The current Kazakh head of state was re-elected in the first elections. He won more than 80% of the vote.
The current leader of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, won the early presidential election with more than 80% of the vote. The Kazakh edition of Tengrinews reported this on Monday, November 21.
The turnout in this election exceeded 68%, said the head of the Central Election Commission of Kazakhstan, Nurlan Abdirov.
According to him, Tokayev won 81.3%, that is, about 6.45 million citizens voted for him.
Six candidates took part in the presidential race. However, Tokayev’s opponents won 2-3% of the vote. It should be noted that all the candidates, except Tokayev, have not been seen in big politics.
Early elections in Kazakhstan were initiated by Tokayev himself. He signed a law to increase the presidential term and the impossibility of re-election. Tokayev’s new term of office should be seven years.
It should be noted that earlier, according to three exit polls, in Kazakhstan, the victory in the presidential elections will go to the current President Tokayev.
As you know, on November 20, early presidential elections were held in Kazakhstan. Before that, on September 1, Tokayev proposed to hold early presidential elections in Kazakhstan this fall.
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Source: korrespondent
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