10:57 27.04.2015

Nazarbayev wins 97.7% of vote in Kazakhstan presidential elections - tentative report

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Nazarbayev wins 97.7% of vote in Kazakhstan presidential elections - tentative report

Incumbent Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev won 97.7% of the vote in the April 26 presidential elections, the Central Elections Commission said in a tentative report.

The April 26 presidential elections in Kazakhstan had 95.22% turnout, the Central Elections Commission said.

Kazakhstan held early presidential elections on April 26. There were three candidates in the ballot, among them incumbent President Nursultan Nazarbayev nominated by the Nur Otan party, Kazakhstan Communist People's Party Central Committee Secretary Turgun Syzdykov, and self-nominated candidate, Kazakhstan Trade Union Federation Chairman Abelgazi Kusainov.

At the moment, Abelgazi Kusainov won 0.7% of the vote, Turgun Syzdykov - 1.6%, and Nursultan Nazarbayev - 97.7%, Central Elections Committee Chairman Kuandyk Turgankulov said at a press briefing in Astana on Monday.

Kazakhstan has a population of 17.4 million and 9,514,988 eligible voters. The Central Elections Commission ordered the printing of 9,610,138 ballot papers. The elections were held at over 9,700 polling stations.

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