Kazakh President Kassym-Zomart Tokayev was re-elected for a second term in Sunday’s early elections with 81.31 percent of the vote, the Central Asian country’s Central Election Commission said on Monday, citing preliminary data.
Many expected the 69-year-old former diplomat to extend his tenure in the oil-rich state by another seven years and receive a strong mandate to continue his increasingly independent foreign policy from Moscow as the former Soviet republic struggles with Russia. Ukrainian.
According to the data, voter turnout was 69.44 percent, with five other candidates scoring low single digits. The second most popular option chosen by voters was “against all” with 5.8% of the ballots.
Several other Central Asian leaders congratulated Tokayev on Monday morning before preliminary results were announced, as exit polls released earlier showed similar numbers.
Source: Reuters.
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