18. Is there a limit on the amount a donor can contribute to a candidate?

Article 58: The size of the election fund of the candidate for the Presidential Elections

The election fund of the candidate shall be formed of:

1) candidate's own funds, the total amount of which must not exceed the size of the established by the legislation minimum wage for more than five thousand times;

2) funds allocated to a candidate by the republican public association which has nominated this candidate, the total amount of which must not exceed the size of the established by the legislation minimum wage for more than seven thousand times;

3) voluntary donations of citizens and organizations of the Republic, the total amount of which should not exceed the size of the minimum wages established by the legislation for more than fifteen thousand times.

Article75: The size of the election fund of the candidate to the Senate

The election fund of the candidate (to the Senate deputies) shall be formed of:

1) own funds of the candidate, the total sum of which should not exceed the established size of the minimum wages for more than two hundred times by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

2) donations of citizens and organizations of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the total sum of which should not exceed the established size of the minimum wages for more than five hundred times by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

 (Constitutional Act of the Republic of Kazakhstan, On Elections in the Republic of Kazakhstan, 1995 available at https://www.election.gov.kz/rus/normativno-pravovaya-baza-vyborov/zakon-respubliki-kazakhstan/zakon-o-vyborakh-v-respublike-kazakhstan.php  accessed January 2018).

There is no limit on individual donations, though there is a limit on the total amount of donations (500 minimum wages for Senate elections, 15,000 for Presidential elections).