of the physical state of the candidate's health
4) a document certifying the payment of an election fee by the candidate

7. The Central Election Commission can:
1) not later than on the seventh day after the registration of candidates for the presidency, the publishing in the mass media of the information about the registration with the surname, first name, patronymic, year of birth, occupation, places of work and residence of every candidate, as well as at the discretion of a candidate information about his or her affiliation with a public association or national origin
2) issues candidates corresponding certificates at registration
3) refuse registration or revoke the registration decision of a candidate in the case of violation(s) of the provisions of the constitution and the present constitutional law as well as in other cases established by the present decree

8. A refusal of the Central Election Commission to register a candidate or annulment of the decision of registration may be appealed within a 10-day term by the candidate or the public association that nominated him/her in the Supreme Court which is to consider the complaint within a 10-day term after it is filed. The decision of the Supreme Court is final.

Article 62. The Counting of Votes in Elections of the President of the Republic
1. The results of vote-counting in elections of the president are established at a meeting of a territorial election commission and are recorded in a protocol which is signed by the chairperson and members of the commission and sent to the Central Election Commission within a two-day period.

2. Other issues connected with the establishment of the results of vote-counting are resolved in accordance with the rules set forth in the general part of this constitutional law.

Article 63. The Second-Round of Voting
1. If more than two candidates for the post of the president were included in the ballot and none of them is elected, the Central Election Commission calls a second round of voting for the two candidates who obtained the largest number of votes. If only one candidate remains in the first round, second-round voting is held on his or her candidature.

2. Second-round voting is to be held not later than in a two-month period [from the first round] with observation of the requirements of this constitutional law. The holding of second-round voting is announced in the mass media.
3. Excluded by constitutional law of the Republic of Kazakhstan of 6 November 1998.

Article 64. Runoff Elections
1. If only one candidate runs in the presidential election and he/she is not elected, if presidential elections are recognized as invalid or the second round of voting does not determine who is the elected president than the Central Election Commission calls a runoff election for president. The candidates who ran for the presidency in the first vote may not run in the runoff election.

2. Runoff elections are to be held not later than two months after the primary elections. Voting is conducted in the same election precincts and by the voters' lists that were drawn up for the primary elections.

3. The formation of election commissions, the nomination and registration of candidates for the presidency, and other electoral activities are carried out according to the procedure established by the present constitutional law. At the same time the Central Election Commission may curtail certain terms of the conduct of election activities.

4. Information about conducting the runoff elections is to be announced in the mass media.

Article 65. Determination and Promulgation of the Results of the Election of the President of the Republic
1. The Central Election Commission, on the basis of the protocols of the territorial election commissions no later than seven days after election day, establishes the results of the presidential elections and passes a corresponding resolution.

2. A candidate deemed elected president of the republic, who

1) has obtained more than 50 percent of the votes of the constituents that took part in the voting
2) has obtained in the second-round voting a larger number of votes of the constituents that took part in the voting as compared with the other candidate
3) when being a single candidate, has obtained in the second-round of voting more than 50 percent of the votes of the constituents that took part in the voting

3. Other issues connected with the determination and promulgation of the results of elections of the president of the republic are resolved in accordance with the rules set forth in the general part of this constitutional law.

Article 66. Registration of the Elected President of the Republic
1. The Central Election Commission, on the basis of the protocols of territorial election commissions, registers the elected president of the republic within a seven-day term after election day.

2. The Central Election Commission, upon submission of the corresponding election commissions or appeals of citizens, may refuse to register the elected president if more than in one-fourth part of the total number of precincts or administrative-territorial units:

1) elections were recognized as invalid
2) violations of the present constitutional law took place in the course of the elections or in the vote counting

3. The decision of the Central Election Commission adopted in accordance with paragraph 2 of this article may be appealed by the presidential candidate within 10 days after its adoption in the Supreme Court, which is likewise to pass a final decision within 10 days.