During Soviet rule, it was known as the
Supreme Soviet of the Kirghiz SSR. From August 1991, when Kyrgyzstan gained independence from the Soviet Union, until October 2007, when the Constitution was changed in a
referendum, the Supreme Council consisted of the
Legislative Assembly (, ; ) and the '''Assembly of People's Representatives''' (, ; ) with 60 and 45 members, respectively. The members of both houses were elected to five-year terms. In the Assembly of People's Representatives all 45 members were elected in single-seat
constituencies; in the Legislative Assembly 45 members were elected in single-seat constituencies and 15 were elected through party lists. Since October 2007, the Supreme Council is a unicameral legislature. Originally it consisted of 90 members, however when in 2010 President
Kurmanbek Bakiyev was ousted during the
Kyrgyz Revolution, a new
Constitution was adopted, that increased the number of members to 120. Parties are limited to 65 seats in order to prevent power concentration. A
vote on a new constitution cut the number of seats in the parliament by 25%, thereby returning to 90 seats. Of those 90 seats, 54 were elected by
proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency, and 36 in single-seat districts. To win seats, parties were required to pass a national electoral threshold of 5% of the votes cast (down from 7% in the October 2020 elections), and receive at least 0.5% of the vote in each of the seven
regions. The lists were open, with voters able to cast a single preferential vote. No one party was allowed to be given more than half of the proportional seats. Party lists were required to have at least 30% of the candidates from each gender, and every fourth candidate had to be of a different gender. Each list was also required to have at least 15% of the candidates being from
ethnic minorities and 15% of under 35 years old, as well as at least two candidates with disabilities. == Electoral system ==