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21 Nov 2022, 03:50 GMT+10
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has won over 82% of votes, preliminary results show
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev secured a new term in snap elections on Sunday, winning a vast majority of votes, multiple exit polls suggest.
The best result has been projected by a research institute of Kazakhstan's ruling party Amanat, suggesting that over 85.5% of voters supported Tokayev. A poll conducted by the international Open Society research institute showed a slightly lower figure, with some 82.45% support projected.
The SOCIS-A research institute yielded a similar result, with some 82% citizens backing Tokayev.
According to official statistics, nearly 70% of eligible voters showed up at the polling stations. Apart from Tokayev, five other candidates took part in the election. However, they appeared to be largely unknown in the country, according to local media.
Speaking after the first exit poll results emerged, Tokayev said all the contenders were provided equal opportunities during the electoral campaign.
"They freely visited the regions, met with voters, campaigned. There were no restrictions on anyone. Each voter was given freedom of choice. So this campaign was fair and open," the president stated.
Kazakhstan's elections come after the country amended its ?onstitution in the aftermath of violent unrest that rocked it early this year. The ultimate goal of the amendments, according to Tokayev, was shaping the "superpresidential" republic into its more balanced presidential form. Under the new rules, a person is eligible for a single seven-year presidential term.
Tokayev first ascended into power in 2019, taking office after the decades-long rule of Kazakhstan's first president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, who assumed a lifetime post of the head of the country's Security Council instead.
Following the civil unrest in January, Nazarbayev was deposed from the position, also stepping down from a leadership role in his Nur Otan party (rebranded as Amanat later this year). Multiple officials, linked or even related to Nazarbayev, have been dislodged from their posts as well, with some even targeted by criminal probes. Apart from that, Tokayev reversed one of his first decisions in office and renamed the capital city of Nur-Sultan back to Astana.
(RT.com)
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